Hurricane Karl (1980)
Hurricane Karl reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between November 25, 1980 and November 28, 1980, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Karl, 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
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- November 25, 1980 to November 28, 1980
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb (29.09 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1209 km (751 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.4
- Fastest the center moved
- 29 kt (33 mph)
- Identifier
- AL181980
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 00:00 | 36.0N 46.0W | 50 kt | 988 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Nov 25, 06:00 | 36.8N 44.8W | 50 kt | 988 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Nov 25, 12:00 | 37.2N 44.5W | 55 kt | 988 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Nov 25, 18:00 | 37.7N 44.7W | 65 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 26, 00:00 | 37.4N 44.8W | 70 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 26, 06:00 | 37.0N 44.2W | 75 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 26, 12:00 | 36.8N 42.5W | 75 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 26, 18:00 | 37.1N 40.5W | 75 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 27, 00:00 | 37.8N 38.3W | 70 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 27, 06:00 | 38.9N 36.5W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 27, 12:00 | 40.4N 34.9W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 27, 18:00 | 42.3N 33.1W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 28, 00:00 | 45.0N 32.0W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1980
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Hurricane AllenNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Hurricane BonnieNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Hurricane CharleyNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Hurricane GeorgesNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Hurricane EarlNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Tropical Storm DanielleNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Hurricane FrancesNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Tropical Storm HermineNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Hurricane IvanNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Hurricane JeanneNorth Atlantic · 1980
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 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.