1981 season

Hurricane Hilary (1981)

Aug 21, 6:00 PM UTC – Aug 28, 6:00 PM UTC (7.0 days)

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

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (29)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1981-08-21 18:00TD17.5°N 107.5°W30—
1981-08-22 00:00TS18.2°N 108.0°W35—
1981-08-22 06:00TS18.7°N 108.6°W35—
1981-08-22 12:00TS19.3°N 109.1°W35—
1981-08-22 18:00TS19.7°N 109.8°W35—
1981-08-23 00:00TS19.8°N 110.0°W35—
1981-08-23 06:00TS19.8°N 110.1°W40—
1981-08-23 12:00TS19.8°N 110.2°W40—
1981-08-23 18:00TS19.8°N 110.3°W40—
1981-08-24 00:00TS19.7°N 110.5°W40—
1981-08-24 06:00TS19.7°N 111.0°W45—
1981-08-24 12:00TS19.7°N 111.6°W45—
1981-08-24 18:00TS19.8°N 112.4°W55—
1981-08-25 00:00TS20.0°N 113.5°W60—
1981-08-25 06:00TS20.3°N 114.7°W60—
1981-08-25 12:00HU20.7°N 115.8°W70—
1981-08-25 18:00HU21.0°N 117.1°W75—
1981-08-26 00:00HU21.4°N 118.7°W75—
1981-08-26 06:00HU21.7°N 120.2°W70—
1981-08-26 12:00HU21.8°N 121.5°W65—
1981-08-26 18:00TS21.7°N 122.7°W50—
1981-08-27 00:00TS21.6°N 123.3°W45—
1981-08-27 06:00TS21.4°N 124.1°W40—
1981-08-27 12:00TS21.2°N 125.1°W35—
1981-08-27 18:00TD21.0°N 126.3°W30—
1981-08-28 00:00TD20.7°N 127.3°W30—
1981-08-28 06:00TD20.5°N 128.2°W30—
1981-08-28 12:00TD20.4°N 129.1°W25—
1981-08-28 18:00TD20.2°N 130.0°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.