1980 season

Hurricane Earl (1980)

Sep 4, 12:00 PM UTC – Sep 11, 12:00 AM UTC (6.5 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
75 mph (65 kt)
Lowest pressure
985 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (27)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1980-09-04 12:00TD17.7°N 24.0°W251008
1980-09-04 18:00TD17.4°N 25.3°W301006
1980-09-05 00:00TS17.8°N 26.7°W351003
1980-09-05 06:00TS18.2°N 28.0°W401000
1980-09-05 12:00TS18.8°N 29.5°W40999
1980-09-05 18:00TS19.2°N 31.0°W40999
1980-09-06 00:00TS19.7°N 32.0°W40999
1980-09-06 06:00TS20.3°N 33.8°W40999
1980-09-06 12:00TS21.0°N 35.5°W45998
1980-09-06 18:00TS21.5°N 36.5°W45997
1980-09-07 00:00TS22.2°N 37.8°W45996
1980-09-07 06:00TS23.2°N 38.8°W45996
1980-09-07 12:00TS25.0°N 39.7°W45995
1980-09-07 18:00TS27.0°N 40.3°W50993
1980-09-08 00:00TS29.0°N 41.2°W60992
1980-09-08 06:00HU30.4°N 42.5°W65988
1980-09-08 12:00HU32.0°N 43.5°W65985
1980-09-08 18:00HU33.3°N 44.1°W65986
1980-09-09 00:00HU34.7°N 44.3°W65988
1980-09-09 06:00HU36.3°N 43.8°W65990
1980-09-09 12:00HU38.0°N 43.1°W65991
1980-09-09 18:00HU40.5°N 41.5°W65992
1980-09-10 00:00HU43.0°N 39.0°W65994
1980-09-10 06:00HU45.2°N 36.0°W65995
1980-09-10 12:00TS47.5°N 32.5°W55—
1980-09-10 18:00EX49.5°N 28.5°W55—
1980-09-11 00:00EX51.5°N 23.5°W55—

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.