Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · July 10–16, 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 Dora (1981) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1981 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on July 10, 1981, reached its peak of 92 mph (148 km/h) on July 14, 1981, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 6.0 days and travelled about 1,585 miles (2,550 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 13.3°N 106.9°W | open ocean |
| Jul 11 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 13.5°N 107.5°W | open ocean |
| Jul 11 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 13.7°N 108.0°W | open ocean |
| Jul 11 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 13.9°N 108.5°W | open ocean |
| Jul 11 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 14.0°N 109.0°W | open ocean |
| Jul 12 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 14.2°N 109.8°W | open ocean |
| Jul 12 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 14.4°N 110.6°W | open ocean |
| Jul 12 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 14.7°N 111.4°W | open ocean |
| Jul 12 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 15.0°N 112.1°W | open ocean |
| Jul 13 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 15.1°N 113.1°W | open ocean |
| Jul 13 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 15.6°N 114.1°W | open ocean |
| Jul 13 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 16.0°N 115.0°W | open ocean |
| Jul 13 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 16.4°N 116.2°W | open ocean |
| Jul 14 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 16.8°N 117.2°W | open ocean |
| Jul 14 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 16.9°N 118.4°W | open ocean |
| Jul 14 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 17.2°N 119.8°W | open ocean |
| Jul 14 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 17.4°N 121.2°W | open ocean |
| Jul 15 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 17.7°N 122.6°W | open ocean |
| Jul 15 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 17.9°N 123.7°W | open ocean |
| Jul 15 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 18.4°N 124.8°W | open ocean |
| Jul 15 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 18.8°N 125.8°W | open ocean |
| Jul 16 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 18.9°N 126.9°W | open ocean |
| Jul 16 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 19.1°N 127.9°W | open ocean |
| Jul 16 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 19.3°N 128.8°W | open ocean |
| Jul 16 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 19.4°N 129.8°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Dora.
At its peak on July 14, 1981, Dora was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 92 mph (148 km/h).
6.0 days, from July 10, 1981 to July 16, 1981, including 66 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,585 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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