Hurricane Floyd (1981)
Sep 3, 12:00 PM UTC – Sep 12, 12:00 PM UTC (9.0 days)
- Peak
- Hurricane, Category 3
- Max sustained wind
- 115 mph (100 kt)
- Lowest pressure
- 975 mb
- Landfalls
- 0
Track
- Hurricane
- Tropical Storm
- Tropical Depression
- Other
- Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (37)
| UTC | Status | Position | Wind kt | mb | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981-09-03 12:00 | TD | 16.2°N 60.3°W | 20 | 1010 | |
| 1981-09-03 18:00 | TD | 16.7°N 61.1°W | 20 | 1010 | |
| 1981-09-04 00:00 | TD | 17.3°N 61.9°W | 20 | 1009 | |
| 1981-09-04 06:00 | TD | 18.0°N 62.6°W | 20 | 1008 | |
| 1981-09-04 12:00 | TD | 18.6°N 63.3°W | 30 | 1006 | |
| 1981-09-04 18:00 | TS | 19.0°N 64.0°W | 35 | 1004 | |
| 1981-09-05 00:00 | TS | 19.5°N 64.7°W | 45 | 1002 | |
| 1981-09-05 06:00 | TS | 20.1°N 65.5°W | 50 | 1000 | |
| 1981-09-05 12:00 | TS | 20.9°N 66.2°W | 60 | 999 | |
| 1981-09-05 18:00 | HU | 21.7°N 67.1°W | 70 | 997 | |
| 1981-09-06 00:00 | HU | 22.6°N 67.7°W | 80 | 994 | |
| 1981-09-06 06:00 | HU | 23.6°N 68.6°W | 85 | 991 | |
| 1981-09-06 12:00 | HU | 24.5°N 69.1°W | 90 | 988 | |
| 1981-09-06 18:00 | HU | 25.5°N 69.1°W | 95 | 985 | |
| 1981-09-07 00:00 | HU | 26.4°N 69.1°W | 100 | 981 | |
| 1981-09-07 06:00 | HU | 27.5°N 68.9°W | 100 | 978 | |
| 1981-09-07 12:00 | HU | 28.4°N 68.5°W | 100 | 975 | |
| 1981-09-07 18:00 | HU | 29.3°N 67.8°W | 100 | 975 | |
| 1981-09-08 00:00 | HU | 29.9°N 67.2°W | 95 | 989 | |
| 1981-09-08 06:00 | HU | 30.6°N 66.5°W | 90 | 995 | |
| 1981-09-08 12:00 | HU | 31.4°N 65.6°W | 85 | 998 | |
| 1981-09-08 18:00 | TS | 32.0°N 64.7°W | 60 | 1003 | |
| 1981-09-09 00:00 | TS | 32.9°N 63.0°W | 50 | 1005 | |
| 1981-09-09 06:00 | TS | 33.7°N 60.7°W | 45 | 1007 | |
| 1981-09-09 12:00 | TS | 34.2°N 58.5°W | 45 | 1007 | |
| 1981-09-09 18:00 | TS | 33.8°N 56.3°W | 40 | 1007 | |
| 1981-09-10 00:00 | TS | 33.5°N 54.0°W | 40 | 1007 | |
| 1981-09-10 06:00 | TS | 33.6°N 51.3°W | 40 | 1007 | |
| 1981-09-10 12:00 | TS | 34.0°N 48.7°W | 40 | 1008 | |
| 1981-09-10 18:00 | TS | 34.0°N 46.4°W | 40 | 1008 | |
| 1981-09-11 00:00 | TS | 33.8°N 44.1°W | 40 | 1008 | |
| 1981-09-11 06:00 | TS | 34.5°N 41.7°W | 40 | 1008 | |
| 1981-09-11 12:00 | TS | 35.5°N 39.7°W | 40 | 1008 | |
| 1981-09-11 18:00 | TS | 36.6°N 38.3°W | 40 | 1008 | |
| 1981-09-12 00:00 | TS | 37.6°N 36.9°W | 40 | 1009 | |
| 1981-09-12 06:00 | TS | 39.0°N 35.2°W | 40 | 1009 | |
| 1981-09-12 12:00 | TS | 40.6°N 33.4°W | 35 | 1009 |
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.