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Hurricane Dean 2007

Category 5 hurricane · Atlantic · August 13 to August 23, 2007

Dean's central pressure fell to 905 mb, tied for the tenth-lowest among the 1,277 Atlantic storms with a recorded pressure. Its 175 mph landfall in Quintana Roo on August 21, 2007 ranks tied for the strongest of the 31 storms with a landfall record there. It reached Category 5 with 175 mph winds, one of 44 Atlantic storms to do so since 1851. The name Dean is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired Atlantic hurricane names.

Track of Dean (2007) from the best-track record, coloured by strength10°N20°N90°W80°W70°W60°W50°W40°W30°WFort-de-FranceQuintana Roo, 175 mphVeracruz, 100 mphPeak 175 mphFirst recordDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 4Category 500 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Dean (2007) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160200Aug 14Aug 15Aug 16Aug 17Aug 18Aug 19Aug 20Aug 21Aug 22Aug 23mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) far out at sea, at 12.2°N, 28.9°W
  2. Tropical storm far out at sea, at 11.8°N, 38.3°W
  3. Hurricane 560 miles east of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
  4. Major hurricane 145 miles west-southwest of Roseau, Saint George, Dominica
  5. Peak 90 miles east of Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico
  6. Landfall Quintana Roo
  7. Landfall Veracruz: Category 2, 100 mph, 974 mb
  8. Last record (tropical depression) 30 miles northwest of Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind175 mph · tied 11th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure905 mb · tied 10th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy35.2 · 61st of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone9.8 days · tied 265th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

More from the record

It generated 49% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy, more than any other 2007 storm.

Its winds climbed 75 mph in the 24 hours to August 18.

In the 2007 season

04080120160200Dean

Storm 4 of 17 in 2007, hurricane 1 of 6; it formed after Chantal and before Erin. Dean ranks joint first by peak wind in the season. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of at least 8 towns or cities of 10,000 people or more while the system was tropical. Distances are to the interpolated track line, not the storm's edge.

PlaceClosestWind thenDate
Poza Rica de Hidalgo, Veracruz, Mexico4 mi80 mphAugust 22
Champotón, Campeche, Mexico6 mi85 mphAugust 21
Fort-de-France, Martinique, France19 mi100 mphAugust 17
Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico22 mi150 mphAugust 21
Castries, Saint Lucia22 mi100 mphAugust 17
Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico23 mi40 mphAugust 22
Tuxpam, Veracruz, Mexico32 mi80 mphAugust 22
May Pen, Clarendon, Jamaica40 mi145 mphAugust 19

Every storm within 50 miles of Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico

Similar landfalls in Quintana Roo

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Quintana Roo came closest to Dean's 175 mph:

All 31 storms with a landfall record in Quintana Roo

Also peaked at 175 mph

Of 8 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time: