1987 season

Hurricane Otis (1987)

Sep 20, 12:00 AM UTC – Sep 26, 6:00 PM UTC (6.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 3
Max sustained wind
115 mph (100 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (28)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1987-09-20 00:00TD10.2°N 119.5°W30—
1987-09-20 06:00TD10.5°N 119.9°W30—
1987-09-20 12:00TD11.0°N 120.1°W30—
1987-09-20 18:00TS11.4°N 120.3°W35—
1987-09-21 00:00TS11.8°N 120.4°W45—
1987-09-21 06:00TS12.5°N 120.6°W55—
1987-09-21 12:00HU13.2°N 120.8°W65—
1987-09-21 18:00HU13.7°N 121.2°W90—
1987-09-22 00:00HU14.1°N 121.6°W90—
1987-09-22 06:00HU14.5°N 121.8°W100—
1987-09-22 12:00HU14.8°N 122.2°W100—
1987-09-22 18:00HU15.1°N 122.7°W100—
1987-09-23 00:00HU15.4°N 123.2°W100—
1987-09-23 06:00HU15.7°N 123.7°W90—
1987-09-23 12:00HU16.1°N 124.5°W90—
1987-09-23 18:00HU16.4°N 125.0°W90—
1987-09-24 00:00HU16.7°N 125.7°W100—
1987-09-24 06:00HU16.9°N 126.4°W100—
1987-09-24 12:00HU17.1°N 126.9°W95—
1987-09-24 18:00HU17.4°N 127.7°W80—
1987-09-25 00:00HU17.4°N 128.7°W80—
1987-09-25 06:00HU17.4°N 129.7°W75—
1987-09-25 12:00TS17.3°N 131.0°W55—
1987-09-25 18:00TS17.3°N 132.4°W35—
1987-09-26 00:00TD17.2°N 134.1°W30—
1987-09-26 06:00TD17.2°N 135.7°W30—
1987-09-26 12:00TD17.3°N 137.4°W30—
1987-09-26 18:00TD17.5°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.