Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 3–12, 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 Floyd (1981) was a Category 3 hurricane of the 1981 Atlantic season. It formed on September 3, 1981, 70 mi E of Le Moule, Guadeloupe, reached its peak of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 975 mb on September 7, 1981, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 41 mph in 24 hours (to 81 mph on September 5, 1981). The storm lasted 9.0 days and travelled about 3,431 miles (5,521 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 12:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1010 mb | 16.2°N 60.3°W | 65 mi E of Saint-François, Guadeloupe |
| Sep 3 18:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1010 mb | 16.7°N 61.1°W | 30 mi NNE of Le Moule, Guadeloupe |
| Sep 4 00:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1009 mb | 17.3°N 61.9°W | 13 mi NNW of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda |
| Sep 4 06:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1008 mb | 18.0°N 62.6°W | 49 mi N of Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Sep 4 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 18.6°N 63.3°W | 98 mi NNW of Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Sep 4 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1004 mb | 19.0°N 64.0°W | 76 mi NE of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Sep 5 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 19.5°N 64.7°W | 81 mi N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Sep 5 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1000 mb | 20.1°N 65.5°W | 120 mi NNE of San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Sep 5 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 999 mb | 20.9°N 66.2°W | 168 mi N of San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Sep 5 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 997 mb | 21.7°N 67.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 994 mb | 22.6°N 67.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 991 mb | 23.6°N 68.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 988 mb | 24.5°N 69.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 18:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 985 mb | 25.5°N 69.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 00:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 981 mb | 26.4°N 69.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 06:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 978 mb | 27.5°N 68.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 975 mb | 28.4°N 68.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 18:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 975 mb | 29.3°N 67.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 00:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 989 mb | 29.9°N 67.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 995 mb | 30.6°N 66.5°W | 155 mi SW of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 8 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 998 mb | 31.4°N 65.6°W | 78 mi SW of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 8 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 1003 mb | 32.0°N 64.7°W | 21 mi SSE of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 9 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1005 mb | 32.9°N 63.0°W | 112 mi ENE of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Sep 9 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1007 mb | 33.7°N 60.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1007 mb | 34.2°N 58.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1007 mb | 33.8°N 56.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1007 mb | 33.5°N 54.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1007 mb | 33.6°N 51.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1008 mb | 34.0°N 48.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1008 mb | 34.0°N 46.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1008 mb | 33.8°N 44.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1008 mb | 34.5°N 41.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1008 mb | 35.5°N 39.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1008 mb | 36.6°N 38.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1009 mb | 37.6°N 36.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1009 mb | 39.0°N 35.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1009 mb | 40.6°N 33.4°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Floyd.
At its peak on September 7, 1981, Floyd was a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a central pressure of 975 mb.
9.0 days, from September 3, 1981 to September 12, 1981, including 72 hours at hurricane strength (24 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 3,431 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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