Tropical Storm Jose (1981)
Tropical Storm Jose peaked at 45 kt in the North Atlantic between October 29, 1981 and November 2, 1981, with a lowest pressure of 998 mb.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Jose. 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
- October 29, 1981 to November 2, 1981
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 998 mb (29.47 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1661 km (1032 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.6
- Fastest the center moved
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Identifier
- AL201981
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 12:00 | 25.0N 47.5W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 29, 18:00 | 26.4N 47.1W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 30, 00:00 | 27.7N 46.6W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 30, 06:00 | 28.7N 45.9W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 30, 12:00 | 29.6N 45.2W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 30, 18:00 | 30.2N 44.5W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 31, 00:00 | 30.7N 43.9W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 31, 06:00 | 31.1N 43.1W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 31, 12:00 | 31.5N 42.2W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 31, 18:00 | 31.9N 40.8W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 1, 00:00 | 32.5N 39.0W | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 1, 06:00 | 33.7N 37.0W | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 1, 12:00 | 35.3N 34.9W | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 1, 18:00 | 37.8N 32.1W | 30 kt | 998 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Nov 2, 00:00 | 41.5N 29.5W | 25 kt | Subtropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1981
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1981
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1981
- Tropical Storm ArleneNorth Atlantic · 1981
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1981
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1981
- Tropical Storm BretNorth Atlantic · 1981
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1981
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1981
- Tropical Storm CindyNorth Atlantic · 1981
- Hurricane DennisNorth Atlantic · 1981
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1981
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1981
- Hurricane EmilyNorth Atlantic · 1981
- Hurricane FloydNorth Atlantic · 1981
- Hurricane GertNorth Atlantic · 1981
- Hurricane HarveyNorth Atlantic · 1981
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1981
- Hurricane IreneNorth Atlantic · 1981
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1981
- Hurricane KatrinaNorth Atlantic · 1981
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1981
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.