1981 season

Hurricane Katrina (1981)

Nov 3, 12:00 AM UTC – Nov 7, 6:00 PM UTC (4.8 days)

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

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (20)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1981-11-03 00:00TD16.9°N 81.2°W251005
1981-11-03 06:00TD17.2°N 81.3°W251005
1981-11-03 12:00TD17.5°N 81.4°W251004
1981-11-03 18:00TD17.8°N 81.4°W301002
1981-11-04 00:00TD18.1°N 81.4°W301001
1981-11-04 06:00TS18.3°N 81.4°W351000
1981-11-04 12:00TS18.6°N 81.3°W40998
1981-11-04 18:00TS18.9°N 81.2°W50996
1981-11-05 00:00TS19.2°N 81.1°W60993
1981-11-05 06:00HU19.6°N 80.8°W65988
1981-11-05 12:00HU20.0°N 80.5°W75980
1981-11-05 18:00HU20.4°N 80.1°W70988
1981-11-06 00:00HU20.9°N 79.5°W65996
1981-11-06 06:00TS21.6°N 78.3°W55999
1981-11-06 12:00TS22.4°N 77.0°W501001
1981-11-06 18:00TS23.2°N 75.5°W451001
1981-11-07 00:00TS24.0°N 73.3°W401001
1981-11-07 06:00TS25.0°N 70.6°W401002
1981-11-07 12:00TS25.9°N 67.5°W401002
1981-11-07 18:00TS26.8°N 64.5°W401002

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.