1987 season

Hurricane Hilary (1987)

Jul 31, 6:00 PM UTC – Aug 9, 6:00 AM UTC (8.5 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 3
Max sustained wind
120 mph (105 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (35)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1987-07-31 18:00TD10.7°N 92.4°W25—
1987-08-01 00:00TD11.0°N 93.4°W30—
1987-08-01 06:00TD11.4°N 94.4°W30—
1987-08-01 12:00TS11.7°N 95.3°W35—
1987-08-01 18:00TS11.9°N 96.3°W40—
1987-08-02 00:00TS12.1°N 97.2°W45—
1987-08-02 06:00TS12.3°N 98.2°W55—
1987-08-02 12:00HU12.5°N 99.3°W65—
1987-08-02 18:00HU12.7°N 100.3°W70—
1987-08-03 00:00HU13.0°N 101.6°W75—
1987-08-03 06:00HU13.4°N 102.8°W80—
1987-08-03 12:00HU13.8°N 104.0°W90—
1987-08-03 18:00HU14.2°N 105.2°W100—
1987-08-04 00:00HU14.6°N 106.4°W105—
1987-08-04 06:00HU14.9°N 107.5°W105—
1987-08-04 12:00HU15.2°N 108.4°W105—
1987-08-04 18:00HU15.4°N 109.4°W90—
1987-08-05 00:00HU15.6°N 110.4°W85—
1987-08-05 06:00HU15.9°N 111.3°W80—
1987-08-05 12:00HU16.2°N 112.2°W85—
1987-08-05 18:00HU16.7°N 113.1°W95—
1987-08-06 00:00HU17.0°N 114.0°W95—
1987-08-06 06:00HU17.5°N 114.8°W90—
1987-08-06 12:00HU18.2°N 115.7°W85—
1987-08-06 18:00HU18.8°N 116.9°W75—
1987-08-07 00:00HU19.2°N 117.9°W65—
1987-08-07 06:00HU19.6°N 118.7°W65—
1987-08-07 12:00TS20.0°N 119.5°W60—
1987-08-07 18:00TS20.5°N 120.2°W60—
1987-08-08 00:00TS21.2°N 120.8°W60—
1987-08-08 06:00TS21.5°N 121.3°W55—
1987-08-08 12:00TS21.7°N 121.9°W45—
1987-08-08 18:00TS21.9°N 122.6°W35—
1987-08-09 00:00TD22.1°N 123.3°W30—
1987-08-09 06:00TD22.4°N 123.9°W30—

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.