Tropical Storm Erika (2015)
Tropical Storm Erika peaked at 45 kt in the North Atlantic between August 24, 2015 and August 28, 2015, with a lowest pressure of 1001 mb. It killed 25 people, as Wikidata records it.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Erika, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2015 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- August 24, 2015 to August 28, 2015
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1001 mb (29.56 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 45 km (28 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 140 nmi (259 km, 161 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 240 nmi (444 km, 276 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 18 kt (21 mph)
- Identifier
- AL052015
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)$2,000
What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 3 states and marine areas, in the United States only. Property and crop damage as each office estimated it, which is not a national loss total.
Wikidata
25 deathsno damage figure
A community-maintained total, usually direct and indirect deaths together and damage worldwide. Joined to this storm by its IBTrACS serial, not by name.
In the United States
NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.
- Deaths
- 0 (0 direct, 0 indirect)
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- none recorded
- Events recorded
- 10 in 3 reports from 3 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | $2,000 | 4 |
| Atlantic South | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Florida | 0 | 0 | 1 |
What was recorded
5 marine thunderstorm wind, 4 tropical storm, 1 flood.
Rainfall
The Weather Prediction Center attributes 2,662 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 9.00 inches (229 mm).
| Station | Total | Position |
|---|---|---|
| SWEETWATER 14 NW | 9.00 in (229 mm) | 25.88N 80.57W |
| Hartsville 0.2 NNW | 8.50 in (216 mm) | 34.37N 80.08W |
| Gainesville 2.1 NW | 8.40 in (213 mm) | 29.69N 82.36W |
| NWS Charleston SC | 8.19 in (208 mm) | 32.89N 80.03W |
| Canadys 0.4 NW | 7.70 in (196 mm) | 33.06N 80.63W |
| Huger 5.5 SE | 7.17 in (182 mm) | 33.03N 79.76W |
| Ridgeland 5.8 ESE | 7.04 in (179 mm) | 32.45N 80.89W |
| Miami Lakes 0.3 NNW | 6.97 in (177 mm) | 25.91N 80.32W |
| Naples 8.7 SE | 6.93 in (176 mm) | 26.05N 81.70W |
| Union Park 2.9 SSE | 6.75 in (171 mm) | 28.52N 81.23W |
| Charleston 6.4 NW | 6.75 in (171 mm) | 32.84N 80.08W |
| Tarpon Springs 5.6 E | 6.72 in (171 mm) | 28.14N 82.66W |
WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.
Wind reports
The strongest winds National Weather Service offices recorded with this storm. An estimated figure is a forecaster’s judgment from the damage, not an instrument reading.
| Wind | How | Where | State | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 kt (43 mph) | Measured | 8.66 SSW of KEY BISCAYNE | Atlantic South | Aug 30, 17:55 |
| 36 kt (41 mph) | Measured | 3.32 SE of JUPITER INLET | Atlantic South | Aug 30, 16:00 |
What forecast offices wrote
From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.
PREMA reported 36 houses with roof damages across the western interior and southern slopes municipalities. Tress downed were reported at PR-123 and PR-135 in Adjuntas and at PR-605 in Utuado. Also, power lines downed in Utuado.
Western Interior, Puerto Rico · Tropical Storm · Aug 28, 02:00 UTC
Trees were reported downed at PR-155 and PR-778 in Comer��o, at Barrio Rabanal in Almirante sector in Cidra; and trees and power lines downed in Fabian Morales sector in Aguas Buenas.
Eastern Interior, Puerto Rico · Tropical Storm · Aug 28, 02:00 UTC
Off-duty NWS employee reported several impassable streets due to flooding in the Wynwood area of Miami from remnant low pressure of Tropical Storm Erika.
Miami-Dade, Florida · Flood · Aug 30, 07:43 UTC
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 18:00 | 14.3N 45.1W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 25, 00:00 | 14.4N 46.9W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 25, 06:00 | 14.7N 48.6W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 25, 12:00 | 15.0N 50.2W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 25, 18:00 | 15.3N 51.9W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 26, 00:00 | 15.7N 53.6W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 26, 06:00 | 15.9N 55.2W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 26, 12:00 | 16.2N 56.8W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 26, 18:00 | 16.4N 58.2W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 27, 00:00 | 16.6N 59.5W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 27, 06:00 | 16.5N 60.8W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 27, 12:00 | 16.5N 62.2W | 45 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 27, 18:00 | 16.6N 63.6W | 45 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 28, 00:00 | 17.2N 65.1W | 45 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 28, 06:00 | 17.5N 66.8W | 45 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 28, 12:00 | 17.6N 68.6W | 45 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2015
- Tropical Storm AnaNorth Atlantic · 2015
- Tropical Storm BillNorth Atlantic · 2015
- Tropical Storm ClaudetteNorth Atlantic · 2015
- Hurricane DannyNorth Atlantic · 2015
- Hurricane FredNorth Atlantic · 2015
- Tropical Storm GraceNorth Atlantic · 2015
- Tropical Storm HenriNorth Atlantic · 2015
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2015
- Tropical Storm IdaNorth Atlantic · 2015
- Hurricane JoaquinNorth Atlantic · 2015 · 34 deaths · $200 million
- Hurricane KateNorth Atlantic · 2015
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.