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Tropical Storm Dean

Sep 26, 1983 to Sep 30, 1983Peak 63 mph999 mb

Tropical Storm Dean passed within 50 miles of 17 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Dare County, NC, as a tropical storm on September 30, 1983.

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Tropical Storm Dean · 1983

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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Date and time (UTC)—Historical replay — not a forecast
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The storm

Peak strength
Tropical storm
63 mph, 55 kt
Lowest pressure
999 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
17
MD, VA
Counties within 100 miles
32
DE, MD, NC, VA
Strongest near the U.S.
Tropical storm
Dare County, NC, 71.2 mi, Sep 30, 1983
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.

Counties within 100 miles
Lancaster CountyVA0.0Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Northampton CountyVA0.0Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Accomack CountyVA0.5Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Northumberland CountyVA1.4Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Mathews CountyVA10.7Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Somerset CountyMD23.1Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Dorchester CountyMD32.2Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Poquoson cityVA33.6Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Newport News cityVA35.2Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Worcester CountyMD35.5Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Hampton cityVA35.9Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Virginia Beach cityVA39.1Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Surry CountyVA39.3Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Isle of Wight CountyVA42.5Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Wicomico CountyMD43.7Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Norfolk cityVA44.4Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Portsmouth cityVA48.9Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Chesapeake cityVA50.9Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Suffolk cityVA51.9Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Southampton CountyVA55.9Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Currituck CountyNC56.2Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Sussex CountyDE62.7Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Camden CountyNC70.2Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Dare CountyNC71.2Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Franklin cityVA75.8Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Gates CountyNC76.7Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Pasquotank CountyNC77.3Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Perquimans CountyNC84.4Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Kent CountyDE85.2Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Hertford CountyNC85.8Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Chowan CountyNC89.2Tropical stormSep 30, 1983
Tyrrell CountyNC94.1Tropical stormSep 30, 1983

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.