Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · August 21–28, 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 Hilary (1981) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1981 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on August 21, 1981, 227 mi WSW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) on August 25, 1981, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 7.0 days and travelled about 1,556 miles (2,503 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 17.5°N 107.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 18.2°N 108.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 18.7°N 108.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 19.3°N 109.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 19.7°N 109.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 19.8°N 110.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 19.8°N 110.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 19.8°N 110.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 19.8°N 110.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 19.7°N 110.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 19.7°N 111.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 19.7°N 111.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 19.8°N 112.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 20.0°N 113.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 20.3°N 114.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 20.7°N 115.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 21.0°N 117.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 21.4°N 118.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 21.7°N 120.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 21.8°N 121.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 21.7°N 122.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 21.6°N 123.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 21.4°N 124.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 21.2°N 125.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 21.0°N 126.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 20.7°N 127.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 20.5°N 128.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 20.4°N 129.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 20.2°N 130.0°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Hilary.
At its peak on August 25, 1981, Hilary was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h).
7.0 days, from August 21, 1981 to August 28, 1981, including 30 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,556 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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