Hurricane Larry (2021)
Hurricane Larry reached Category 3 in the North Atlantic between August 31, 2021 and September 11, 2021, with a lowest pressure of 953 mb, and made landfall. It killed 5 people directly, by the National Hurricane Center’s count.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Larry, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2021 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
- August 31, 2021 to September 11, 2021
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 953 mb (28.14 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 31.9
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 270 nmi (500 km, 311 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 270 nmi (500 km, 311 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 135 kt (155 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 44 kt (51 mph)
- Identifier
- AL122021
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
National Hurricane Center
5 direct deathsnone recorded in the United States
The season table in NHC’s report archive, final report. Direct deaths are those caused by the storm’s own wind, water or surge, anywhere in the world.
NOAA Storm Events
1 deaths (1 direct, 0 indirect)none recorded
What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 2 states and marine areas, in the United States only. Property and crop damage as each office estimated it, which is not a national loss total.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 03:30 | Coast unnamed here | 47.3N 54.6W | 70 kt (81 mph) | 958 mb |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
In the United States
NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.
- Deaths
- 1 (1 direct, 0 indirect)
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- none recorded
- Crop damage
- none recorded
- Events recorded
- 2 in 2 reports from 2 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| South Carolina | 0 | 0 | 1 |
What was recorded
2 rip current.
What forecast offices wrote
From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.
A 69-year-old white male from Oregon was swimming in the surf around 1630LST off Jerry Park in Cape Canaveral (an unguarded beach) when family members lost sight of him. He was then located unresponsive in the water approximately 100 yards offshore and transported to a local hospital in critical condition where he was later pronounced deceased. Although no one saw what actually happened, his family reported feeling a strong current pulling away from shore. He was considered a strong swimmer that had visited many beaches before. Distant Hurricane Larry produced moderate, long-period swells on this day, leading to a high risk of numerous and strong rip currents. The Medical Examiner listed drowning as the cause of death.
Brevard, Florida · Rip Current · Sep 8, 16:30 UTC
The Folly Beach lifeguards reported a rip current near the inlet on the north end of the beach. Two rescues were performed due to the rip current.
Charleston, South Carolina · Rip Current · Sep 11, 18:00 UTC
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 18:00 | 11.5N 20.6W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 1, 00:00 | 11.9N 22.5W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 1, 06:00 | 12.2N 24.5W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 1, 12:00 | 12.4N 26.5W | 45 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 1, 18:00 | 12.5N 28.4W | 55 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 00:00 | 12.7N 30.0W | 60 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 06:00 | 13.0N 31.6W | 65 kt | 991 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 2, 12:00 | 13.3N 33.3W | 70 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 2, 18:00 | 13.6N 35.0W | 70 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 3, 00:00 | 13.9N 36.7W | 75 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 3, 06:00 | 14.1N 38.4W | 80 kt | 983 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 3, 12:00 | 14.4N 40.0W | 80 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 3, 18:00 | 14.7N 41.4W | 90 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 4, 00:00 | 15.2N 42.7W | 100 kt | 964 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 4, 06:00 | 15.8N 44.0W | 110 kt | 956 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 4, 12:00 | 16.4N 45.3W | 110 kt | 956 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 4, 18:00 | 17.0N 46.5W | 105 kt | 958 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 5, 00:00 | 17.7N 47.5W | 105 kt | 958 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 5, 06:00 | 18.4N 48.5W | 105 kt | 958 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 5, 12:00 | 19.2N 49.4W | 110 kt | 953 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 5, 18:00 | 20.0N 50.3W | 110 kt | 953 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 6, 00:00 | 20.7N 51.2W | 110 kt | 953 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 6, 06:00 | 21.2N 52.0W | 105 kt | 956 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 6, 12:00 | 21.6N 52.7W | 105 kt | 956 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 6, 18:00 | 22.1N 53.5W | 105 kt | 956 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 00:00 | 22.7N 54.2W | 105 kt | 956 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 06:00 | 23.3N 54.8W | 100 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 12:00 | 24.0N 55.4W | 95 kt | 963 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 18:00 | 24.7N 56.0W | 95 kt | 965 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 00:00 | 25.4N 56.5W | 95 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 06:00 | 26.2N 57.1W | 95 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 12:00 | 27.2N 57.9W | 90 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 18:00 | 28.2N 58.9W | 90 kt | 967 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 9, 00:00 | 29.1N 59.9W | 85 kt | 968 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 9, 06:00 | 30.1N 60.8W | 80 kt | 968 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 9, 12:00 | 31.3N 61.5W | 80 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 9, 18:00 | 32.8N 62.1W | 80 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 00:00 | 34.4N 62.3W | 80 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 36.5N 62.2W | 75 kt | 964 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 38.9N 61.1W | 70 kt | 961 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 41.9N 59.5W | 70 kt | 958 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 45.1N 56.6W | 70 kt | 958 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 11, 03:30 landfall | 47.3N 54.6W | 70 kt | 958 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 11, 06:00 | 48.8N 53.3W | 65 kt | 959 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 52.5N 49.7W | 60 kt | 963 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 55.3N 46.8W | 55 kt | 967 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2021
- Tropical Storm AnaNorth Atlantic · 2021
- Tropical Storm BillNorth Atlantic · 2021
- Tropical Storm ClaudetteNorth Atlantic · 2021 · 4 deaths · $375 million
- Tropical Storm DannyNorth Atlantic · 2021
- Hurricane ElsaNorth Atlantic · 2021 · 13 deaths · $1.2 billion
- Tropical Storm FredNorth Atlantic · 2021 · 6 deaths · $1.3 billion
- Hurricane GraceNorth Atlantic · 2021 · 16 deaths
- Hurricane HenriNorth Atlantic · 2021 · $700 million
- Hurricane IdaNorth Atlantic · 2021 · 55 deaths · $75 billion
- Tropical Storm KateNorth Atlantic · 2021
- Tropical Storm JulianNorth Atlantic · 2021
- Tropical Storm MindyNorth Atlantic · 2021
- Hurricane NicholasNorth Atlantic · 2021 · 2 deaths · $1.0 billion
- Tropical Storm OdetteNorth Atlantic · 2021
- Tropical Storm RoseNorth Atlantic · 2021
- Tropical Storm PeterNorth Atlantic · 2021
- Hurricane SamNorth Atlantic · 2021
- Tropical Storm TeresaNorth Atlantic · 2021
- Tropical Storm VictorNorth Atlantic · 2021
- Tropical Storm WandaNorth Atlantic · 2021
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.