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NHC AL151981 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Gert (1981)

September 7, 1981 – September 15, 1981

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

Hurricane Gert peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 86 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Gert in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Gert from September 7, 1981 to September 15, 1981; its peak was 104 mph (Category 2). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 86 US cities, all in Puerto Rico. The strongest pass was 56 mph (tropical storm) 2 miles from Humacao, PR; the centre came closest to Dorado, PR, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 2

104 mph

Cities within 75 mi
86
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1
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Cities Gert passed near, strongest first

Puerto Rico (86)

and 26 more

Other storms of the 1981 season

  • BretTropical storm · 11 cities
  • DennisCategory 1 · 443 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.