Hurricane Henri
Aug 15, 2021 to Aug 24, 2021Peak 75 mph986 mb
Hurricane Henri passed within 50 miles of 5 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Washington County, RI, as a tropical storm on August 22, 2021.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Henri · 2021
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
From space
Hurricane Henri on August 21, 2021, about 21 hours before landfall in Washington County, RI.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 75 mph, 65 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 986 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 5
- CT, NY, RI
- Counties within 100 miles
- 5
- CT, NY, RI
- Landfalls recorded
- 2
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Washington County | RI | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| New London County | CT | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hartford County | CT | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tolland County | CT | 0.5 | Tropical storm |
| Suffolk County | NY | 6.7 | 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.