The 1921 season

Unnamed hurricane (1921)

Unnamed hurricane reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between October 15, 1921 and October 24, 1921, 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
October 15, 1921 to October 24, 1921
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
2.0
Identifier
AL051921

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
Oct 15, 12:0024.0N 84.0W30 ktTropical depression
Oct 15, 18:0025.5N 83.0W30 ktTropical depression
Oct 16, 00:0027.0N 81.8W30 ktTropical depression
Oct 16, 06:0028.5N 80.3W35 ktTropical storm
Oct 16, 12:0030.0N 78.5W45 ktTropical storm
Oct 16, 18:0031.7N 76.0W50 ktTropical storm
Oct 17, 00:0033.5N 73.0W55 ktTropical storm
Oct 17, 06:0035.3N 69.5W60 ktTropical storm
Oct 17, 12:0037.0N 66.0W60 ktTropical storm
Oct 17, 18:0038.2N 63.0W60 ktTropical storm
Oct 18, 00:0039.4N 60.2W60 ktExtratropical
Oct 18, 06:0040.4N 57.4W60 ktExtratropical
Oct 18, 12:0041.1N 54.5W60 ktExtratropical
Oct 18, 18:0041.5N 51.3W60 ktExtratropical
Oct 19, 00:0041.8N 48.5W60 ktExtratropical
Oct 19, 06:0042.0N 45.7W60 ktExtratropical
Oct 19, 12:0042.2N 43.0W60 ktExtratropical
Oct 19, 18:0042.2N 40.5W60 ktExtratropical
Oct 20, 00:0042.3N 38.5W60 ktExtratropical
Oct 20, 06:0042.3N 37.3W60 ktExtratropical
Oct 20, 12:0042.2N 36.0W60 ktExtratropical
Oct 20, 18:0041.8N 34.5W65 ktExtratropical
Oct 21, 00:0041.2N 33.0W70 ktExtratropical
Oct 21, 06:0040.7N 31.5W70 ktExtratropical
Oct 21, 12:0040.0N 30.5W65 ktExtratropical
Oct 21, 18:0039.2N 30.0W60 ktExtratropical
Oct 22, 00:0038.4N 29.8W55 ktExtratropical
Oct 22, 06:0037.7N 29.8W50 ktExtratropical
Oct 22, 12:0037.0N 30.0W45 ktExtratropical
Oct 22, 18:0036.5N 30.5W40 ktExtratropical
Oct 23, 00:0036.0N 31.1W35 ktExtratropical
Oct 23, 06:0035.8N 31.8W35 ktExtratropical
Oct 23, 12:0035.6N 32.5W30 ktExtratropical
Oct 23, 18:0035.6N 33.0W30 ktExtratropical
Oct 24, 00:0035.5N 33.2W35 ktExtratropical
Oct 24, 06:0035.5N 34.0W30 ktExtratropical

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.