The unnamed tropical storm of 1981
Nov 12, 1981 to Nov 17, 1981Peak 69 mph978 mb
The unnamed tropical storm of 1981 came within 100 miles of 2 U.S. counties without passing within 50.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1981
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 69 mph, 60 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 978 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 0
- None
- Counties within 100 miles
- 2
- MA
- Landfalls recorded
- 0
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Nantucket County | MA | 80.7 | Subtropical storm |
| Barnstable County | MA | 95.9 | Subtropical storm |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.