1987 season

Hurricane Max (1987)

Sep 9, 12:00 PM UTC – Sep 16, 12:00 PM UTC (7.0 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 4
Max sustained wind
155 mph (135 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (29)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1987-09-09 12:00TD11.3°N 100.0°W25—
1987-09-09 18:00TD11.2°N 101.3°W30—
1987-09-10 00:00TS11.1°N 102.7°W35—
1987-09-10 06:00TS11.1°N 104.0°W45—
1987-09-10 12:00TS11.2°N 105.1°W45—
1987-09-10 18:00TS11.3°N 106.3°W50—
1987-09-11 00:00TS11.5°N 107.3°W60—
1987-09-11 06:00HU11.8°N 108.4°W65—
1987-09-11 12:00HU12.2°N 109.3°W70—
1987-09-11 18:00HU12.6°N 110.1°W80—
1987-09-12 00:00HU13.1°N 111.3°W90—
1987-09-12 06:00HU13.5°N 112.0°W100—
1987-09-12 12:00HU13.9°N 113.9°W105—
1987-09-12 18:00HU14.2°N 115.0°W115—
1987-09-13 00:00HU14.6°N 116.0°W125—
1987-09-13 06:00HU15.1°N 116.8°W135—
1987-09-13 12:00HU15.9°N 117.5°W135—
1987-09-13 18:00HU16.7°N 118.1°W135—
1987-09-14 00:00HU17.5°N 118.6°W135—
1987-09-14 06:00HU18.0°N 119.0°W115—
1987-09-14 12:00HU18.7°N 119.2°W105—
1987-09-14 18:00HU19.4°N 119.6°W100—
1987-09-15 00:00HU19.9°N 120.1°W90—
1987-09-15 06:00HU20.4°N 120.5°W75—
1987-09-15 12:00HU20.8°N 121.0°W65—
1987-09-15 18:00TS21.3°N 121.7°W45—
1987-09-16 00:00TS21.6°N 122.5°W35—
1987-09-16 06:00TD21.7°N 123.1°W30—
1987-09-16 12:00TD21.8°N 123.4°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.