Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · October 6–8, 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
Tropical Storm Lidia (1981) was a tropical storm of the 1981 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on October 6, 1981, 234 mi S of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico, reached its peak of 52 mph (83 km/h) on October 7, 1981, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 1.5 days and travelled about 464 miles (746 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 19.5°N 110.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 20.4°N 109.5°W | 174 mi S of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Oct 7 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 21.5°N 109.5°W | 100 mi SSE of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Oct 7 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 22.6°N 109.5°W | 33 mi SE of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Oct 7 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 23.7°N 109.5°W | 46 mi NNE of San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Oct 8 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 25.0°N 109.5°W | 63 mi SSW of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Oct 8 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 26.0°N 109.0°W | 14 mi N of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Lidia.
At its peak on October 7, 1981, Lidia was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 52 mph (83 km/h).
1.5 days, from October 6, 1981 to October 8, 1981. It travelled about 464 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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