1983 season

Hurricane Alicia (1983)

Aug 15, 12:00 PM UTC – Aug 21, 6:00 AM UTC (5.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 3
Max sustained wind
115 mph (100 kt)
Lowest pressure
962 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall

Landfalls

  • Aug 18, 7:00 AM UTC · 29.1°N 95.1°W · Hurricane · 115 mph · 962 mb
Every track point (25)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1983-08-15 12:00TD27.3°N 90.5°W301009
1983-08-15 18:00TS27.2°N 91.0°W401006
1983-08-16 00:00TS27.1°N 91.5°W451005
1983-08-16 06:00TS27.0°N 92.0°W501004
1983-08-16 12:00TS27.1°N 92.4°W551002
1983-08-16 18:00TS27.3°N 92.8°W60998
1983-08-17 00:00HU27.4°N 93.3°W65991
1983-08-17 06:00HU27.7°N 93.7°W70987
1983-08-17 12:00HU27.9°N 94.2°W75983
1983-08-17 18:00HU28.1°N 94.5°W90974
1983-08-18 00:00HU28.4°N 94.8°W95969
1983-08-18 06:00HU28.9°N 95.0°W100963
1983-08-18 07:00HU29.1°N 95.1°W100962Landfall
1983-08-18 12:00HU29.7°N 95.5°W80965
1983-08-18 18:00TS30.5°N 96.0°W40990
1983-08-19 00:00TS31.5°N 96.7°W35998
1983-08-19 06:00TD32.4°N 97.4°W301003
1983-08-19 12:00TD33.3°N 98.0°W251006
1983-08-19 18:00TD34.4°N 98.5°W251009
1983-08-20 00:00TD35.4°N 99.0°W201010
1983-08-20 06:00EX36.5°N 99.4°W201011
1983-08-20 12:00EX37.6°N 99.2°W201011
1983-08-20 18:00EX38.9°N 99.0°W201011
1983-08-21 00:00EX40.0°N 98.0°W201010
1983-08-21 06:00EX41.2°N 97.0°W201010

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), its post-season reanalysis; values can differ from the advisories issued at the time. Source: hurdat2-1851-2025-092326.txt, hurdat2-nepac-1949-2025-092926.txt.