Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · September 9–18, 1982
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 Norman (1982) was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1982 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on September 9, 1982, reached its peak of 104 mph (167 km/h) on September 14, 1982, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 8.8 days and travelled about 1,660 miles (2,671 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 10.2°N 109.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 10.4°N 110.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 10.8°N 112.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 11.1°N 113.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 11.5°N 113.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 11.9°N 114.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 12.3°N 115.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 12.6°N 115.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 12.9°N 115.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 13.2°N 116.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 13.5°N 117.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 13.8°N 117.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 14.2°N 118.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 14.5°N 119.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 14.8°N 119.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 15.1°N 120.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 15.5°N 120.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 16.0°N 121.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 16.5°N 121.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 16.9°N 121.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 17.4°N 122.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 17.8°N 122.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 18.3°N 122.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 18.7°N 122.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 19.2°N 121.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 19.5°N 121.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 20.2°N 121.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 20.8°N 121.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 21.4°N 121.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 21.9°N 121.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 22.5°N 120.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 23.2°N 120.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 23.9°N 119.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 24.7°N 119.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 25.2°N 118.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 25.8°N 117.8°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Norman.
At its peak on September 14, 1982, Norman was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 104 mph (167 km/h).
8.8 days, from September 9, 1982 to September 18, 1982, including 84 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,660 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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