Track map & timeline · Atlantic · December 12–24, 1984
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 Lili (1984) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1984 Atlantic season. It formed on December 12, 1984, reached its peak of 81 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 980 mb on December 20, 1984, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 12.0 days and travelled about 3,963 miles (6,376 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 60 mi | Dec 24 · 12:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Santo Domingo Oeste, Dominican Republic | 62 mi | Dec 24 · 12:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic | 57 mi | Dec 24 · 12:00 UTC | TD 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 995 mb | 34.5°N 60.5°W | open ocean |
| Dec 12 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 995 mb | 35.5°N 60.0°W | open ocean |
| Dec 13 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 993 mb | 35.5°N 60.0°W | open ocean |
| Dec 13 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 35.5°N 60.0°W | open ocean |
| Dec 13 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 34.9°N 59.8°W | open ocean |
| Dec 13 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 33.8°N 59.5°W | open ocean |
| Dec 14 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 32.7°N 59.0°W | open ocean |
| Dec 14 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 32.0°N 58.0°W | open ocean |
| Dec 14 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 31.4°N 57.0°W | open ocean |
| Dec 14 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 30.5°N 56.2°W | open ocean |
| Dec 15 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 28.9°N 55.9°W | open ocean |
| Dec 15 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 27.2°N 55.8°W | open ocean |
| Dec 15 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 25.8°N 56.0°W | open ocean |
| Dec 15 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 24.5°N 56.3°W | open ocean |
| Dec 16 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 23.4°N 56.2°W | open ocean |
| Dec 16 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 22.4°N 55.4°W | open ocean |
| Dec 16 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 22.4°N 54.0°W | open ocean |
| Dec 16 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 23.2°N 52.7°W | open ocean |
| Dec 17 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 24.8°N 50.8°W | open ocean |
| Dec 17 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 28.0°N 49.6°W | open ocean |
| Dec 17 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 31.2°N 49.9°W | open ocean |
| Dec 17 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 33.0°N 51.0°W | open ocean |
| Dec 18 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 34.5°N 53.0°W | open ocean |
| Dec 18 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 34.0°N 53.6°W | open ocean |
| Dec 18 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 990 mb | 33.1°N 53.7°W | open ocean |
| Dec 18 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 990 mb | 32.8°N 53.5°W | open ocean |
| Dec 19 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 990 mb | 32.5°N 53.3°W | open ocean |
| Dec 19 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 990 mb | 32.4°N 53.2°W | open ocean |
| Dec 19 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 990 mb | 32.3°N 53.1°W | open ocean |
| Dec 19 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 990 mb | 32.2°N 53.0°W | open ocean |
| Dec 20 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 989 mb | 32.0°N 52.9°W | open ocean |
| Dec 20 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 988 mb | 31.6°N 52.5°W | open ocean |
| Dec 20 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 980 mb | 31.1°N 52.4°W | open ocean |
| Dec 20 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 980 mb | 30.5°N 52.3°W | open ocean |
| Dec 21 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 980 mb | 30.0°N 52.2°W | open ocean |
| Dec 21 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 980 mb | 29.5°N 52.1°W | open ocean |
| Dec 21 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 980 mb | 29.0°N 52.0°W | open ocean |
| Dec 21 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 980 mb | 28.5°N 52.0°W | open ocean |
| Dec 22 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 980 mb | 27.8°N 52.2°W | open ocean |
| Dec 22 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 980 mb | 27.0°N 52.9°W | open ocean |
| Dec 22 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 980 mb | 26.0°N 54.0°W | open ocean |
| Dec 22 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 980 mb | 24.8°N 55.6°W | open ocean |
| Dec 23 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 23.6°N 57.1°W | open ocean |
| Dec 23 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 22.7°N 58.9°W | open ocean |
| Dec 23 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1001 mb | 22.0°N 61.0°W | open ocean |
| Dec 23 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1007 mb | 21.2°N 63.1°W | open ocean |
| Dec 24 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1009 mb | 20.5°N 65.1°W | 155 mi NNE of San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Dec 24 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 19.9°N 67.5°W | 102 mi NNW of Isabela, Puerto Rico |
| Dec 24 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1012 mb | 19.2°N 69.4°W | near Samaná, Dominican Republic |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Lili. Its closest approach to a major city was 57 miles from Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic.
At its peak on December 20, 1984, Lili was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 81 mph (130 km/h) and a central pressure of 980 mb.
12.0 days, from December 12, 1984 to December 24, 1984, including 66 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 3,963 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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