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NHC AL082021 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Henri (2021)

August 15, 2021 – August 24, 2021

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

Hurricane Henri peaked at Category 1 with 75 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 507 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Henri in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Henri from August 15, 2021 to August 24, 2021; its peak was 75 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on August 22 at 63 mph (tropical storm), 13 miles from Charlestown, RI. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 507 US cities, in 4 states, most in Massachusetts (230) and Connecticut (170). The strongest pass was 63 mph (tropical storm) 9 miles from Charlestown, RI; the centre came closest to Marlborough, CT, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

75 mph

Cities within 75 mi
507
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
4
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Cities Henri passed near, strongest first

Massachusetts (230)

and 170 more

New York (58)

Rhode Island (49)

Connecticut (170)

and 110 more

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  • DannyTropical storm · 67 cities
  • ElsaCategory 1 · 2,322 cities
  • LindaCategory 4 · 14 cities
  • FredTropical storm · 212 cities
  • IdaCategory 4 · 1,649 cities
  • MindyTropical storm · 81 cities
  • NicholasCategory 1 · 127 cities
  • WandaTropical storm · 41 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.