1981 season

Hurricane Fernanda (1981)

Aug 6, 12:00 PM UTC – Aug 13, 12:00 AM UTC (6.5 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 2
Max sustained wind
105 mph (90 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (27)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1981-08-06 12:00TD12.0°N 104.6°W30—
1981-08-06 18:00TD12.1°N 106.2°W30—
1981-08-07 00:00TD12.1°N 107.9°W30—
1981-08-07 06:00TS12.2°N 109.6°W35—
1981-08-07 12:00TS12.3°N 111.2°W40—
1981-08-07 18:00TS12.6°N 112.9°W40—
1981-08-08 00:00TS12.8°N 114.6°W50—
1981-08-08 06:00TS13.3°N 116.2°W50—
1981-08-08 12:00TS13.9°N 117.7°W50—
1981-08-08 18:00TS14.5°N 119.2°W60—
1981-08-09 00:00TS14.8°N 120.6°W60—
1981-08-09 06:00HU14.9°N 122.0°W65—
1981-08-09 12:00HU15.1°N 123.4°W70—
1981-08-09 18:00HU15.5°N 124.8°W75—
1981-08-10 00:00HU15.8°N 126.2°W85—
1981-08-10 06:00HU16.5°N 127.7°W85—
1981-08-10 12:00HU17.1°N 129.1°W85—
1981-08-10 18:00HU17.8°N 130.6°W90—
1981-08-11 00:00HU18.8°N 131.9°W90—
1981-08-11 06:00HU19.8°N 133.2°W80—
1981-08-11 12:00HU20.8°N 134.4°W70—
1981-08-11 18:00TS21.8°N 135.7°W60—
1981-08-12 00:00TS22.7°N 137.0°W50—
1981-08-12 06:00TS23.3°N 137.5°W40—
1981-08-12 12:00TD23.7°N 137.9°W30—
1981-08-12 18:00TD24.1°N 138.2°W30—
1981-08-13 00:00TD24.3°N 138.7°W25—

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.