Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 20–26, 1980
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
Tropical Storm Hermine (1980) was a tropical storm of the 1980 Atlantic season. It formed on September 20, 1980, 236 mi S of Kingston, Jamaica, reached its peak of 69 mph (111 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 993 mb on September 22, 1980, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 5.5 days and travelled about 1,378 miles (2,217 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico | 33 mi | Sep 24 · 13:00 UTC | TS 62 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 14.6°N 77.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1007 mb | 14.8°N 78.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 15.0°N 80.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1003 mb | 15.1°N 81.6°W | 140 mi ENE of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua |
| Sep 21 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1000 mb | 15.3°N 83.0°W | 91 mi NNE of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua |
| Sep 21 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 998 mb | 15.8°N 84.2°W | 19 mi E of Brus Laguna, Honduras |
| Sep 22 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 16.5°N 85.5°W | 44 mi N of Limón, Honduras |
| Sep 22 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 995 mb | 17.1°N 86.7°W | 93 mi N of La Ceiba, Honduras |
| Sep 22 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 994 mb | 17.8°N 87.8°W | 14 mi SE of San Pedro, Belize |
| Sep 22 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 18.4°N 88.9°W | 31 mi NW of Orange Walk, Belize |
| Sep 23 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 995 mb | 18.8°N 90.2°W | 38 mi ENE of Escárcega, Campeche, Mexico |
| Sep 23 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 995 mb | 19.1°N 91.3°W | 41 mi WSW of Champotón, Campeche, Mexico |
| Sep 23 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 995 mb | 19.3°N 92.6°W | 52 mi N of Frontera, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Sep 23 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 19.3°N 93.2°W | 62 mi N of Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Sep 24 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 993 mb | 19.2°N 93.8°W | 67 mi NW of Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Sep 24 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 993 mb | 18.8°N 94.4°W | 45 mi N of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 24 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 18.5°N 94.8°W | 21 mi ENE of Catemaco, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 24 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 18.1°N 95.1°W | 16 mi NW of Acayucan, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 25 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 17.7°N 95.5°W | 23 mi S of Isla, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 25 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 17.3°N 95.8°W | 51 mi ENE of Tlacolula de Matamoros, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Sep 25 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 17.0°N 96.0°W | 32 mi E of Tlacolula de Matamoros, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Sep 25 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 17.0°N 96.0°W | 32 mi E of Tlacolula de Matamoros, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Sep 26 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 17.0°N 96.0°W | 32 mi E of Tlacolula de Matamoros, Oaxaca, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Hermine. Its closest approach to a major city was 33 miles from Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico.
At its peak on September 22, 1980, Hermine was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 69 mph (111 km/h) and a central pressure of 993 mb.
5.5 days, from September 20, 1980 to September 26, 1980. It travelled about 1,378 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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