1981 season

Hurricane Jova (1981)

Sep 14, 12:00 PM UTC – Sep 21, 12:00 AM UTC (6.5 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 (27)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1981-09-14 12:00TD14.5°N 123.4°W30—
1981-09-14 18:00TS14.6°N 124.6°W35—
1981-09-15 00:00TS14.7°N 125.8°W35—
1981-09-15 06:00TS14.7°N 127.0°W40—
1981-09-15 12:00TS14.8°N 128.2°W55—
1981-09-15 18:00HU14.9°N 129.3°W65—
1981-09-16 00:00HU15.2°N 130.2°W70—
1981-09-16 06:00HU15.5°N 130.9°W70—
1981-09-16 12:00HU15.9°N 131.7°W70—
1981-09-16 18:00HU16.3°N 132.5°W70—
1981-09-17 00:00HU16.7°N 133.3°W75—
1981-09-17 06:00HU17.4°N 134.0°W75—
1981-09-17 12:00HU18.0°N 135.0°W70—
1981-09-17 18:00HU18.8°N 136.0°W65—
1981-09-18 00:00HU19.4°N 137.3°W65—
1981-09-18 06:00HU20.1°N 138.6°W65—
1981-09-18 12:00TS19.7°N 140.0°W60—
1981-09-18 18:00TS19.3°N 141.7°W50—
1981-09-19 00:00TS19.3°N 143.7°W40—
1981-09-19 06:00TS19.4°N 145.7°W40—
1981-09-19 12:00TS19.6°N 147.7°W40—
1981-09-19 18:00TS20.0°N 149.7°W35—
1981-09-20 00:00TS20.3°N 151.2°W35—
1981-09-20 06:00TS20.8°N 152.9°W35—
1981-09-20 12:00TS21.4°N 154.5°W35—
1981-09-20 18:00TD22.5°N 157.0°W30—
1981-09-21 00:00TD23.3°N 158.5°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.