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NHC AL111980 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Danielle (1980)

September 4, 1980 – September 7, 1980

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Tropical Storm Danielle peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 136 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Danielle in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Danielle from September 4, 1980 to September 7, 1980; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 136 US cities, in 2 states, most in Texas (122). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) 52 miles from Bell City, LA; the centre came closest to Texas City, TX, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
136
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2

Cities Danielle passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (14)

Texas (122)

and 62 more

Other storms of the 1980 season

About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.