The 1921 season

Unnamed hurricane (1921)

Unnamed hurricane reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between June 16, 1921 and June 26, 1921, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed hurricane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1921 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
North Atlantic
Dates
June 16, 1921 to June 26, 1921
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
980 mb (28.94 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
8.7
Identifier
AL011921

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jun 16, 00:0016.5N 82.4W30 ktTropical depression
Jun 16, 06:0016.5N 83.2W30 ktTropical depression
Jun 16, 12:0016.5N 84.0W30 ktTropical depression
Jun 16, 18:0016.5N 84.7W30 ktTropical depression
Jun 17, 00:0016.5N 85.3W35 ktTropical storm
Jun 17, 06:0016.7N 86.0W40 ktTropical storm
Jun 17, 12:0017.1N 86.7W45 ktTropical storm
Jun 17, 18:0017.7N 87.7W45 ktTropical storm
Jun 18, 00:0018.7N 89.1W40 ktTropical storm
Jun 18, 06:0019.6N 90.6W35 ktTropical storm
Jun 18, 12:0020.3N 92.0W45 ktTropical storm
Jun 18, 18:0020.8N 93.0W45 ktTropical storm
Jun 19, 00:0021.2N 93.5W50 ktTropical storm
Jun 19, 06:0021.6N 93.8W50 ktTropical storm
Jun 19, 12:0022.0N 94.0W50 ktTropical storm
Jun 19, 18:0022.4N 94.2W55 ktTropical storm
Jun 20, 00:0022.8N 94.5W60 ktTropical storm
Jun 20, 06:0023.2N 94.7W60 ktTropical storm
Jun 20, 12:0023.7N 95.0W65 ktHurricane
Jun 20, 18:0024.2N 95.2W65 ktHurricane
Jun 21, 00:0024.7N 95.3W65 ktHurricane
Jun 21, 06:0025.1N 95.4W65 ktHurricane
Jun 21, 12:0025.5N 95.5W70 ktHurricane
Jun 21, 18:0026.0N 95.6W70 ktHurricane
Jun 22, 00:0026.5N 95.6W75 ktHurricane
Jun 22, 06:0027.0N 95.7W80 ktHurricane
Jun 22, 12:0027.6N 95.8W80 ktHurricane
Jun 22, 18:00 landfall28.5N 95.9W80 kt980 mbHurricane
Jun 23, 00:0029.6N 96.0W50 ktTropical storm
Jun 23, 06:0030.9N 96.1W40 ktTropical storm
Jun 23, 12:0032.1N 96.2W30 ktTropical depression
Jun 23, 18:0033.2N 96.1W30 ktTropical depression
Jun 24, 00:0034.3N 95.7W30 ktTropical depression
Jun 24, 06:0035.3N 95.3W30 ktTropical depression
Jun 24, 12:0036.3N 95.0W30 ktTropical depression
Jun 24, 18:0036.9N 94.9W30 ktTropical depression
Jun 25, 00:0037.3N 94.8W30 ktTropical depression
Jun 25, 06:0037.6N 94.8W30 ktTropical depression
Jun 25, 12:0037.9N 94.8W25 ktTropical depression
Jun 25, 18:0038.3N 94.8W20 ktTropical depression
Jun 26, 00:0038.8N 94.9W20 ktTropical depression
Jun 26, 06:0039.4N 95.0W15 ktTropical depression
Jun 26, 12:0040.0N 95.2W15 ktTropical depression

Other North Atlantic storms of 1921

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.

The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.