a tropical storm formed in the open atlantic near 21°n 54°w on september 29. it moved northwestward becoming first a category 1 hurricane then, october 3 a category 2 hurricane. at this strength it passed to the south, then to the west, of bermuda on october 4. it quickly weakened as it continued heading north and was already an extratropical storm when it made landfall in nova scotia on october 6. it also affected newfoundland before dissipating in the labrador sea on october 8.