Hurricane Henri was the first tropical cyclone to make landfall in the U.S. state of Rhode Island since Hurricane Bob in 1991. The eighth named storm and third hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, Henri originated from a well-defined low-pressure system north-northeast of Bermuda on August 16 as a tropical depression. Nearly a day later, the system strengthened into Tropical Storm Henri. Henri continued to slowly move south, and later southwest. Henri continued to steadily strengthen, reaching its initial peak intensity with winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a pressure of 994 mbar (29.4 inHg) early on August 19. Soon after, strong wind shear weakened Henri slightly. Eventually, Henri strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane, before weakening back to a tropical storm and making landfall in Westerly, Rhode Island, on August 22. It proceeded to move west-northwestward, weakening down to a tropical depression while greatly slowing down later that day. On August 23, Henri degenerated into a remnant low over New England, before dissipating on the next day over the Atlantic.