Hurricane Javier (1980)
Hurricane Javier reached Category 3 in the Eastern Pacific between August 22, 1980 and August 29, 1980.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Javier, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- August 22, 1980 to August 29, 1980
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 547 km (340 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 9.6
- Fastest the center moved
- 12 kt (14 mph)
- Identifier
- EP101980
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 22, 18:00 | 13.3N 104.7W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 23, 00:00 | 13.8N 105.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 23, 06:00 | 14.2N 106.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 23, 12:00 | 14.6N 107.5W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 23, 18:00 | 15.0N 108.5W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 24, 00:00 | 15.5N 109.4W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 24, 06:00 | 15.9N 110.6W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 24, 12:00 | 16.1N 111.8W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 24, 18:00 | 16.4N 112.9W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 25, 00:00 | 16.7N 114.1W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 25, 06:00 | 17.2N 115.0W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 25, 12:00 | 17.6N 116.1W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 25, 18:00 | 18.0N 117.0W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 26, 00:00 | 18.4N 118.0W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 26, 06:00 | 18.7N 119.1W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 26, 12:00 | 19.1N 120.1W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 26, 18:00 | 19.4N 121.1W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 27, 00:00 | 19.7N 122.1W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 27, 06:00 | 20.1N 123.1W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 27, 12:00 | 20.4N 124.0W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 27, 18:00 | 20.7N 125.0W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 28, 00:00 | 21.4N 125.7W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 28, 06:00 | 22.1N 126.2W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 28, 12:00 | 22.8N 126.8W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 28, 18:00 | 23.5N 127.3W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 29, 00:00 | 24.3N 127.8W | 20 kt | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1980
- Hurricane AgathaEastern Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm BlasEastern Pacific · 1980
- Hurricane CeliaEastern Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm DarbyEastern Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm EstelleEastern Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm FrankEastern Pacific · 1980
- Hurricane GeorgetteEastern Pacific · 1980
- Hurricane HowardEastern Pacific · 1980
- Hurricane IsisEastern Pacific · 1980
- Hurricane KayEastern Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm LesterEastern Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm MadelineEastern Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm NewtonEastern Pacific · 1980
- Hurricane DinahEastern Pacific · 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.