Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · June 28 – July 4, 1981
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Hurricane Beatriz (1981) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1981 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on June 28, 1981, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) on July 1, 1981, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 6.0 days and travelled about 1,618 miles (2,603 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 11.4°N 103.4°W | open ocean |
| Jun 29 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 11.6°N 104.4°W | open ocean |
| Jun 29 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 11.7°N 105.4°W | open ocean |
| Jun 29 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 12.0°N 106.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 29 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 12.4°N 107.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 30 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 13.1°N 108.4°W | open ocean |
| Jun 30 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 13.8°N 109.1°W | open ocean |
| Jun 30 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 14.5°N 109.8°W | open ocean |
| Jun 30 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 15.2°N 110.4°W | open ocean |
| Jul 1 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 15.3°N 111.3°W | open ocean |
| Jul 1 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 15.5°N 112.2°W | open ocean |
| Jul 1 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 16.1°N 112.9°W | open ocean |
| Jul 1 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 16.6°N 113.6°W | open ocean |
| Jul 2 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.3°N 114.2°W | open ocean |
| Jul 2 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.9°N 114.8°W | open ocean |
| Jul 2 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.6°N 115.4°W | open ocean |
| Jul 2 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 19.2°N 116.2°W | open ocean |
| Jul 3 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 19.8°N 116.9°W | open ocean |
| Jul 3 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 20.4°N 117.6°W | open ocean |
| Jul 3 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 21.2°N 118.4°W | open ocean |
| Jul 3 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 21.9°N 119.2°W | open ocean |
| Jul 4 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 22.6°N 120.0°W | open ocean |
| Jul 4 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 23.5°N 120.7°W | open ocean |
| Jul 4 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 24.5°N 121.2°W | open ocean |
| Jul 4 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 25.5°N 121.5°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Beatriz.
At its peak on July 1, 1981, Beatriz was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h).
6.0 days, from June 28, 1981 to July 4, 1981, including 60 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,618 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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