The 1982 season

Unnamed tropical storm (1982)

Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 60 kt in the North Atlantic between June 18, 1982 and June 20, 1982, with a lowest pressure of 984 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

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The storm

Basin
North Atlantic
Dates
June 18, 1982 to June 20, 1982
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
Lowest pressure
984 mb (29.06 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Fastest the center moved
47 kt (54 mph)
Identifier
AL021982

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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jun 18, 00:0025.8N 86.4W25 kt1004 mbSubtropical depression
Jun 18, 06:0027.1N 84.6W30 kt1003 mbSubtropical depression
Jun 18, 12:0028.7N 82.8W40 kt999 mbSubtropical storm
Jun 18, 18:0031.4N 80.3W60 kt992 mbSubtropical storm
Jun 19, 00:0032.5N 79.2W60 kt992 mbSubtropical storm
Jun 19, 06:0033.9N 77.8W60 kt992 mbSubtropical storm
Jun 19, 12:0035.3N 76.0W60 kt992 mbSubtropical storm
Jun 19, 18:0037.1N 73.0W60 kt992 mbSubtropical storm
Jun 20, 00:0039.5N 70.0W60 kt992 mbSubtropical storm
Jun 20, 06:0042.5N 65.5W60 kt988 mbSubtropical storm
Jun 20, 12:0044.5N 60.0W60 kt984 mbSubtropical storm
Jun 20, 18:0045.4N 56.0W60 kt990 mbExtratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 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.