Hilary is tracking toward San Diego County and could be the first tropical storm to reach the shore in 84 years, according to National Weather Service records. When’s the last time a hurricane actually hit San Diego?
A tropical storm is a categorization to describe cyclones with wind speeds between 39 to 73 mph -- which is still plenty of force to produce widespread rain and damaging winds. Anything higher would be categorized as a hurricane with a category 5 hurricane bringing wind speeds higher than 157 mph.
Other storms that were at one point on their path tropical storms or hurricanes have moved onshore to bring remnants to San Diego County, but none were categorized as tropical stormsEven when tropical storms near-miss San Diego, powerful they have the potential to be dangerous. Last year,as it approached San Diego and never made landfall. But it still brought flooding and devastating rain.
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