Hurricane Dennis
Aug 7, 1981 to Aug 22, 1981Peak 81 mph995 mb
Hurricane Dennis passed within 50 miles of 65 counties in 4 states. It was strongest near Virginia Beach city, VA, as a tropical storm on August 20, 1981.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Dennis · 1981
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 81 mph, 70 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 995 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 65
- FL, GA, NC, SC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 133
- FL, GA, NC, SC, VA
- 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.
| Brevard County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dare County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| New Hanover County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Osceola County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Carteret County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Highlands County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hendry County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Volusia County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Glades County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | FL | 1.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | NC | 1.8 | Tropical storm |
| Craven County | NC | 2.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hyde County | NC | 3.5 | Tropical storm |
| Onslow County | NC | 4.3 | Tropical storm |
| Indian River County | FL | 5.9 | Tropical storm |
| Pender County | NC | 7.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | NC | 8.6 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | FL | 8.7 | Tropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 9.9 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 10.2 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | FL | 10.5 | Tropical storm |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 10.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pamlico County | NC | 10.8 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | FL | 11.5 | Tropical storm |
| Horry County | SC | 16.7 | Tropical storm |
| Flagler County | FL | 18.6 | Tropical storm |
| St. Lucie County | FL | 19.7 | Tropical storm |
| Broward County | FL | 19.8 | Tropical storm |
| Miami-Dade County | FL | 20.4 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 21.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | FL | 22.5 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | NC | 22.7 | Tropical storm |
| Columbus County | NC | 23.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. Johns County | FL | 24.9 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | FL | 27.0 | Tropical storm |
| Duplin County | NC | 27.1 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | SC | 30.8 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 30.9 | Tropical storm |
| DeSoto County | FL | 31.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bladen County | NC | 31.6 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 32.4 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 32.7 | Tropical storm |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 32.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lake County | FL | 33.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hardee County | FL | 34.6 | Tropical storm |
| McIntosh County | GA | 34.9 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | FL | 35.2 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 36.1 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 36.3 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | FL | 37.6 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | FL | 38.2 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 38.3 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | GA | 39.5 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 40.1 | Tropical storm |
| Sampson County | NC | 40.2 | Tropical storm |
| Florence County | SC | 40.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lenoir County | NC | 42.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | SC | 43.6 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | GA | 44.6 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | NC | 44.7 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | FL | 47.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pitt County | NC | 47.4 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | FL | 50.7 | Tropical storm |
| Currituck County | NC | 51.8 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | NC | 56.8 | Tropical storm |
| Dillon County | SC | 56.8 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | NC | 57.0 | Tropical storm |
| Robeson County | NC | 57.2 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | GA | 57.9 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | NC | 58.1 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 58.4 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | NC | 59.9 | Tropical storm |
| Long County | GA | 60.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sarasota County | FL | 61.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 62.5 | Tropical storm |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 62.7 | Tropical storm |
| Effingham County | GA | 62.7 | Tropical storm |
| Manatee County | FL | 63.5 | Tropical storm |
| Clarendon County | SC | 64.0 | Tropical storm |
| Perquimans County | NC | 64.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 64.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bertie County | NC | 64.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 64.6 | Tropical storm |
| Charlton County | GA | 64.7 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | NC | 65.2 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | FL | 65.3 | Tropical storm |
| Chowan County | NC | 66.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pasco County | FL | 70.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hernando County | FL | 72.9 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 73.6 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 74.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bradford County | FL | 74.7 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | SC | 74.8 | Tropical storm |
| Alachua County | FL | 75.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wilson County | NC | 76.2 | Tropical storm |
| Johnston County | NC | 77.0 | Tropical storm |
| Edgecombe County | NC | 77.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bulloch County | GA | 77.6 | Tropical storm |
| Marlboro County | SC | 78.3 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 78.9 | Tropical storm |
| Darlington County | SC | 79.5 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | FL | 80.2 | Tropical storm |
| Virginia Beach city | VA | 81.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | SC | 82.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bamberg County | SC | 82.4 | Tropical storm |
| Citrus County | FL | 83.0 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | SC | 83.9 | Tropical storm |
| Appling County | GA | 85.6 | Tropical storm |
| Evans County | GA | 86.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hertford County | NC | 86.4 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 86.6 | Tropical storm |
| Gates County | NC | 87.2 | Tropical storm |
| Screven County | GA | 88.4 | Tropical storm |
| Chesapeake city | VA | 88.9 | Tropical storm |
| Harnett County | NC | 88.9 | Tropical storm |
| Scotland County | NC | 89.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hoke County | NC | 89.3 | Tropical storm |
| Allendale County | SC | 89.4 | Tropical storm |
| Halifax County | NC | 90.1 | Tropical storm |
| Nash County | NC | 91.9 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 91.9 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 96.3 | Tropical storm |
| Levy County | FL | 96.7 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | NC | 97.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | SC | 97.7 | Tropical storm |
| Richland County | SC | 98.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pinellas County | FL | 98.3 | Tropical storm |
| Barnwell County | SC | 98.4 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | FL | 98.7 | Tropical storm |
| Suffolk city | VA | 98.8 | 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.