Hurricane Claudette was the third named storm, second hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 1991 Atlantic hurricane season. Claudette was the final major hurricane of the season, as well as the strongest, reaching Category 4 status on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale while in the open Atlantic Ocean. Claudette developed on September 4 while located southeast of the island of Bermuda. Claudette became extratropical on September 12, and its remnants dissipated near the Azores on September 14, having never directly affected land, in spite of its intensity.