Tropical Storm Danielle (1980)
Tropical Storm Danielle peaked at 50 kt in the North Atlantic between September 4, 1980 and September 7, 1980, with a lowest pressure of 1004 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Danielle. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- September 4, 1980 to September 7, 1980
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1004 mb (29.65 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.5
- Fastest the center moved
- 13 kt (15 mph)
- Identifier
- AL111980
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 855 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 18.29 inches (465 mm).
| Station | Total | Position |
|---|---|---|
| PORT ARTHUR SE TX RGNL AP | 18.29 in (465 mm) | 29.95N 94.02W |
| PAINT ROCK | 17.13 in (435 mm) | 31.52N 99.93W |
| PORT ARTHUR CITY | 14.40 in (366 mm) | 29.90N 93.97W |
| BEAUMONT CITY | 13.26 in (337 mm) | 30.10N 94.10W |
| EDEN 1 | 11.80 in (300 mm) | 31.22N 99.83W |
| BEAUMONT RESEARCH CTR | 11.31 in (287 mm) | 30.07N 94.28W |
| ROUND MOUNTAIN 1 NW | 10.46 in (266 mm) | 30.43N 98.37W |
| BALLINGER 2 NW | 9.61 in (244 mm) | 31.73N 99.98W |
| ROSCOE | 9.45 in (240 mm) | 32.45N 100.53W |
| ORANGE | 8.96 in (228 mm) | 30.08N 93.75W |
| JUNCTION 4 SSW | 8.80 in (224 mm) | 30.45N 99.80W |
| DUNCAN WILSON RANCH | 8.76 in (223 mm) | 30.80N 100.17W |
WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 18:00 | 28.3N 90.6W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 5, 00:00 | 28.3N 91.3W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 5, 06:00 | 28.4N 91.8W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 5, 12:00 | 28.8N 92.4W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 5, 18:00 | 29.4N 93.4W | 50 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 6, 00:00 | 29.4N 94.9W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 6, 06:00 | 29.3N 96.3W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 6, 12:00 | 29.1N 97.0W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 6, 18:00 | 29.0N 97.8W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 7, 00:00 | 29.0N 98.3W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 7, 06:00 | 29.0N 99.0W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 7, 12:00 | 29.0N 100.0W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1980
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Hurricane AllenNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Hurricane BonnieNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Hurricane CharleyNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Hurricane GeorgesNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Hurricane EarlNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Hurricane FrancesNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Tropical Storm HermineNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Hurricane IvanNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Hurricane JeanneNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Hurricane KarlNorth Atlantic · 1980
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.