The 2021 season

Tropical Storm Wanda (2021)

Tropical Storm Wanda peaked at 60 kt in the North Atlantic between October 25, 2021 and November 8, 2021, with a lowest pressure of 973 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Wanda, 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.

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The storm

Basin
North Atlantic
Dates
October 25, 2021 to November 8, 2021
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
Lowest pressure
973 mb (28.73 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 59 km (37 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
4.0
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
540 nmi (1000 km, 621 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
80 nmi (148 km, 92 mi)
Overall size
600 nmi (1111 km, 690 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
55 kt (63 mph)
Fastest the center moved
34 kt (39 mph)
Identifier
AL212021

Radar at KBOX as it neared land, Oct 27, 06:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

The sources count different things and are not added together.

National Hurricane Center

0 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.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 25, 18:0032.5N 76.3W35 kt1006 mbExtratropical
Oct 26, 00:0034.2N 74.1W45 kt1002 mbExtratropical
Oct 26, 06:0035.9N 71.3W45 kt996 mbExtratropical
Oct 26, 12:0037.7N 69.1W50 kt992 mbExtratropical
Oct 26, 18:0039.5N 68.2W55 kt984 mbExtratropical
Oct 27, 00:0040.8N 67.6W60 kt979 mbExtratropical
Oct 27, 06:0041.4N 69.4W60 kt973 mbExtratropical
Oct 27, 12:0039.9N 70.1W55 kt976 mbExtratropical
Oct 27, 18:0038.7N 68.5W50 kt980 mbExtratropical
Oct 28, 00:0039.0N 65.9W45 kt981 mbExtratropical
Oct 28, 06:0039.4N 63.9W45 kt982 mbExtratropical
Oct 28, 12:0039.8N 61.9W45 kt982 mbExtratropical
Oct 28, 18:0040.2N 59.8W45 kt982 mbExtratropical
Oct 29, 00:0040.6N 58.1W45 kt982 mbExtratropical
Oct 29, 06:0040.7N 56.8W45 kt982 mbExtratropical
Oct 29, 12:0040.6N 55.5W45 kt981 mbExtratropical
Oct 29, 18:0040.4N 54.0W45 kt981 mbExtratropical
Oct 30, 00:0040.1N 52.4W45 kt982 mbExtratropical
Oct 30, 06:0039.4N 51.2W40 kt984 mbExtratropical
Oct 30, 12:0038.5N 49.6W40 kt986 mbSubtropical storm
Oct 30, 18:0037.5N 47.8W40 kt988 mbSubtropical storm
Oct 31, 00:0036.5N 46.0W45 kt987 mbSubtropical storm
Oct 31, 06:0036.6N 44.2W50 kt985 mbSubtropical storm
Oct 31, 12:0036.5N 43.4W50 kt983 mbSubtropical storm
Oct 31, 18:0036.4N 43.5W50 kt985 mbSubtropical storm
Nov 1, 00:0035.8N 44.0W45 kt989 mbSubtropical storm
Nov 1, 06:0034.8N 44.2W40 kt991 mbSubtropical storm
Nov 1, 12:0034.1N 43.4W40 kt993 mbTropical storm
Nov 1, 18:0034.1N 42.6W35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 2, 00:0034.4N 41.9W35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Nov 2, 06:0034.9N 41.3W40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 2, 12:0035.5N 40.7W40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 2, 18:0036.2N 40.5W40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 3, 00:0036.9N 40.4W40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 3, 06:0037.6N 40.2W40 kt995 mbTropical storm
Nov 3, 12:0038.4N 39.9W40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Nov 3, 18:0039.3N 39.7W45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Nov 4, 00:0040.2N 39.7W45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Nov 4, 06:0041.0N 39.7W45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Nov 4, 12:0041.7N 39.7W40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Nov 4, 18:0042.1N 39.6W40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Nov 5, 00:0042.3N 39.0W45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Nov 5, 06:0042.0N 38.3W45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Nov 5, 12:0041.1N 37.8W45 kt993 mbTropical storm
Nov 5, 18:0039.6N 37.5W45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Nov 6, 00:0038.4N 38.0W45 kt999 mbTropical storm
Nov 6, 06:0037.6N 38.3W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 6, 12:0037.2N 38.4W40 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Nov 6, 18:0037.1N 38.0W35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 7, 00:0037.4N 37.4W35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Nov 7, 06:0038.1N 36.4W35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 7, 12:0039.2N 34.9W35 kt1006 mbLow
Nov 7, 18:0040.9N 32.8W40 kt1006 mbLow
Nov 8, 00:0043.2N 29.7W40 kt1006 mbLow

Other North Atlantic storms of 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.