Hurricane Debby (1982)
Hurricane Debby reached Category 4 in the North Atlantic between September 13, 1982 and September 20, 1982, with a lowest pressure of 950 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Debby, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1982 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 13, 1982 to September 20, 1982
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 950 mb (28.05 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 53 km (33 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 18.2
- Fastest the center moved
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Identifier
- AL061982
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 13, 12:00 | 19.8N 69.5W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 20.8N 70.2W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 21.5N 71.0W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 22.4N 71.8W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 23.5N 71.9W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 24.6N 71.8W | 55 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 25.6N 71.0W | 65 kt | 993 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 26.7N 70.3W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 27.8N 69.6W | 75 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 29.0N 68.5W | 90 kt | 969 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 30.5N 67.5W | 95 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 32.1N 66.7W | 95 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 33.6N 65.8W | 95 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 35.1N 65.6W | 95 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 36.4N 65.6W | 95 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 36.8N 65.6W | 95 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 37.1N 65.0W | 95 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 37.6N 63.5W | 100 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 38.8N 62.3W | 115 kt | 950 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 40.1N 60.7W | 110 kt | 952 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 41.6N 58.5W | 110 kt | 954 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 43.5N 56.1W | 100 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 45.3N 53.5W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 47.0N 50.5W | 75 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 48.5N 47.1W | 70 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 50.0N 43.5W | 70 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 50.8N 39.0W | 70 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 51.5N 33.5W | 60 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 51.8N 26.6W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 51.5N 19.0W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1982
- Hurricane AlbertoNorth Atlantic · 1982
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1982
- Tropical Storm BerylNorth Atlantic · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1982
- Tropical Storm ChrisNorth Atlantic · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1982
- Tropical Storm ErnestoNorth Atlantic · 1982
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.