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Tropical Cyclone
Hurricane Norma (1981)
8 October 1981 · Eastern Pacific · Category 3
Hurricane Norma formed in the Eastern Pacific basin on 8 October 1981 and lasted 4 days. Its sustained winds reached 204 km/h, Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale. It made landfall in Mexico.
- Formed
- 8 October 1981
- Dissipated
- 12 October 1981
- Duration
- 4 days
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 204 km/h (110 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 3
Countries Hit
- Cat. 2Mexico167 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 1Hurricane Hilary139 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Calvin83 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Irwin83 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Lidia83 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth