Storm history › East Pacific › 1987 season
Hurricane Otis (1987)
Otis was a Category 3 hurricane of the 1987 East Pacific season. It was tracked from September 20, 1987 to September 26, 1987, about 7 days, and covered 1,514 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 115 mph (185 km/h).
- Peak wind
- 115 mph
- Lowest pressure
- Not recorded
- Strongest
- Category 3 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 7 days
- Track length
- 1,514 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 14.3
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 241st highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Hurricane Priscilla (2025), Hurricane Eugene (2017), Hurricane Otis (2017) and 35 more.
- Energy: 8% of the 1987 East Pacific season's ACE.