 Hurricane Dean was the fourth named storm and second hurricane of the 1989 Atlantic hurricane season . Dean formed on July 31 and reached tropical storm status the following day east of the Leeward Islands . Dean brushed the northern Leeward Islands as a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir – Simpson Hurricane Scale , bringing light rain but producing no damage , before turning northward and striking Bermuda as a Category 2 hurricane . Dean continued northward before making landfall in southeastern Newfoundland . 
