page_title: Timeline of the 1980 Atlantic hurricane season
section_title: July
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of the 1980 Atlantic hurricane season / Timeline / July
caption_attribution_description: Saffir-Simpson Hurricane ScaleTDTS12345 English: Tropical Depression One (1980) track. Uses the color scheme from the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.
context_page_description: The 1980 Atlantic hurricane season was an event in the annual tropical cyclone season in the north Atlantic Ocean. It was an average Atlantic hurricane season in which eleven named storms formed. The season officially began on June 1, 1980 and ended November 30, 1980. These dates, adopted by convention, historically describe the period in each year when most Atlantic systems form. Even so, Tropical Depression One did not form until July 17. The season's final storm, Hurricane Karl, dissipated on November 27.
  The season produced fourteen tropical depressions, of which 12 intensified into tropical storms, four became hurricanes and two became major hurricanes. The only significant storm during the season was Hurricane Allen, a long-lived Cape Verde-type hurricane that became one of the strongest hurricanes recorded in the Atlantic Ocean, as well as the earliest Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale ever recorded, a record that stood until Hurricane Emily during the 2005 season. Allen reached its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 190 mph with a minimum barometric pressure of 899 mbar.
context_section_description: July 18
  Tropical Depression One forms in the central Gulf of Mexico.
  July 21
  Tropical Depression One dissipates over Texas.
caption: Track map of Tropical Depression One.
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