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Tropical Storm Erika 2015
Tropical storm · Atlantic · August 24 to August 28, 2015
With a peak of 50 mph, Erika ranked tied for the eighth-strongest of the 12 storms of the 2015 season. It produced 4% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. It spent 3.8 days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone, and its best track covers 1,586 miles. The name Erika is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired Atlantic hurricane names.
Strength over time
- First record (tropical storm) 900 miles northeast of Paramaribo, Suriname
- Peak 50 miles east-northeast of Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France; lowest pressure 1001 mb
- Last record (tropical storm) 60 miles south-southeast of La Romana, the Dominican Republic
Against every Atlantic storm since 1851
In the 2015 season
Storm 5 of 12 in 2015; it formed after Danny and before Fred. See the season.
Places the center passed
The center came within 50 miles of 5 towns or cities of 10,000 people or more while the system was tropical. Distances are to the interpolated track line, not the storm's edge.
| Place | Closest | Wind then | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France | 18 mi | 50 mph | August 27 |
| Ponce, Puerto Rico | 36 mi | 50 mph | August 28 |
| Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda | 42 mi | 50 mph | August 27 |
| Christiansted, the US Virgin Islands | 44 mi | 50 mph | August 27 |
| Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | 47 mi | 50 mph | August 28 |
Also peaked at 50 mph
Of 148 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:
- Dolly (2014)1000 mb, landfall in Veracruz
- Colin (2016)1001 mb, landfall in Florida
- Fiona (2016)1004 mb, no landfall record
- Julia (2016)1007 mb, landfall in Florida