Storm history › East Pacific › 1980 season
Hurricane Howard (1980)
Howard was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1980 East Pacific season. It was tracked from July 31, 1980 to August 7, 1980, about 7 days, and covered 1,638 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 105 mph (165 km/h).
- Peak wind
- 105 mph
- Lowest pressure
- Not recorded
- Strongest
- Category 2 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 7 days
- Track length
- 1,638 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 12.1
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 303rd highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Hurricane Fausto (2026), Hurricane Narda (2025), Hurricane Adrian (2023) and 34 more.
- Energy: 14% of the 1980 East Pacific season's ACE.