Tropical Storm Dottie (1976)
Tropical Storm Dottie peaked at 45 kt in the North Atlantic between August 18, 1976 and August 21, 1976, with a lowest pressure of 996 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Dottie, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1976 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 18, 1976 to August 21, 1976
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 996 mb (29.41 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.0
- Fastest the center moved
- 22 kt (25 mph)
- Identifier
- AL081976
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.
Rainfall
The Weather Prediction Center attributes 457 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 10.68 inches (271 mm).
| Station | Total | Position |
|---|---|---|
| FORT LAUDERDALE | 10.68 in (271 mm) | 26.10N 80.20W |
| FORT LAUDERDALE EXPERIMENT ST | 9.18 in (233 mm) | 26.08N 80.25W |
| MIAMI 12 SSW | 8.35 in (212 mm) | 25.65N 80.30W |
| TAMIAMI TRAIL 40 MI BEND | 7.82 in (199 mm) | 25.77N 80.82W |
| SOUTHPORT 5 N | 7.35 in (187 mm) | 34.00N 78.02W |
| ROYAL PALM RANGER STN | 7.29 in (185 mm) | 25.38N 80.60W |
| KEY WEST NAS | 5.63 in (143 mm) | 24.58N 81.68W |
| FORT MYERS PAGE FIELD | 5.58 in (142 mm) | 26.58N 81.87W |
| FLAMINGO RANGER STA | 5.32 in (135 mm) | 25.15N 80.92W |
| HOMESTEAD EXP STN | 5.17 in (131 mm) | 25.50N 80.50W |
| MIAMI INTL AP | 5.11 in (130 mm) | 25.78N 80.32W |
| TAVERNIER | 4.83 in (123 mm) | 25.00N 80.52W |
WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 00:00 | 26.0N 84.0W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 18, 06:00 | 25.3N 83.3W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 18, 12:00 | 24.7N 82.7W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 18, 18:00 | 24.5N 82.5W | 20 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 19, 00:00 | 24.6N 82.2W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 19, 06:00 | 24.8N 82.0W | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 19, 12:00 | 25.0N 81.7W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 18:00 | 26.6N 80.1W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 00:00 | 28.2N 80.0W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 06:00 | 29.6N 80.0W | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 12:00 | 30.6N 80.0W | 40 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 18:00 | 32.0N 80.0W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 00:00 | 33.0N 80.0W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 06:00 | 33.3N 80.0W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 21, 12:00 | 33.5N 80.0W | 20 kt | 1015 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1976
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Tropical Storm AnnaNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Hurricane BelleNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Hurricane CandiceNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Hurricane EmmyNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Hurricane FrancesNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Hurricane GloriaNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Hurricane HollyNorth Atlantic · 1976
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.