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Hurricane Grace 2021

Category 3 hurricane · Atlantic · August 13 to August 21, 2021

Grace's 120 mph landfall in Veracruz on August 21, 2021 ranks tied for the strongest of the 41 storms with a landfall record there. It has landfall records in 4 different places: the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Quintana Roo and Veracruz. Its winds climbed 60 mph in the 24 hours to August 21.

Track of Grace (2021) from the best-track record, coloured by strength10°N20°N90°W80°W70°W60°W50°WPointe-à-PitreDominican Republic, 40 mphJamaica, 60 mphQuintana Roo, 85 mphVeracruz, 120 mphPeak 120 mphFirst recordDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 300 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Grace (2021) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 404080120160Aug 14Aug 15Aug 16Aug 17Aug 18Aug 19Aug 20Aug 21mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 855 miles northeast of Paramaribo, Suriname
  2. Tropical storm 265 miles northeast of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
  3. Landfall Dominican Republic: tropical storm, 40 mph, 1007 mb
  4. Landfall Jamaica: tropical storm, 60 mph, 1004 mb
  5. Hurricane 205 miles south-southeast of Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba
  6. Landfall Quintana Roo: Category 1, 85 mph, 978 mb
  7. Major hurricane 105 miles east of Tuxpam, Veracruz, Mexico
  8. Peak, 120 mph 105 miles east of Tuxpam, Veracruz, Mexico; lowest pressure 967 mb
  9. Landfall Veracruz
  10. Last record (tropical storm) 40 miles southwest of Poza Rica de Hidalgo, Veracruz, Mexico

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind120 mph · tied 221st of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure967 mb · tied 330th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy8.6 · tied 590th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone8.2 days · tied 412th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 2021 season

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Storm 7 of 21 in 2021, hurricane 2 of 7; it formed after Fred and before Henri. Grace produced 6% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy and ranks fourth by peak wind. 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
Port Antonio, Portland, Jamaica3 mi60 mphAugust 17
Poza Rica de Hidalgo, Veracruz, Mexico5 mi105 mphAugust 21
Ticul, Yucatán, Mexico7 mi50 mphAugust 19
Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, Jamaica9 mi60 mphAugust 17
Saint Ann's Bay, Saint Ann, Jamaica11 mi60 mphAugust 17
Montego Bay, Saint James, Jamaica12 mi60 mphAugust 17
Half Way Tree, Saint Andrew, Jamaica13 mi60 mphAugust 17
Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France16 mi35 mphAugust 14

Every storm within 50 miles of Poza Rica de Hidalgo, Veracruz, Mexico

Similar landfalls in Veracruz

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Veracruz came closest to Grace's 120 mph:

All 41 storms with a landfall record in Veracruz

Also peaked at 120 mph

Of 59 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Rafael (2024)954 mb, landfall in Cuba
  • Gaston (2016)955 mb, no landfall record
  • Edouard (2014)955 mb, no landfall record
  • Irene (2011)942 mb, landfall in US Virgin Islands