Storm history › Atlantic › 1980 season
Hurricane Ivan (1980)
Ivan was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1980 Atlantic season. It was tracked from October 1, 1980 to October 12, 1980, about 11 days, and covered 3,900 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 105 mph (165 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 970 mb.
- Peak wind
- 105 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb
- Strongest
- Category 2 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 11 days
- Track length
- 3,900 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 18.6
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 399th highest of 2,017 Atlantic storms on record, tied with Hurricane Francine (2024), Hurricane Isaac (2024), Hurricane Leslie (2024) and 32 more.
- Lowest pressure: 378th lowest of 1,294 Atlantic storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Hurricane Leslie (2024), Hurricane Zeta (2020), Tropical Storm Sebastien (2019) and 11 more.
- Energy: 13% of the 1980 Atlantic season's ACE.