Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · September 14–21, 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 Jova (1981) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1981 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on September 14, 1981, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) on September 17, 1981, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 41 mph in 24 hours (to 81 mph on September 16, 1981). The storm lasted 6.5 days and travelled about 2,460 miles (3,958 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 14.5°N 123.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 14.6°N 124.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 14.7°N 125.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 14.7°N 127.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 14.8°N 128.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 14.9°N 129.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 15.2°N 130.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 15.5°N 130.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 15.9°N 131.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 16.3°N 132.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 16.7°N 133.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.4°N 134.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 18.0°N 135.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 18.8°N 136.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 19.4°N 137.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 20.1°N 138.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 19.7°N 140.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 19.3°N 141.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 19.3°N 143.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 19.4°N 145.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 19.6°N 147.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 20.0°N 149.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 20.3°N 151.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 20.8°N 152.9°W | 160 mi ENE of Hilo, Hawaii |
| Sep 20 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 21.4°N 154.5°W | 122 mi NNE of Hilo, Hawaii |
| Sep 20 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 22.5°N 157.0°W | 86 mi NE of Koolauloa, Hawaii |
| Sep 21 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 23.3°N 158.5°W | 99 mi NNE of Kapa‘a, Hawaii |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Jova.
At its peak on September 17, 1981, Jova was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h).
6.5 days, from September 14, 1981 to September 21, 1981, including 66 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 2,460 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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