The 1980 hurricane season

Every storm track on one map · Atlantic & Pacific · 32 systems

Atlantic storms
11
9 hurricanes · 2 major
Atlantic ACE
149
1991–2020 avg ≈ 123
Strongest
190 mph
Allen
Landfalling
0
Atlantic storms
Pacific storms
14
7 hurricanes · 3 major
Pacific strongest
138 mph
Kay

TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · hover a track to highlight it, click to open the storm’s own page with an animated replay.

01 · Summary

How the 1980 season went

The 1980 Atlantic season produced 11 tropical storms, 9 hurricanes and 2 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 149. The strongest was Hurricane Allen at 190 mph / 899 mb. 0 storms made landfall.

The 1980 Eastern Pacific season (Eastern and Central Pacific) produced 14 tropical storms, 7 hurricanes and 3 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 78. The strongest was Hurricane Kay at 138 mph. 0 storms made landfall.

02 · Timeline

Storm by storm, month by month

JUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVHurricane Agatha — June 9–15, 1980Agatha Cat 3Tropical Storm Blas — June 16–19, 1980Blas TSHurricane Celia — June 25–29, 1980Celia Cat 1Tropical Storm Darby — July 1–3, 1980Darby TSTropical Storm Estelle — July 12–13, 1980Estelle TSUnnamed storm #1 — July 17–21, 1980Unnamed storm #1 TDUnnamed storm #2 — July 17–21, 1980Unnamed storm #2 TDTropical Storm Frank — July 18–22, 1980Frank TSUnnamed storm #3 — July 22–26, 1980Unnamed storm #3 TDHurricane Georgette — July 28–31, 1980Georgette Cat 1Hurricane Howard — July 31 – August 7, 1980Howard Cat 2Hurricane Allen — July 31 – August 11, 1980Allen Cat 5Hurricane Isis — August 5–11, 1980Isis Cat 2Unnamed storm #5 — August 13–17, 1980Unnamed storm #5 TDHurricane Bonnie — August 14–19, 1980Bonnie Cat 2Hurricane Charley — August 20–25, 1980Charley Cat 1Hurricane Javier — August 22–29, 1980Javier Cat 3Unnamed storm #8 — August 25–29, 1980Unnamed storm #8 TDHurricane Georges — September 1–8, 1980Georges Cat 1Hurricane Earl — September 4–11, 1980Earl Cat 1Tropical Storm Danielle — September 4–7, 1980Danielle TSHurricane Frances — September 6–21, 1980Frances Cat 3Hurricane Kay — September 16–30, 1980Kay Cat 4Tropical Storm Hermine — September 20–26, 1980Hermine TSTropical Storm Lester — September 21–25, 1980Lester TSHurricane Ivan — October 1–12, 1980Ivan Cat 2Tropical Storm Madeline — October 11–12, 1980Madeline TSUnnamed storm #15 — October 16–18, 1980Unnamed storm #15 TDTropical Storm Newton — October 28–29, 1980Newton TSHurricane Jeanne — November 7–16, 1980Jeanne Cat 2Unnamed storm #17 — November 12–18, 1980Unnamed storm #17 TDHurricane Karl — November 25–28, 1980Karl Cat 1

Each bar is one storm’s life, colored by its strength at that moment (faded = post-tropical). Click a bar to open the storm.

03 · Atlantic

Atlantic storms of 1980

StormDatesPeakPressureLandfallACE
Unnamed storm #1Jul 17 – Jul 21TD 29 mph——0.0
Unnamed storm #2Jul 17 – Jul 21TD 35 mph——0.0
Unnamed storm #3Jul 22 – Jul 26TD 35 mph——0.0
Hurricane AllenJul 31 – Aug 11Cat 5 190 mph899 mb—52.3
Unnamed storm #5Aug 13 – Aug 17TD 35 mph——0.0
Hurricane BonnieAug 14 – Aug 19Cat 2 98 mph975 mb—8.8
Hurricane CharleyAug 20 – Aug 25Cat 1 81 mph989 mb—5.1
Unnamed storm #8Aug 25 – Aug 29TD 35 mph——0.0
Hurricane GeorgesSep 1 – Sep 8Cat 1 81 mph993 mb—2.8
Hurricane EarlSep 4 – Sep 11Cat 1 75 mph985 mb—6.7
Tropical Storm DanielleSep 4 – Sep 7TS 58 mph1004 mb—0.5
Hurricane FrancesSep 6 – Sep 21Cat 3 115 mph958 mb—37.2
Tropical Storm HermineSep 20 – Sep 26TS 69 mph993 mb—4.5
Hurricane IvanOct 1 – Oct 12Cat 2 104 mph970 mb—18.6
Unnamed storm #15Oct 16 – Oct 18TD 29 mph——0.0
Hurricane JeanneNov 7 – Nov 16Cat 2 98 mph986 mb—7.4
Unnamed storm #17Nov 12 – Nov 18TD 35 mph——0.0
Hurricane KarlNov 25 – Nov 28Cat 1 86 mph985 mb—5.2

04 · Pacific

Eastern & Central Pacific storms of 1980

StormDatesPeakPressureLandfallACE
Hurricane AgathaJun 9 – Jun 15Cat 3 115 mph——9.2
Tropical Storm BlasJun 16 – Jun 19TS 58 mph——2.0
Hurricane CeliaJun 25 – Jun 29Cat 1 75 mph——5.0
Tropical Storm DarbyJul 1 – Jul 3TS 52 mph——0.5
Tropical Storm EstelleJul 12 – Jul 13TS 46 mph——0.4
Tropical Storm FrankJul 18 – Jul 22TS 52 mph——0.7
Hurricane GeorgetteJul 28 – Jul 31Cat 1 75 mph——1.8
Hurricane HowardJul 31 – Aug 7Cat 2 104 mph——12.1
Hurricane IsisAug 5 – Aug 11Cat 2 98 mph——8.4
Hurricane JavierAug 22 – Aug 29Cat 3 115 mph——9.6
Hurricane KaySep 16 – Sep 30Cat 4 138 mph——26.2
Tropical Storm LesterSep 21 – Sep 25TS 40 mph——0.9
Tropical Storm MadelineOct 11 – Oct 12TS 52 mph——0.5
Tropical Storm NewtonOct 28 – Oct 29TS 40 mph——0.5
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