Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 26–30, 1983
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 Dean (1983) was a tropical storm of the 1983 Atlantic season. It formed on September 26, 1983, 337 mi NE of Nassau, Bahamas, reached its peak of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 999 mb on September 29, 1983, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 4.0 days and travelled about 894 miles (1,439 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Beach, Virginia | 42 mi | Sep 30 · 10:00 UTC | TS 52 mph |
| Chesapeake, Virginia | 54 mi | Sep 30 · 11:00 UTC | TS 49 mph |
| Norfolk, Virginia | 52 mi | Sep 30 · 13:00 UTC | TS 44 mph |
| Newport News, Virginia | 47 mi | Sep 30 · 13:00 UTC | TS 44 mph |
| East Hampton, Virginia | 41 mi | Sep 30 · 13:00 UTC | TS 44 mph |
| Hampton, Virginia | 42 mi | Sep 30 · 13:00 UTC | TS 44 mph |
| Washington, District of Columbia | 69 mi | Sep 30 · 18:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Richmond, Virginia | 39 mi | Sep 30 · 18:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Arlington, Virginia | 69 mi | Sep 30 · 18:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Alexandria, Virginia | 63 mi | Sep 30 · 18:00 UTC | TD 35 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 26 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1010 mb | 28.0°N 73.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1009 mb | 28.5°N 72.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1006 mb | 29.0°N 72.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 29.5°N 72.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1000 mb | 30.3°N 72.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 999 mb | 31.2°N 71.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 999 mb | 32.2°N 71.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1000 mb | 33.1°N 70.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1001 mb | 34.0°N 70.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 1003 mb | 34.5°N 70.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 1005 mb | 34.8°N 71.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 1006 mb | 35.1°N 71.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 1007 mb | 35.8°N 73.0°W | 181 mi ESE of Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Sep 30 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 1008 mb | 36.4°N 74.0°W | 114 mi ESE of Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Sep 30 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 1009 mb | 37.0°N 74.9°W | 60 mi E of Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Sep 30 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1010 mb | 37.5°N 75.8°W | 46 mi NNE of Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Sep 30 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1015 mb | 37.9°N 76.9°W | 33 mi NE of Mechanicsville, Virginia |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Dean. Its closest approach to a major city was 39 miles from Richmond, Virginia.
At its peak on September 29, 1983, Dean was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a central pressure of 999 mb.
4.0 days, from September 26, 1983 to September 30, 1983. It travelled about 894 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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