All storm pages · 1982 Atlantic season
Hurricane Debby 1982
Category 4 hurricane · Atlantic · September 13 to September 20, 1982
Debby was still a hurricane at 50.8°N, the sixth-farthest north reach of hurricane strength among 979 Atlantic hurricanes. No other storm of the 1982 Atlantic season matched its 130 mph peak; the season had 8 storms. It generated 64% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy, more than any other 1982 storm.
Strength over time
- First record (tropical depression) 35 miles northeast of Nagua, María Trinidad Sánchez, the Dominican Republic
- Tropical storm 250 miles north of Monte Cristi, the Dominican Republic
- Hurricane 400 miles east of Nassau, the Bahamas
- Major hurricane 375 miles north of Hamilton, Bermuda
- Peak 410 miles south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; lowest pressure 950 mb
- No longer tropical (extratropical low) far out at sea, at 51.5°N, 19.0°W
- Last record far out at sea, at 51.5°N, 19.0°W
Against every Atlantic storm since 1851
In the 1982 season
Storm 6 of 8 in 1982, hurricane 2 of 2; it formed after Chris and before Storm 7 of 1982. See the season.
Places the center passed
The best-track file has no landfall records for Atlantic storms of 1982, so the track itself shows where this storm went. The center came within 50 miles of 2 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.
| Place | Closest | Wind then | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nagua, María Trinidad Sánchez, the Dominican Republic | 37 mi | 35 mph | September 13 |
| Samaná, the Dominican Republic | 42 mi | 35 mph | September 13 |
Every storm within 50 miles of Nagua, María Trinidad Sánchez, the Dominican Republic
Also peaked at 130 mph
Of 33 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:
- Harvey (1981)946 mb, no landfall record
- Diana (1984)949 mb, landfall in North Carolina
- Frederic (1979)943 mb, no landfall record
- Greta (1978)947 mb, no landfall record