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Hurricane Connie (1966)

Connie came within 298 km of Hawaii, passing to the south as a tropical storm on 16 August 1966. It had peaked far out at sea at 75 kt and was weakening as it neared the islands. It pre-dates the digital forecast archive, so only the observed track survives.

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Peak intensity
75 kt (86 mph) Category 1
Closest pass
298 km (185 mi) from Hawaii
When
16 August 1966
Distance from Honolulu
626 km (389 mi)
Lifetime
10 days 8 August 1966 – 17 August 1966
Official forecasts
none archived
Approached from the
south

The closest pass

At its closest, Connie was 298 km (185 mi) from Hawaii on 16 August 1966, as a tropical storm with 45 kt (52 mph) winds, approaching from the south.

The forecasts

No machine-readable official forecast survives for this storm. The digital forecast archive for the eastern and central Pacific begins in 1988, so the replay runs on the observed track instead.

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