1987 season

Hurricane Floyd (1987)

Oct 9, 6:00 AM UTC – Oct 14, 12:00 AM UTC (4.8 days)

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

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Oct 12, 9:00 PM UTC · 25.1°N 80.5°W · Hurricane · 75 mph · 993 mb
Every track point (21)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1987-10-09 06:00TD15.0°N 82.6°W251004
1987-10-09 12:00TD14.5°N 82.5°W251003
1987-10-09 18:00TD14.1°N 82.1°W251001
1987-10-10 00:00TD14.4°N 81.8°W25999
1987-10-10 06:00TD15.3°N 82.2°W30999
1987-10-10 12:00TS16.0°N 82.2°W35999
1987-10-10 18:00TS16.8°N 83.5°W35999
1987-10-11 00:00TS17.6°N 83.9°W40999
1987-10-11 06:00TS18.4°N 84.2°W40998
1987-10-11 12:00TS19.4°N 84.5°W45997
1987-10-11 18:00TS20.5°N 84.5°W50996
1987-10-12 00:00TS21.7°N 84.3°W55995
1987-10-12 06:00TS23.0°N 84.0°W60994
1987-10-12 12:00HU24.0°N 82.9°W65993
1987-10-12 18:00HU24.7°N 81.5°W65993
1987-10-12 21:00HU25.1°N 80.5°W65993Landfall
1987-10-13 00:00TS25.3°N 79.9°W60993
1987-10-13 06:00TS26.0°N 78.3°W50994
1987-10-13 12:00TS27.0°N 76.9°W45996
1987-10-13 18:00EX28.1°N 75.4°W40997
1987-10-14 00:00EX29.5°N 74.0°W40998

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.