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Tropical Cyclone
Hurricane Katrina (1981)
3 November 1981 · North Atlantic · Category 1
Hurricane Katrina formed in the North Atlantic basin on 3 November 1981 and lasted 5 days. Its sustained winds reached 139 km/h, Category 1 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 980 hPa. It made landfall in Cuba.
- Formed
- 3 November 1981
- Dissipated
- 7 November 1981
- Duration
- 5 days
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 139 km/h (75 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 1
- Minimum Pressure
- 980 hPa
Countries Hit
- TSCuba102 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 4Hurricane Harvey213 km/h
- Cat. 3Hurricane Irene194 km/h
- Cat. 3Hurricane Floyd185 km/h
- Cat. 1Hurricane Dennis130 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Bret111 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Arlene93 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth