Hurricane Dora (1981)
Hurricane Dora reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between July 10, 1981 and July 16, 1981.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Hurricane Dora. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- July 10, 1981 to July 16, 1981
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 667 km (414 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 8.3
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- EP041981
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 18:00 | 13.3N 106.9W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 11, 00:00 | 13.5N 107.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 11, 06:00 | 13.7N 108.0W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 11, 12:00 | 13.9N 108.5W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 11, 18:00 | 14.0N 109.0W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 12, 00:00 | 14.2N 109.8W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 12, 06:00 | 14.4N 110.6W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 12, 12:00 | 14.7N 111.4W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 12, 18:00 | 15.0N 112.1W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 13, 00:00 | 15.1N 113.1W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 13, 06:00 | 15.6N 114.1W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 13, 12:00 | 16.0N 115.0W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 13, 18:00 | 16.4N 116.2W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 14, 00:00 | 16.8N 117.2W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 14, 06:00 | 16.9N 118.4W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 14, 12:00 | 17.2N 119.8W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 14, 18:00 | 17.4N 121.2W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 15, 00:00 | 17.7N 122.6W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 15, 06:00 | 17.9N 123.7W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 15, 12:00 | 18.4N 124.8W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 15, 18:00 | 18.8N 125.8W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 16, 00:00 | 18.9N 126.9W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 16, 06:00 | 19.1N 127.9W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 16, 12:00 | 19.3N 128.8W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 16, 18:00 | 19.4N 129.8W | 25 kt | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1981
- Tropical Storm AdrianEastern Pacific · 1981
- Hurricane BeatrizEastern Pacific · 1981
- Tropical Storm CalvinEastern Pacific · 1981
- Tropical Storm EugeneEastern Pacific · 1981
- Hurricane FernandaEastern Pacific · 1981
- Hurricane GregEastern Pacific · 1981
- Hurricane HilaryEastern Pacific · 1981
- Tropical Storm IrwinEastern Pacific · 1981
- Hurricane JovaEastern Pacific · 1981
- Tropical Storm KnutEastern Pacific · 1981
- Tropical Storm LidiaEastern Pacific · 1981
- Tropical Storm MaxEastern Pacific · 1981
- Hurricane NormaEastern Pacific · 1981
- Hurricane OtisEastern Pacific · 1981
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.