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During 2021, tropical cyclones formed in seven major bodies of water, commonly known as tropical cyclone basins. Tropical cyclones will be assigned names by various weather agencies if they attain maximum sustained winds of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph). During the year, 136 systems have formed and 94 were named, including one subtropical ...
The newly formed cyclone swiftly intensified amid very high mid-level moisture and ocean temperatures, becoming Tropical Storm Kevin six hours later and reaching peak winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) on August 8. Wind shear abruptly increased later that day, confining the storm's convection into the western semicircle.
Until around 1920, the United States Weather Bureau did not acknowledge the eastern Pacific Ocean as a tropical cyclone basin. After the unexpected 1939 Long Beach tropical storm, the weather bureau set up a forecast office for southern California in February 1940. Before 1965, the lack of satellite imagery meant that some tropical cyclones ...
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Contiguous U.S. tropical cyclone rainfall maximum per state as of 2023. Tropical cyclones move into the contiguous United States from the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the eastern Pacific Ocean. The highest rainfall totals in the country have been measured across the Gulf Coast and lower portions of the Eastern Seaboard.
2021 North Atlantic tropical cyclone season statistics Storm name Dates active Storm category at peak intensity Max 1-min wind mph (km/h) Min. press. Areas affected Damage Deaths Ref(s) Ana May 22–23 Tropical storm 45 (75) 1004 Bermuda: None None Bill June 14–15 Tropical storm 65 (100) 992 East Coast of the United States, Atlantic Canada
In fact, the only time a tropical storm has made landfall in California the last 100 years was in Long Beach in 1939, according to the National Weather Service.
2021–22 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season (3 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Tropical cyclones in 2021" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total.