The 1987 hurricane season

Every storm track on one map · Atlantic & Pacific · 34 systems

Atlantic storms
7
3 hurricanes · 1 major
Atlantic ACE
35
1991–2020 avg ≈ 123
Strongest
127 mph
Emily
Landfalling
3
Atlantic storms
Pacific storms
20
10 hurricanes · 4 major
Pacific strongest
155 mph
Max

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 1987 season went

The 1987 Atlantic season produced 7 tropical storms, 3 hurricanes and 1 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 35. The strongest was Hurricane Emily at 127 mph / 958 mb. 3 storms made landfall.

The 1987 Eastern Pacific season (Eastern and Central Pacific) produced 20 tropical storms, 10 hurricanes and 4 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 133. The strongest was Hurricane Max at 155 mph. 0 storms made landfall.

02 · Timeline

Storm by storm, month by month

MAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVUnnamed storm #1 — May 24 – June 1, 1987Unnamed storm #1 TDTropical Storm Adrian — June 7–9, 1987Adrian TSTropical Storm Beatriz — July 3–7, 1987Beatriz TSTropical Storm Calvin — July 5–10, 1987Calvin TSTropical Storm Dora — July 15–20, 1987Dora TSHurricane Eugene — July 22–26, 1987Eugene Cat 2Tropical Storm Fernanda — July 24–31, 1987Fernanda TSHurricane Greg — July 28 – August 3, 1987Greg Cat 1Hurricane Hilary — July 31 – August 9, 1987Hilary Cat 3Tropical Storm Irwin — August 3–9, 1987Irwin TSHurricane Arlene — August 8–28, 1987Arlene Cat 11987 Gulf Coast tropical Storm — August 9–17, 19871987 Gulf Coast tropical Storm TSUnnamed storm #4 — August 13–15, 1987Unnamed storm #4 TDHurricane Jova — August 13–22, 1987Jova Cat 2Tropical Storm Bret — August 18–24, 1987Bret TSTropical Storm Oka — August 26–29, 1987Oka TSTropical Storm Knut — August 28–30, 1987Knut TSHurricane Lidia — August 29 – September 3, 1987Lidia Cat 1Unnamed storm #6 — August 30 – September 2, 1987Unnamed storm #6 TDTropical Storm Cindy — September 5–10, 1987Cindy TSUnnamed storm #8 — September 6–8, 1987Unnamed storm #8 TDUnnamed storm #9 — September 7–8, 1987Unnamed storm #9 TDTropical Storm Dennis — September 8–20, 1987Dennis TSHurricane Max — September 9–16, 1987Max Cat 4Unnamed storm #11 — September 13–17, 1987Unnamed storm #11 TDHurricane Norma — September 14–20, 1987Norma Cat 1Hurricane Emily — September 20–26, 1987Emily Cat 3Hurricane Otis — September 20–26, 1987Otis Cat 3Hurricane Peke — September 21–27, 1987Peke Cat 2Tropical Storm Pilar — September 30 – October 1, 1987Pilar TSHurricane Ramon — October 5–12, 1987Ramon Cat 4Hurricane Floyd — October 9–14, 1987Floyd Cat 1Tropical Storm Selma — October 27–31, 1987Selma TSUnnamed storm #14 — October 31 – November 4, 1987Unnamed storm #14 TD

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 1987

StormDatesPeakPressureLandfallACE
Unnamed storm #1May 24 – Jun 1TD 35 mph——0.0
Hurricane ArleneAug 8 – Aug 28Cat 1 75 mph987 mb—11.9
1987 Gulf Coast tropical StormAug 9 – Aug 17TS 46 mph1007 mbTexas0.6
Unnamed storm #4Aug 13 – Aug 15TD 35 mph——0.0
Tropical Storm BretAug 18 – Aug 24TS 52 mph1000 mb—2.4
Unnamed storm #6Aug 30 – Sep 2TD 35 mph——0.0
Tropical Storm CindySep 5 – Sep 10TS 52 mph1000 mb—1.9
Unnamed storm #8Sep 6 – Sep 8TD 35 mph——0.0
Unnamed storm #9Sep 7 – Sep 8TD 35 mph——0.0
Tropical Storm DennisSep 8 – Sep 20TS 52 mph1000 mb—4.1
Unnamed storm #11Sep 13 – Sep 17TD 35 mph——0.0
Hurricane EmilySep 20 – Sep 26Cat 3 127 mph958 mbDominican Republic, Bermuda10.7
Hurricane FloydOct 9 – Oct 14Cat 1 75 mph993 mbFlorida3.3
Unnamed storm #14Oct 31 – Nov 4TD 35 mph——0.0

04 · Pacific

Eastern & Central Pacific storms of 1987

StormDatesPeakPressureLandfallACE
Tropical Storm AdrianJun 7 – Jun 9TS 46 mph——0.5
Tropical Storm BeatrizJul 3 – Jul 7TS 52 mph——1.3
Tropical Storm CalvinJul 5 – Jul 10TS 63 mph——2.5
Tropical Storm DoraJul 15 – Jul 20TS 58 mph——2.4
Hurricane EugeneJul 22 – Jul 26Cat 2 98 mph——4.9
Tropical Storm FernandaJul 24 – Jul 31TS 63 mph——3.0
Hurricane GregJul 28 – Aug 3Cat 1 81 mph——5.2
Hurricane HilaryJul 31 – Aug 9Cat 3 121 mph——17.4
Tropical Storm IrwinAug 3 – Aug 9TS 63 mph——5.1
Hurricane JovaAug 13 – Aug 22Cat 2 104 mph——9.5
Tropical Storm OkaAug 26 – Aug 29TS 58 mph——2.4
Tropical Storm KnutAug 28 – Aug 30TS 40 mph——0.5
Hurricane LidiaAug 29 – Sep 3Cat 1 86 mph——5.1
Hurricane MaxSep 9 – Sep 16Cat 4 155 mph——21.3
Hurricane NormaSep 14 – Sep 20Cat 1 75 mph——3.5
Hurricane OtisSep 20 – Sep 26Cat 3 115 mph——14.3
Hurricane PekeSep 21 – Sep 27Cat 2 104 mph——14.6
Tropical Storm PilarSep 30 – Oct 1TS 40 mph——0.1
Hurricane RamonOct 5 – Oct 12Cat 4 138 mph——18.5
Tropical Storm SelmaOct 27 – Oct 31TS 40 mph——0.7
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