Hurricane Laura (2020)
Aug 20, 12:00 AM UTC – Aug 29, 6:00 AM UTC (9.3 days)
- Peak
- Hurricane, Category 4
- Max sustained wind
- 150 mph (130 kt)
- Lowest pressure
- 937 mb
- Landfalls
- 6
Track
- Hurricane
- Tropical Storm
- Tropical Depression
- Other
- Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Landfalls
- Aug 21, 8:30 PM UTC · 17.1°N 61.8°W · Tropical Storm · 45 mph · 1007 mb
- Aug 21, 11:30 PM UTC · 17.1°N 62.6°W · Tropical Storm · 45 mph · 1007 mb
- Aug 23, 4:30 AM UTC · 18.4°N 70.0°W · Tropical Storm · 50 mph · 1004 mb
- Aug 24, 2:00 AM UTC · 20.0°N 76.6°W · Tropical Storm · 65 mph · 1000 mb
- Aug 25, 12:00 AM UTC · 22.3°N 83.3°W · Tropical Storm · 65 mph · 998 mb
- Aug 27, 6:00 AM UTC · 29.8°N 93.3°W · Hurricane · 150 mph · 939 mb
Every track point (42)
| UTC | Status | Position | Wind kt | mb | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-20 00:00 | TD | 14.4°N 47.3°W | 30 | 1008 | |
| 2020-08-20 06:00 | TD | 15.4°N 49.6°W | 30 | 1008 | |
| 2020-08-20 12:00 | TD | 16.1°N 51.6°W | 30 | 1008 | |
| 2020-08-20 18:00 | TD | 16.6°N 53.4°W | 30 | 1008 | |
| 2020-08-21 00:00 | TD | 16.8°N 55.5°W | 30 | 1008 | |
| 2020-08-21 06:00 | TD | 16.9°N 57.5°W | 30 | 1008 | |
| 2020-08-21 12:00 | TS | 17.0°N 59.4°W | 40 | 1008 | |
| 2020-08-21 18:00 | TS | 17.1°N 61.1°W | 40 | 1007 | |
| 2020-08-21 20:30 | TS | 17.1°N 61.8°W | 40 | 1007 | Landfall |
| 2020-08-21 23:30 | TS | 17.1°N 62.6°W | 40 | 1007 | Landfall |
| 2020-08-22 00:00 | TS | 17.1°N 62.8°W | 40 | 1007 | |
| 2020-08-22 06:00 | TS | 17.4°N 64.4°W | 40 | 1007 | |
| 2020-08-22 12:00 | TS | 17.7°N 65.9°W | 45 | 1006 | |
| 2020-08-22 18:00 | TS | 17.9°N 67.4°W | 45 | 1004 | |
| 2020-08-23 00:00 | TS | 18.2°N 68.8°W | 45 | 1004 | |
| 2020-08-23 04:30 | TS | 18.4°N 70.0°W | 45 | 1004 | Landfall |
| 2020-08-23 06:00 | TS | 18.5°N 70.3°W | 45 | 1004 | |
| 2020-08-23 12:00 | TS | 18.8°N 72.3°W | 45 | 1004 | |
| 2020-08-23 18:00 | TS | 19.4°N 74.3°W | 55 | 1002 | |
| 2020-08-24 00:00 | TS | 19.8°N 76.0°W | 55 | 1000 | |
| 2020-08-24 02:00 | TS | 20.0°N 76.6°W | 55 | 1000 | Landfall |
| 2020-08-24 06:00 | TS | 20.2°N 77.8°W | 50 | 1000 | |
| 2020-08-24 12:00 | TS | 20.8°N 79.7°W | 50 | 1002 | |
| 2020-08-24 18:00 | TS | 21.5°N 81.5°W | 50 | 1001 | |
| 2020-08-25 00:00 | TS | 22.3°N 83.3°W | 55 | 998 | Landfall |
| 2020-08-25 06:00 | TS | 22.8°N 84.8°W | 60 | 995 | |
| 2020-08-25 12:00 | HU | 23.4°N 86.2°W | 65 | 990 | |
| 2020-08-25 18:00 | HU | 24.1°N 87.5°W | 70 | 990 | |
| 2020-08-26 00:00 | HU | 24.9°N 88.9°W | 75 | 983 | |
| 2020-08-26 06:00 | HU | 25.6°N 90.2°W | 90 | 978 | |
| 2020-08-26 12:00 | HU | 26.4°N 91.4°W | 100 | 963 | |
| 2020-08-26 18:00 | HU | 27.3°N 92.5°W | 120 | 952 | |
| 2020-08-27 00:00 | HU | 28.5°N 93.0°W | 130 | 937 | |
| 2020-08-27 06:00 | HU | 29.8°N 93.3°W | 130 | 939 | Landfall |
| 2020-08-27 12:00 | HU | 31.2°N 93.3°W | 85 | 970 | |
| 2020-08-27 18:00 | TS | 32.8°N 92.9°W | 55 | 988 | |
| 2020-08-28 00:00 | TS | 34.4°N 92.5°W | 35 | 993 | |
| 2020-08-28 06:00 | TD | 35.4°N 92.0°W | 25 | 998 | |
| 2020-08-28 12:00 | TD | 36.1°N 91.2°W | 25 | 1000 | |
| 2020-08-28 18:00 | TD | 37.0°N 90.0°W | 25 | 1003 | |
| 2020-08-29 00:00 | TD | 37.5°N 88.0°W | 25 | 1004 | |
| 2020-08-29 06:00 | LO | 38.3°N 84.8°W | 20 | 1004 |
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.