Tropical Storm Bret
Jun 29, 1981 to Jul 1, 1981Peak 69 mph996 mb
Tropical Storm Bret passed within 50 miles of 1 county in NC. It was strongest near Hyde County, NC, as a tropical storm on July 1, 1981.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Tropical Storm Bret · 1981
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 69 mph, 60 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 996 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 1
- NC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 7
- NC
- 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.
| Currituck County | NC | 42.3 | Tropical storm |
| Dare County | NC | 56.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 64.2 | Tropical storm |
| Perquimans County | NC | 71.7 | Tropical storm |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 79.6 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | NC | 91.4 | Tropical storm |
| Hyde County | NC | 91.8 | Tropical 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.