Hurricane History Map

1980 Eastern and central Pacific season

15 storms formed in the Eastern and central Pacific basin in 1980, from 9 June 1980 to 27 November 1980.

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Years1980
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Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

How to read the lines. Each line is the track of one storm, drawn through its six-hourly positions and coloured by its intensity at each point (the Saffir-Simpson scale), so a line changes colour as the storm strengthens or weakens. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see which storms have passed nearby. Weaker storms appear as you zoom in. Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are the same kind of storm with different names in different oceans.

The 1980 season in numbers

The record holds 15 storms for the 1980 Eastern and central Pacific season, of which 15 had names.15 reached tropical storm strength (34 knots or more), 8 reached hurricane strength (category 1 or more) and 4 were major (category 3 or more).

  • 15storms
  • 15tropical storm strength or more
  • 8hurricane strength or more
  • 4major (category 3 to 5)
  • 89accumulated cyclone energy

Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the squared wind speed of every position of 34 knots or more, divided by 10,000. It is approximate here because the winds are 1-minute equivalents, and it is mostly useful for comparing seasons of one basin.

Strongest storms of 1980

  • Kay (1980)16 September 1980 to 30 September 1980, peak Category 4 (120 kt)
  • Agatha (1980)9 June 1980 to 15 June 1980, peak Category 3 (100 kt)
  • Javier (1980)22 August 1980 to 29 August 1980, peak Category 3 (100 kt)
  • Dinah (1980)18 November 1980 to 27 November 1980, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 950 hPa
  • Howard (1980)31 July 1980 to 7 August 1980, peak Category 2 (90 kt)

All 15 storms of 1980

StormPeak
Agatha Category 3
Blas Tropical storm
Celia Category 1
Darby Tropical storm
Estelle Tropical storm
Frank Tropical storm
Georgette Category 1
Howard Category 2
Isis Category 2
Javier Category 3
Kay Category 4
Lester Tropical storm
Madeline Tropical storm
Newton Tropical storm
Dinah Category 3

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