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Hurricane Emily 1987

Category 3 hurricane · Atlantic · September 20 to September 26, 1987

Emily's 110 mph landfall in the Dominican Republic on September 23, 1987 ranks tied for the third-strongest of the 21 storms with a landfall record there. No other storm of the 1987 Atlantic season matched its 125 mph peak; the season had 14 storms. Its winds climbed 70 mph in the 24 hours to September 22.

Track of Emily (1987) from the best-track record, coloured by strength10°N20°N30°N40°N80°W70°W60°W50°W40°W30°WDominican Republic, 110 mphBermuda, 85 mphPeak 125 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 300 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Emily (1987) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 404080120160Sep 21Sep 22Sep 23Sep 24Sep 25Sep 26mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 380 miles northeast of Paramaribo, Suriname
  2. Tropical storm 245 miles east-southeast of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
  3. Hurricane 200 miles south of Ponce, Puerto Rico
  4. Major hurricane 120 miles south of La Romana, the Dominican Republic
  5. Peak 120 miles south of La Romana, the Dominican Republic; lowest pressure 958 mb
  6. Landfall Dominican Republic
  7. Landfall Bermuda: Category 1, 85 mph, 974 mb
  8. No longer tropical (extratropical low) 990 miles east of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
  9. Last record 990 miles east of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind125 mph · tied 180th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure958 mb · tied 236th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy10.2 · tied 511th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone6.5 days · tied 636th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 1987 season

04080120160Emily

Storm 12 of 14 in 1987, hurricane 2 of 3; it formed after Storm 11 of 1987 and before Floyd. Emily produced 30% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of at least 8 towns or cities of 10,000 people or more while the system was tropical. Distances are to the interpolated track line, not the storm's edge.

PlaceClosestWind thenDate
Hamilton, Bermuda3 mi85 mphSeptember 25
Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines5 mi50 mphSeptember 21
Cap-Haïtien, Nord, Haiti6 mi70 mphSeptember 23
San Juan, the Dominican Republic7 mi90 mphSeptember 23
Barahona, the Dominican Republic10 mi110 mphSeptember 23
Fort-Liberté, Nord-Est, Haiti10 mi70 mphSeptember 23
Dajabón, the Dominican Republic12 mi75 mphSeptember 23
Comendador, Elias Pina, the Dominican Republic16 mi80 mphSeptember 23

Every storm within 50 miles of Cap-Haïtien, Nord, Haiti

Similar landfalls in Dominican Republic

Storms whose strongest landfall record in the Dominican Republic came closest to Emily's 110 mph:

All 21 storms with a landfall record in Dominican Republic

Also peaked at 125 mph

Of 40 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Elena (1985)953 mb, landfall in Mississippi
  • Erika (1997)946 mb, no landfall record
  • Eloise (1975)950 mb, landfall in Dominican Republic
  • Alberto (2000)950 mb, no landfall record