Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 4–7, 1980
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Tropical Storm Danielle (1980) was a tropical storm of the 1980 Atlantic season. It formed on September 4, 1980, 90 mi S of Houma, Louisiana, reached its peak of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1004 mb on September 5, 1980, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 2.8 days and travelled about 594 miles (956 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont, Texas | 47 mi | Sep 5 · 21:00 UTC | TS 52 mph |
| Pasadena, Texas | 22 mi | Sep 6 · 01:00 UTC | TS 45 mph |
| Houston, Texas | 27 mi | Sep 6 · 02:00 UTC | TS 44 mph |
| Pearland, Texas | 14 mi | Sep 6 · 02:00 UTC | TS 44 mph |
| Cypress, Texas | 43 mi | Sep 6 · 03:00 UTC | TS 43 mph |
| San Antonio, Texas | 29 mi | Sep 7 · 02:00 UTC | TD 23 mph |
Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 28.3°N 90.6°W | 90 mi S of Houma, Louisiana |
| Sep 5 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 28.3°N 91.3°W | 96 mi SSW of Houma, Louisiana |
| Sep 5 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 28.4°N 91.8°W | 97 mi SSW of Morgan City, Louisiana |
| Sep 5 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 28.8°N 92.4°W | 83 mi S of Abbeville, Louisiana |
| Sep 5 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1004 mb | 29.4°N 93.4°W | 47 mi SE of Port Arthur, Texas |
| Sep 6 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1004 mb | 29.4°N 94.9°W | near Texas City, Texas |
| Sep 6 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1008 mb | 29.3°N 96.3°W | near El Campo, Texas |
| Sep 6 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 29.1°N 97.0°W | 20 mi N of Victoria, Texas |
| Sep 6 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 29.0°N 97.8°W | 51 mi SE of San Antonio, Texas |
| Sep 7 00:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1010 mb | 29.0°N 98.3°W | 32 mi SSE of San Antonio, Texas |
| Sep 7 06:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1010 mb | 29.0°N 99.0°W | 42 mi SW of San Antonio, Texas |
| Sep 7 12:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1010 mb | 29.0°N 100.0°W | 19 mi SW of Uvalde, Texas |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Danielle. Its closest approach to a major city was 14 miles from Pearland, Texas.
At its peak on September 5, 1980, Danielle was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a central pressure of 1004 mb.
2.8 days, from September 4, 1980 to September 7, 1980. It travelled about 594 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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