Hurricane Jova (1981)
Hurricane Jova reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between September 14, 1981 and September 21, 1981.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Jova, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1981 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
- September 14, 1981 to September 21, 1981
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 129 km (80 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 7.6
- Fastest the center moved
- 23 kt (26 mph)
- Identifier
- EP101981
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 14.5N 123.4W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 14.6N 124.6W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 14.7N 125.8W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 14.7N 127.0W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 14.8N 128.2W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 14.9N 129.3W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 15.2N 130.2W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 15.5N 130.9W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 15.9N 131.7W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 16.3N 132.5W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 16.7N 133.3W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 17.4N 134.0W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 18.0N 135.0W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 18.8N 136.0W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 19.4N 137.3W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 20.1N 138.6W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 19.7N 140.0W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 19.3N 141.7W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 19.3N 143.7W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 19.4N 145.7W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 19.6N 147.7W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 20.0N 149.7W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 20.3N 151.2W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 20.8N 152.9W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 21.4N 154.5W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 22.5N 157.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 23.3N 158.5W | 25 kt | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1981
- Tropical Storm AdrianEastern Pacific · 1981
- Hurricane BeatrizEastern Pacific · 1981
- Tropical Storm CalvinEastern Pacific · 1981
- Hurricane DoraEastern Pacific · 1981
- Tropical Storm EugeneEastern Pacific · 1981
- Hurricane FernandaEastern Pacific · 1981
- Hurricane GregEastern Pacific · 1981
- Hurricane HilaryEastern Pacific · 1981
- Tropical Storm IrwinEastern 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.