Hurricane Claudette (1991)
Hurricane Claudette reached Category 4 in the North Atlantic between September 4, 1991 and September 14, 1991, with a lowest pressure of 944 mb.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- September 4, 1991 to September 14, 1991
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 944 mb (27.88 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1043 km (648 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 14.0
- Fastest the center moved
- 25 kt (29 mph)
- Identifier
- AL061991
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 4, 12:00 | 26.7N 55.9W | 25 kt | 1014 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 4, 18:00 | 26.8N 55.7W | 30 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 5, 00:00 | 26.7N 55.6W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 5, 06:00 | 26.5N 55.7W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 5, 12:00 | 26.2N 56.0W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 5, 18:00 | 26.0N 56.5W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 6, 00:00 | 25.9N 57.1W | 50 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 6, 06:00 | 26.0N 57.9W | 60 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 6, 12:00 | 26.2N 58.8W | 75 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 6, 18:00 | 26.4N 59.7W | 95 kt | 965 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 00:00 | 26.6N 60.3W | 105 kt | 953 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 06:00 | 26.8N 61.0W | 110 kt | 946 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 12:00 | 27.2N 61.7W | 115 kt | 946 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 18:00 | 27.7N 62.4W | 100 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 00:00 | 28.4N 62.8W | 90 kt | 962 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 06:00 | 29.2N 63.1W | 85 kt | 964 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 12:00 | 30.0N 63.3W | 85 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 18:00 | 31.0N 63.2W | 80 kt | 967 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 9, 00:00 | 31.9N 62.5W | 80 kt | 972 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 9, 06:00 | 32.9N 61.4W | 75 kt | 976 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 9, 12:00 | 33.8N 60.5W | 75 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 9, 18:00 | 34.2N 59.0W | 75 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 00:00 | 34.3N 57.4W | 70 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 33.9N 56.0W | 60 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 33.5N 54.0W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 33.4N 51.8W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 33.6N 48.8W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 06:00 | 33.9N 46.1W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 34.3N 43.4W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 34.5N 40.5W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 34.5N 38.3W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 34.2N 36.5W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 33.9N 34.7W | 30 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 34.3N 33.1W | 30 kt | 1013 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 34.7N 31.9W | 25 kt | 1014 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 35.2N 30.7W | 25 kt | 1015 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 35.6N 29.6W | 20 kt | 1016 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 36.0N 28.4W | 20 kt | 1017 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 36.2N 27.3W | 20 kt | 1017 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 36.3N 26.5W | 15 kt | 1017 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 36.8N 26.1W | 15 kt | 1018 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 37.0N 25.9W | 15 kt | 1018 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1991
- Tropical Storm AnaNorth Atlantic · 1991
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1991
- Hurricane BobNorth Atlantic · 1991
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1991
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1991
- Tropical Storm DannyNorth Atlantic · 1991
- Tropical Storm ErikaNorth Atlantic · 1991
- Tropical Storm FabianNorth Atlantic · 1991
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1991
- Hurricane GraceNorth Atlantic · 1991
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1991
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.