1981Monthly Weather ReviewOpen access

Atlantic Hurricane Season of 1980

Miles B. Lawrence, Joseph M. Pelissier

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A summary of the 1980 hurricane season is presented. Eleven named tropical cyclones were tracked, of which nine reached hurricane force. Allen, an intense storm, affected a number of Caribbean countries before making landfall on the Texas coast.

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A summary of the 1980 hurricane season is presented. Eleven named tropical cyclones were tracked, of which nine reached hurricane force. Allen, an intense storm, affected a number of Caribbean countries before making landfall on the Texas coast.

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A summary of the 1980 hurricane season is presented. Eleven named tropical cyclones were tracked, of which nine reached hurricane force. Allen, an intense storm, affected a number of Caribbean countries before making landfall on the Texas coast.

Key concepts: Atlantic hurricane, Landfall, Tropical cyclone, Storm, Climatology, Tropical cyclone scales, Oceanography, Geography

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