Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · August 6–13, 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 Fernanda (1981) was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1981 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on August 6, 1981, reached its peak of 104 mph (167 km/h) on August 10, 1981, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 6.5 days and travelled about 2,502 miles (4,025 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 12.0°N 104.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 6 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 12.1°N 106.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 7 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 12.1°N 107.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 7 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 12.2°N 109.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 7 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 12.3°N 111.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 7 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 12.6°N 112.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 8 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 12.8°N 114.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 8 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 13.3°N 116.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 8 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 13.9°N 117.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 8 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 14.5°N 119.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 9 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 14.8°N 120.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 9 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 14.9°N 122.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 9 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 15.1°N 123.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 9 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 15.5°N 124.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 10 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 15.8°N 126.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 10 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 16.5°N 127.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 10 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 17.1°N 129.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 10 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 17.8°N 130.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 11 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 18.8°N 131.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 11 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 19.8°N 133.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 11 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 20.8°N 134.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 11 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 21.8°N 135.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 12 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 22.7°N 137.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 12 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 23.3°N 137.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 12 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 23.7°N 137.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 12 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 24.1°N 138.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 13 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 24.3°N 138.7°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Fernanda.
At its peak on August 10, 1981, Fernanda was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 104 mph (167 km/h).
6.5 days, from August 6, 1981 to August 13, 1981, including 60 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 2,502 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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