Track map & timeline · Atlantic · November 25–28, 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
Hurricane Karl (1980) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1980 Atlantic season. It formed on November 25, 1980, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 985 mb on November 26, 1980, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 3.0 days and travelled about 1,170 miles (1,883 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 988 mb | 36.0°N 46.0°W | open ocean |
| Nov 25 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 988 mb | 36.8°N 44.8°W | open ocean |
| Nov 25 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 988 mb | 37.2°N 44.5°W | open ocean |
| Nov 25 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 988 mb | 37.7°N 44.7°W | open ocean |
| Nov 26 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 988 mb | 37.4°N 44.8°W | open ocean |
| Nov 26 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 985 mb | 37.0°N 44.2°W | open ocean |
| Nov 26 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 985 mb | 36.8°N 42.5°W | open ocean |
| Nov 26 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 985 mb | 37.1°N 40.5°W | open ocean |
| Nov 27 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 988 mb | 37.8°N 38.3°W | open ocean |
| Nov 27 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 990 mb | 38.9°N 36.5°W | open ocean |
| Nov 27 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 990 mb | 40.4°N 34.9°W | open ocean |
| Nov 27 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 990 mb | 42.3°N 33.1°W | open ocean |
| Nov 28 00:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | 990 mb | 45.0°N 32.0°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Karl.
At its peak on November 26, 1980, Karl was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a central pressure of 985 mb.
3.0 days, from November 25, 1980 to November 28, 1980, including 54 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,170 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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