Storm history › East Pacific › 1981 season
Hurricane Dora (1981)
Dora was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1981 East Pacific season. It was tracked from July 10, 1981 to July 16, 1981, about 6 days, and covered 1,585 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 90 mph (150 km/h).
- Peak wind
- 90 mph
- Lowest pressure
- Not recorded
- Strongest
- Category 1 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 6 days
- Track length
- 1,585 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 8.3
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 374th highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Hurricane Octave (2025), Hurricane Carlotta (2024), Hurricane Frank (2022) and 29 more.
- Energy: 11% of the 1981 East Pacific season's ACE.