Hurricane Charley (1980)

Hurricane Charley reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between August 20, 1980 and August 25, 1980, with a lowest pressure of 989 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Charley, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1980 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin: North Atlantic
Dates: August 20, 1980 to August 25, 1980
Peak strength: Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Lowest pressure: 989 mb (29.21 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 225 km (140 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 3.7
Fastest the center moved: 38 kt (44 mph)
Identifier: AL071980

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Aug 20, 12:00	36.0N 73.0W	25 kt	1010 mb	Subtropical depression
Aug 20, 18:00	35.0N 72.0W	25 kt	1008 mb	Subtropical depression
Aug 21, 00:00	34.0N 71.0W	30 kt	1006 mb	Subtropical depression
Aug 21, 06:00	33.4N 69.5W	30 kt	1005 mb	Subtropical depression
Aug 21, 12:00	34.0N 68.0W	35 kt	1003 mb	Subtropical storm
Aug 21, 18:00	34.8N 66.8W	40 kt	1002 mb	Subtropical storm
Aug 22, 00:00	35.8N 65.7W	45 kt	1000 mb	Subtropical storm
Aug 22, 06:00	37.0N 64.8W	50 kt	998 mb	Subtropical storm
Aug 22, 12:00	38.3N 64.7W	55 kt	996 mb	Subtropical storm
Aug 22, 18:00	39.1N 64.9W	60 kt	994 mb	Subtropical storm
Aug 23, 00:00	39.6N 65.9W	65 kt	992 mb	Hurricane
Aug 23, 06:00	38.9N 66.7W	70 kt	990 mb	Hurricane
Aug 23, 12:00	38.2N 66.0W	70 kt	989 mb	Hurricane
Aug 23, 18:00	38.0N 64.7W	70 kt	990 mb	Hurricane
Aug 24, 00:00	38.0N 63.1W	65 kt	991 mb	Hurricane
Aug 24, 06:00	37.9N 61.7W	60 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Aug 24, 12:00	37.9N 60.2W	55 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Aug 24, 18:00	37.9N 58.2W	45 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Aug 25, 00:00	38.0N 55.0W	35 kt	1001 mb	Tropical storm
Aug 25, 06:00	38.1N 51.3W	35 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Aug 25, 12:00	38.2N 47.0W	35 kt	1004 mb	Tropical storm
Aug 25, 18:00	38.5N 42.2W	35 kt	1005 mb	Tropical storm

Other North Atlantic storms of 1980

What this means

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.

The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.