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Hurricane Sam 2021
Category 4 hurricane · Atlantic · September 22 to October 5, 2021
Sam produced 54.0 units of accumulated cyclone energy (ACE), the tenth-most of any Atlantic storm since 1851. It held major-hurricane strength (Category 3 or higher) for 186 hours, tied for the eighth-longest spell among Atlantic hurricanes. No other storm of the 2021 Atlantic season matched its 155 mph peak; the season had 21 storms.
Strength over time
- First record (tropical depression) far out at sea, at 10.0°N, 33.1°W
- Tropical storm far out at sea, at 10.4°N, 36.0°W
- Hurricane 1,005 miles east-northeast of Paramaribo, Suriname
- Major hurricane 725 miles northeast of Paramaribo, Suriname
- Peak 630 miles east of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados; lowest pressure 927 mb
- No longer tropical (extratropical low) 820 miles east of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Last record far out at sea, at 58.1°N, 22.3°W
Against every Atlantic storm since 1851
In the 2021 season
Storm 18 of 21 in 2021, hurricane 7 of 7; it formed after Rose and before Teresa. See the season.
Closest to land
Nearest town of 10,000 people or more: Hamilton, Bermuda, 214 miles from the center on October 2 (Category 4 hurricane stage).
Also peaked at 155 mph
Of 11 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:
- Iota (2020)917 mb, landfall in Nicaragua
- Jose (2017)938 mb, no landfall record
- Joaquin (2015)931 mb, landfall in Bahamas
- Igor (2010)924 mb, landfall in Newfoundland and Labrador