Tropical Storm Maury (1981)
Tropical Storm Maury peaked at 55 kt in the Western Pacific between July 14, 1981 and July 25, 1981, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Maury, 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
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- July 14, 1981 to July 25, 1981
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb (29.09 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.8
- Identifier
- WP081981
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 14, 00:00 | 11.2N 137.6E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 14, 06:00 | 11.6N 137.1E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 14, 12:00 | 12.1N 136.7E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 14, 18:00 | 12.6N 136.5E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 15, 00:00 | 13.2N 136.4E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 15, 06:00 | 13.7N 136.1E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 15, 12:00 | 14.1N 135.7E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 15, 18:00 | 14.5N 135.5E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 16, 00:00 | 15.1N 135.2E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 16, 06:00 | 16.0N 134.5E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 16, 12:00 | 17.1N 133.5E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 16, 18:00 | 18.1N 132.2E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 17, 00:00 | 18.9N 130.9E | 20 kt | Disturbance | |
| Jul 17, 06:00 | 19.3N 129.9E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Mixed |
| Jul 17, 12:00 | 19.4N 129.1E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 17, 18:00 | 19.7N 128.4E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 00:00 | 20.2N 127.7E | 35 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 06:00 | 21.3N 126.6E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 12:00 | 22.8N 126.1E | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 18, 18:00 | 24.3N 125.9E | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 00:00 | 25.1N 124.3E | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 06:00 | 25.0N 123.0E | 55 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 12:00 | 25.2N 121.5E | 40 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 18:00 | 25.4N 120.2E | 35 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 20, 00:00 | 25.7N 118.9E | 30 kt | 992 mb | Mixed |
| Jul 20, 06:00 | 25.7N 117.8E | 994 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 20, 12:00 | 25.5N 116.3E | 998 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 20, 18:00 | 25.1N 115.1E | 998 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 21, 00:00 | 24.8N 114.2E | 998 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 21, 06:00 | 24.1N 113.6E | 998 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 21, 12:00 | 23.7N 112.8E | 998 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 21, 18:00 | 23.3N 111.9E | 998 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 22, 00:00 | 22.9N 111.3E | 1000 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 22, 06:00 | 22.7N 110.7E | 998 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 22, 12:00 | 22.7N 110.0E | 998 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 22, 18:00 | 22.1N 109.3E | 998 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 23, 00:00 | 21.9N 109.2E | 998 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 23, 06:00 | 21.7N 108.7E | 996 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 23, 12:00 | 22.2N 108.7E | 996 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 23, 18:00 | 22.7N 109.1E | 998 mb | Mixed | |
| Jul 24, 00:00 | 23.3N 110.1E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 24, 06:00 | 24.2N 110.3E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 24, 12:00 | 25.4N 111.2E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 24, 18:00 | 26.0N 112.5E | Disturbance | ||
| Jul 25, 00:00 | 27.3N 112.0E | Disturbance |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1981
- Typhoon FredaWestern Pacific · 1981
- Tropical Storm GeraldWestern Pacific · 1981
- Tropical Depression GeraldWestern Pacific · 1981
- Tropical Storm HollyWestern Pacific · 1981
- Typhoon IkeWestern Pacific · 1981
- Typhoon JuneWestern Pacific · 1981
- Typhoon KellyWestern Pacific · 1981
- Tropical Storm LynnWestern Pacific · 1981
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1981
- Tropical Storm NinaWestern Pacific · 1981
- Typhoon OgdenWestern Pacific · 1981
- Tropical Storm PhyllisWestern Pacific · 1981
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1981
- Tropical Storm RoyWestern Pacific · 1981
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1981
- Tropical Storm SusanWestern Pacific · 1981
- Tropical Storm WarrenWestern Pacific · 1981
- Tropical Storm VanessaWestern Pacific · 1981
- Typhoon ThadWestern Pacific · 1981
- Typhoon AgnesWestern Pacific · 1981
- Typhoon BillWestern Pacific · 1981
- Typhoon ClaraWestern Pacific · 1981
- Typhoon DoyleWestern Pacific · 1981
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1981
- Super Typhoon ElsieWestern Pacific · 1981
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1981
- Tropical Storm FabianWestern Pacific · 1981
- Typhoon GayWestern Pacific · 1981
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1981
- Typhoon HazenWestern Pacific · 1981
- Super Typhoon IrmaWestern Pacific · 1981 · 595 deaths
- Tropical Storm JeffWestern Pacific · 1981
- Typhoon KitWestern Pacific · 1981
- Typhoon LeeWestern 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.