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Hurricane Keith (1988)

Hurricane Keith was a Category 1 hurricane at its peak, with 75 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 945 mb, per NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Modeled winds reached tropical-storm force (39 mph) at 2 of the cities we track; the strongest was North Port, FL, with a modeled peak gust of 62 mph.

Peak strength75 mph winds (1-minute)
Category 1
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track
2
LandfallsFirst November 21, 1988
2
Lowest pressure
945 mb

Track, wind field and cities

Select a piece of the track or a city for details.

  • Depression or weaker
  • Tropical storm
  • Hurricane, Category 1 or 2
  • Major hurricane, Category 3 to 5
  • Landfall
  • City (larger ring, stronger modeled gust)
  • Modeled wind field, 39 to 111 mph sustained (darker, stronger; orange 111 mph+)
Source: NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center best track (HURDAT2). City winds and the wind field are modeled.

The shaded areas are where our model puts Hurricane Keith’s sustained winds over open land at 39 mph or more (tropical-storm force), 58, 74 (hurricane force) and 111 mph (major hurricane force) at some point along its track. Modeled, not measured. How we model hurricane winds

Landfalls

  1. November 21, 1988, tropical storm at 69 mph, in Mexico
  2. November 23, 1988, tropical storm at 63 mph, about 30 miles from North Port, FL

Modeled winds at cities (2)

Estimated peak winds for open, flat ground at each city’s center. Not measurements. How we model hurricane winds

CityPeak gustSustainedClosest passPeak
North Port, FL62 mph50 mph26 milesNov 23, 1988, 2:00 AM EST
Cape Coral, FL51 mph42 mph57 milesNov 23, 1988, 2:00 AM EST

Best track (39 positions)

TimeStatusWindPressurePosition
Nov 17, 18:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1008 mb14.9°N, 74.3°W
Nov 18, 00:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1008 mb15.0°N, 75.5°W
Nov 18, 06:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1008 mb15.0°N, 76.5°W
Nov 18, 12:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1008 mb15.0°N, 77.7°W
Nov 18, 18:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1008 mb15.0°N, 79.0°W
Nov 19, 00:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1007 mb15.0°N, 79.9°W
Nov 19, 06:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1007 mb15.1°N, 80.4°W
Nov 19, 12:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1007 mb15.2°N, 81.2°W
Nov 19, 18:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1006 mb15.5°N, 81.8°W
Nov 20, 00:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1005 mb15.8°N, 82.6°W
Nov 20, 06:00 UTCTropical storm40 mph1004 mb16.3°N, 83.4°W
Nov 20, 12:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph1002 mb17.8°N, 84.5°W
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