Seven days of Hurricane #Douglas: from tropical depression to major hurricane to the closest hurricane on record to track along the north side of the Hawaiian islands (closer than 2016's Hurricane Lester).
Thankfully, no islands were directly impacted by the core of Douglas.
Thankfully, no islands were directly impacted by the core of Douglas.
Here's the operational best track of Douglas (through 12 UTC 27 July) plotted with the tracks of all TCs during 1949-2019 that came close to Hawaii while at least minimal hurricane strength. Tracks prior to 1971 have lower confidence. 
Note that the tracks of 2018 Lane and 1959 Dot overlap on the above map. Dot was the one that made landfall in Kaua'i as a category 1 hurricane.
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