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NHC AL052001 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Dean (2001)

August 22, 2001 – August 29, 2001

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

Tropical Storm Dean peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 58 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Dean in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Dean from August 22, 2001 to August 29, 2001; its peak was 69 mph (tropical storm). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 58 US cities, all in Puerto Rico. The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) 48 miles from Toa Baja, PR; the centre came closest to Fajardo, PR, 32 miles away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

69 mph

Cities within 75 mi
58
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1

Cities Dean passed near, strongest first

Puerto Rico (58)

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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.