Hurricane Grace (2021)

Basin

North Atlantic

Dates

August 13, 2021 to August 21, 2021

Peak strength

Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)

Lowest pressure

967 mb (28.56 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

8.6

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

150 nmi (278 km, 173 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

15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)

Overall size

180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Peak gust in the best track

135 kt (155 mph)

Fastest the center moved

23 kt (26 mph)

Identifier

AL072021

The sources count different things and are not added together.

Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.

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

Deaths

0 (0 direct, 0 indirect)

Injuries

0

Property damage

none recorded

Crop damage

none recorded

Events recorded

8 in 3 reports from 3 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

6 tropical storm, 2 storm surge/tide.

From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.

Long period swells associated with Hurricane Grace in the southern Gulf of Mexico reached the Middle Texas coast on the 21st. Tides reached the dunes due to the long period swells during the morning hours of the 21st for the beaches from Port Aransas south to north Padre Island. Tides washed up on to Whitecap Boulevard in north Padre Island. Tides reached 2 feet MSL with a storm surge of 1 foot.

Nueces County Islands, Texas · Storm Surge/Tide · Aug 21, 10:00 UTC

Long period swells associated with Hurricane Grace in the southern Gulf of Mexico reached the Middle Texas coast on the 21st. Tides reached the dunes due to the long period swells during the morning hours of the 21st for the beaches south of Bob Hall Pier in Kleberg County. Tides reached 2 feet MSL with a storm surge of 1 foot.

Kleberg County Islands, Texas · Storm Surge/Tide · Aug 21, 10:00 UTC

• Tropical Storm AnaNorth Atlantic · 2021Tropical Storm50 kt · 1004 mb
• Tropical Storm BillNorth Atlantic · 2021Tropical Storm55 kt · 992 mb
• Tropical Storm ClaudetteNorth Atlantic · 2021 · 4 deaths · $375 millionTropical Storm40 kt · 1003 mb
• Tropical Storm DannyNorth Atlantic · 2021Tropical Storm40 kt · 1009 mb
• Hurricane ElsaNorth Atlantic · 2021 · 13 deaths · $1.2 billionCat 175 kt · 991 mb
• Tropical Storm FredNorth Atlantic · 2021 · 6 deaths · $1.3 billionTropical Storm55 kt · 991 mb
• Hurricane HenriNorth Atlantic · 2021 · $700 millionCat 165 kt · 986 mb
• Hurricane IdaNorth Atlantic · 2021 · 55 deaths · $75 billionCat 4130 kt · 929 mb
• Tropical Storm KateNorth Atlantic · 2021Tropical Storm40 kt · 1004 mb
• Tropical Storm JulianNorth Atlantic · 2021Tropical Storm50 kt · 993 mb
• Hurricane LarryNorth Atlantic · 2021 · 5 deathsCat 3110 kt · 953 mb
• Tropical Storm MindyNorth Atlantic · 2021Tropical Storm50 kt · 1000 mb
• Hurricane NicholasNorth Atlantic · 2021 · 2 deaths · $1.0 billionCat 165 kt · 988 mb
• Tropical Storm OdetteNorth Atlantic · 2021Tropical Storm55 kt · 989 mb
• Tropical Storm RoseNorth Atlantic · 2021Tropical Storm50 kt · 1004 mb
• Tropical Storm PeterNorth Atlantic · 2021Tropical Storm45 kt · 1005 mb
• Hurricane SamNorth Atlantic · 2021Cat 4135 kt · 927 mb
• Tropical Storm TeresaNorth Atlantic · 2021Tropical Storm40 kt · 1008 mb
• Tropical Storm VictorNorth Atlantic · 2021Tropical Storm55 kt · 997 mb
• Tropical Storm WandaNorth Atlantic · 2021Tropical Storm60 kt · 973 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
• Best track as a shapefile, National Hurricane Center
• Wikipedia article: Hurricane Grace