NHC EP122021 · Eastern Pacific basin
Hurricane Linda (2021)
August 9, 2021 – August 24, 2021
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Linda peaked at Category 4 with 132 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 14 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Linda in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Linda from August 9, 2021 to August 24, 2021; its peak was 132 mph (Category 4). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 14 US cities, all in Hawaii. The strongest pass was 40 mph (tropical storm) 20 miles from Haiku, HI; the centre came closest to Paia, HI, 19 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- Cities within 75 mi
- 14
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 1
132 mph
when closest
Cities Linda passed near, strongest first
Hawaii (14)
- HaikuTropical storm · 20 mi
- LahainaTropical storm · 36 mi
- KaunakakaiTropical storm · 50 mi
- Lanai CityTropical storm · 54 mi
- KapaauTropical storm · 57 mi
- HonokaaTropical storm · 63 mi
- KamuelaTropical storm · 68 mi
- WaikoloaTropical storm · 75 mi
- PaiaTropical storm · 19 mi
- WailukuTropical storm · 20 mi
- KahuluiTropical storm · 20 mi
- MakawaoTropical storm · 22 mi
- KiheiTropical storm · 28 mi
- KulaTropical storm · 32 mi
Other storms of the 2021 season
About this record
The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.