High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Hurricane Nate was an Atlantic hurricane that made landfall on the Gulf Coast of Mexico in early September. The sixteenth named storm and fourth hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, Hurricane Nate formed in the Bay of Campeche on September 7 and initially moved erratically. Slowly intensifying, the cyclone reached a peak intensity of 75 mph (120 km/h) on the afternoon of September 8, although the system`s satellite appearance was not characteristic of such. Succeeding its peak as a minimal hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale, a combination of cooler sea surface temperatures, due to upwelling, and dry air caused Nate to weaken below hurricane intensity early on September 9. Tracking towards the west, Nate made landfall as a minimal tropical storm with 45 mph (75 km/h) at midday on September 11, before weakening into a remnant low by 0000 UTC the following day, and dissipating shortly thereafter. No damage was reported in association with Hurricane Nate, although five people were killed in rough seas, and it is estimated that 800 homes were damaged in Veracruz.