1981 AL season · AL181981 · Archived

Irene

Archived record: full track, peak intensity, and the model guidance issued at the time.

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Peak intensity
Category 3
Peak winds
121 mph
Lowest pressure
959 mb
Track points
48

Observed track

Time (UTC) Position Winds Pressure Stage
Oct 3 06:00 45.0, -4.0 52 mph -- mb Tropical Storm
Oct 3 00:00 43.6, -11.5 52 mph -- mb Tropical Storm
Oct 2 18:00 44.5, -17.0 52 mph -- mb Tropical Storm
Oct 2 12:00 45.2, -21.0 52 mph -- mb Tropical Storm
Oct 2 06:00 45.4, -25.0 52 mph -- mb Tropical Storm
Oct 2 00:00 45.1, -28.5 58 mph 999 mb Tropical Storm
Oct 1 18:00 44.8, -30.3 63 mph 996 mb Tropical Storm
Oct 1 12:00 43.7, -32.0 69 mph 994 mb Tropical Storm
Oct 1 06:00 42.5, -33.7 69 mph 991 mb Tropical Storm
Oct 1 00:00 41.3, -36.1 75 mph 989 mb Category 1
Sep 30 18:00 40.0, -39.5 81 mph 986 mb Category 1
Sep 30 12:00 38.9, -42.4 86 mph 983 mb Category 1
Sep 30 06:00 37.5, -45.1 92 mph 980 mb Category 1
Sep 30 00:00 35.9, -47.5 98 mph 976 mb Category 2
Sep 29 18:00 34.1, -50.4 104 mph 972 mb Category 2
Sep 29 12:00 32.6, -52.6 109 mph 968 mb Category 2
Sep 29 06:00 31.3, -54.0 115 mph 965 mb Category 3
Sep 29 00:00 29.8, -55.3 115 mph 962 mb Category 3
Sep 28 18:00 28.4, -56.2 121 mph 960 mb Category 3
Sep 28 12:00 27.0, -56.7 121 mph 959 mb Category 3
Sep 28 06:00 25.8, -56.8 121 mph 966 mb Category 3
Sep 28 00:00 24.7, -56.9 115 mph 962 mb Category 3
Sep 27 18:00 23.8, -57.2 109 mph 966 mb Category 2
Sep 27 12:00 23.0, -57.2 104 mph 970 mb Category 2