Hurricane Nadine (2012)

Basin

North Atlantic

Dates

September 10, 2012 to October 4, 2012

Peak strength

Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)

Lowest pressure

978 mb (28.88 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 867 km (539 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

26.3

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

350 nmi (648 km, 403 mi) from the center at its widest

Hurricane-force wind reached

40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)

Overall size

425 nmi (787 km, 489 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Peak gust in the best track

100 kt (115 mph)

Fastest the center moved

21 kt (24 mph)

Identifier

AL142012

The sources count different things and are not added together.

NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.

Deaths

2 (2 direct, 0 indirect)

Injuries

0

Property damage

none recorded

Crop damage

none recorded

Events recorded

7 in 3 reports from 3 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

7 rip current.

From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.

A 66-year old man visiting from Arizona was caught in a rip current in the Atlantic, near the Ocean Landings Resort and Racquet Club in Cocoa Beach. The man was pulled to shore by emergency personnel and was transported to the hospitial. He died, due to drowning, a short-time later. Several others people were rescued from rip currents during the weekend.

Brevard, Florida · Rip Current · Sep 16, 21:30 UTC

A 17 year old boy from Avon Park, Florida was swimming in the ocean with three others at an unguarded beach off Bethune Beach Park in New Smyrna Beach during a period of enhanced rip currents. Three of the swimmers were rescued, but the body of the fourth swimmer was recovered from the surf a few hours later. The medical examiner classified the death as a drowning.

Volusia, Florida · Rip Current · Sep 21, 20:30 UTC

• Tropical Storm AlbertoNorth Atlantic · 2012Tropical Storm50 kt · 995 mb
• Tropical Storm BerylNorth Atlantic · 2012Tropical Storm60 kt · 992 mb
• Hurricane ChrisNorth Atlantic · 2012Cat 175 kt · 974 mb
• Tropical Storm DebbyNorth Atlantic · 2012Tropical Storm55 kt · 990 mb
• Hurricane ErnestoNorth Atlantic · 2012 · 12 deathsCat 285 kt · 973 mb
• Tropical Storm FlorenceNorth Atlantic · 2012Tropical Storm50 kt · 1002 mb
• Tropical Storm HeleneNorth Atlantic · 2012Tropical Storm40 kt · 1004 mb
• Hurricane GordonNorth Atlantic · 2012Cat 295 kt · 965 mb
• Hurricane IsaacNorth Atlantic · 2012Cat 170 kt · 965 mb
• Tropical Storm JoyceNorth Atlantic · 2012Tropical Storm35 kt · 1006 mb
• Hurricane LeslieNorth Atlantic · 2012Cat 170 kt · 968 mb
• Hurricane KirkNorth Atlantic · 2012Cat 290 kt · 970 mb
• Hurricane MichaelNorth Atlantic · 2012Cat 3100 kt · 964 mb
• Tropical Storm OscarNorth Atlantic · 2012Tropical Storm45 kt · 994 mb
• Tropical Storm PattyNorth Atlantic · 2012Tropical Storm40 kt · 1005 mb
• Hurricane RafaelNorth Atlantic · 2012Cat 180 kt · 966 mb
• Hurricane SandyNorth Atlantic · 2012 · 254 deaths · $69 billionCat 3100 kt · 940 mb
• Tropical Storm TonyNorth Atlantic · 2012Tropical Storm45 kt · 1000 mb

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.

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.

• Tropical cyclone report, National Hurricane Center
• Every advisory and discussion NHC issued while it was live
• Best track as KMZ, National Hurricane Center
• Wikipedia article: Hurricane Nadine