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NHC AL062021 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Fred (2021)

August 9, 2021 – August 20, 2021

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

Tropical Storm Fred peaked at Tropical storm with 63 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 212 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Fred in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Fred from August 9, 2021 to August 20, 2021; its peak was 63 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 16 at 63 mph (tropical storm), 11 miles from Port St Joe, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 212 US cities, in 4 states and territories, most in Puerto Rico (82) and Alabama (54). The strongest pass was 63 mph (tropical storm) 22 miles from Apalachicola, FL; the centre came closest to Cottondale, FL, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

63 mph

Cities within 75 mi
212
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
4
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Cities Fred passed near, strongest first

Florida (47)

Georgia (29)

Alabama (54)

Puerto Rico (82)

and 22 more

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  • LindaCategory 4 · 14 cities
  • HenriCategory 1 · 507 cities
  • IdaCategory 4 · 1,649 cities
  • MindyTropical storm · 81 cities
  • NicholasCategory 1 · 127 cities
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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.