Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · October 9–14, 1987
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 (1987) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1987 Atlantic season. It formed on October 9, 1987, 85 mi NE of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, reached its peak of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 993 mb on October 12, 1987, and made landfall near Key Largo, Florida on October 12, 1987 as a Category 1 hurricane (75 mph). The storm lasted 4.8 days and travelled about 1,541 miles (2,480 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 12, 1987 · 21:00 UTC | near Key Largo, Florida | Cat 1 75 mph | 993 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Havana, Havana, Cuba | 66 mi | Oct 12 · 11:00 UTC | Cat 1 74 mph |
| Hialeah, Florida | 45 mi | Oct 12 · 23:00 UTC | TS 71 mph |
| Miami, Florida | 38 mi | Oct 13 · 00:00 UTC | TS 69 mph |
| Pembroke Pines, Florida | 53 mi | Oct 13 · 00:00 UTC | TS 69 mph |
| Hollywood, Florida | 52 mi | Oct 13 · 00:00 UTC | TS 69 mph |
| Miramar, Florida | 52 mi | Oct 13 · 00:00 UTC | TS 69 mph |
| Coral Springs, Florida | 71 mi | Oct 13 · 00:00 UTC | TS 69 mph |
| Miami Gardens, Florida | 49 mi | Oct 13 · 00:00 UTC | TS 69 mph |
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 58 mi | Oct 13 · 01:00 UTC | TS 67 mph |
| Pompano Beach, Florida | 64 mi | Oct 13 · 01:00 UTC | TS 67 mph |
Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1004 mb | 15.0°N 82.6°W | 85 mi NE of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua |
| Oct 9 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1003 mb | 14.5°N 82.5°W | 68 mi ENE of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua |
| Oct 9 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1001 mb | 14.1°N 82.1°W | 87 mi E of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua |
| Oct 10 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 999 mb | 14.4°N 81.8°W | 109 mi ENE of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua |
| Oct 10 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 999 mb | 15.3°N 82.2°W | 118 mi NE of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua |
| Oct 10 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 999 mb | 16.0°N 82.2°W | 153 mi E of Brus Laguna, Honduras |
| Oct 10 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 999 mb | 16.8°N 83.5°W | 98 mi NE of Brus Laguna, Honduras |
| Oct 11 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 999 mb | 17.6°N 83.9°W | 134 mi NNE of Brus Laguna, Honduras |
| Oct 11 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 998 mb | 18.4°N 84.2°W | 178 mi NNE of Iriona, Honduras |
| Oct 11 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 997 mb | 19.4°N 84.5°W | 176 mi ESE of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Oct 11 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 20.5°N 84.5°W | 121 mi SSW of Guane, Pinar del Río, Cuba |
| Oct 12 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 995 mb | 21.7°N 84.3°W | 37 mi SSW of Guane, Pinar del Río, Cuba |
| Oct 12 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 994 mb | 23.0°N 84.0°W | 29 mi N of Minas de Matahambre, Pinar del Río, Cuba |
| Oct 12 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 993 mb | 24.0°N 82.9°W | 68 mi NNW of Havana, Havana, Cuba |
| Oct 12 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 993 mb | 24.7°N 81.5°W | 20 mi ENE of Key West, Florida |
| Oct 12 21:00 | Cat 1 LANDFALL | 75 mph | 993 mb | 25.1°N 80.5°W | near Key Largo, Florida |
| Oct 13 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 993 mb | 25.3°N 79.9°W | 38 mi SSE of Miami, Florida |
| Oct 13 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 994 mb | 26.0°N 78.3°W | 43 mi SSE of Lucaya, Bahamas |
| Oct 13 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 996 mb | 27.0°N 76.9°W | 114 mi ENE of Lucaya, Bahamas |
| Oct 13 18:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 997 mb | 28.1°N 75.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 14 00:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | 998 mb | 29.5°N 74.0°W | open ocean |
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Questions
Floyd made landfall once: near Key Largo, Florida on October 12, 1987 at 21:00 UTC, as a Category 1 hurricane with 75 mph winds.
At its peak on October 12, 1987, Floyd was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a central pressure of 993 mb. At its first landfall it was a Category 1 hurricane.
4.8 days, from October 9, 1987 to October 14, 1987, including 12 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,541 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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