Tropical Storm Hermine (1980)
Tropical Storm Hermine peaked at 60 kt in the North Atlantic between September 20, 1980 and September 26, 1980, with a lowest pressure of 993 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Hermine, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1980 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
- September 20, 1980 to September 26, 1980
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 993 mb (29.32 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.5
- Fastest the center moved
- 15 kt (17 mph)
- Identifier
- AL131980
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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 14.6N 77.2W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 14.8N 78.7W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 15.0N 80.2W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 15.1N 81.6W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 15.3N 83.0W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 15.8N 84.2W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 16.5N 85.5W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 17.1N 86.7W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 17.8N 87.8W | 60 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 18.4N 88.9W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 18.8N 90.2W | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 19.1N 91.3W | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 19.3N 92.6W | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 19.3N 93.2W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 19.2N 93.8W | 60 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 18.8N 94.4W | 60 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 18.5N 94.8W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 18.1N 95.1W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 17.7N 95.5W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 17.3N 95.8W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 17.0N 96.0W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 17.0N 96.0W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 17.0N 96.0W | 25 kt | 1008 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
- Tropical Storm DanielleNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Hurricane FrancesNorth 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.