Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 16–25, 1933
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
The 1933 Tampico Hurricane was a Category 5 hurricane of the 1933 Atlantic season. It formed on September 16, 1933, 171 mi SE of Bridgetown, Barbados, reached its peak of 161 mph (259 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 929 mb on September 21, 1933, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 46 mph in 24 hours (to 104 mph on September 19, 1933). The storm lasted 9.3 days and travelled about 2,925 miles (4,707 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico | 66 mi | Sep 22 · 05:00 UTC | Cat 4 139 mph |
| Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico | 33 mi | Sep 22 · 21:00 UTC | TS 66 mph |
| Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico | 14 mi | Sep 25 · 01:00 UTC | Cat 2 103 mph |
| Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico | 68 mi | Sep 25 · 09:00 UTC | TS 55 mph |
Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 11.3°N 57.9°W | 171 mi SE of Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Sep 16 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 11.5°N 59.2°W | 106 mi ENE of Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Sep 16 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 11.7°N 60.5°W | 39 mi NNE of Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Sep 17 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 11.9°N 61.8°W | 83 mi N of Diego Martin, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Sep 17 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 12.2°N 63.1°W | 95 mi NNE of Pampatar, Venezuela |
| Sep 17 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 12.6°N 64.5°W | 111 mi NNW of Juan Griego, Venezuela |
| Sep 17 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 13.0°N 66.0°W | 164 mi ENE of Kralendijk, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba |
| Sep 18 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 13.4°N 67.6°W | 97 mi NNE of Kralendijk, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba |
| Sep 18 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 13.7°N 69.3°W | 93 mi NNE of Noord, Aruba |
| Sep 18 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 14.0°N 70.8°W | 112 mi NNW of Noord, Aruba |
| Sep 18 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 14.3°N 72.1°W | 184 mi NW of Noord, Aruba |
| Sep 19 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 14.5°N 73.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 14.8°N 74.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 15.0°N 75.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 15.4°N 76.9°W | 180 mi S of Kingston, Jamaica |
| Sep 20 00:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 15.9°N 78.1°W | 153 mi SSW of Mandeville, Jamaica |
| Sep 20 06:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 16.5°N 79.3°W | 137 mi SSW of Negril, Jamaica |
| Sep 20 12:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 17.1°N 80.5°W | 158 mi SSE of Bodden Town, Cayman Islands |
| Sep 20 18:00 | Cat 4 | 150 mph | — | 17.8°N 81.7°W | 105 mi SSW of George Town, Cayman Islands |
| Sep 21 00:00 | Cat 5 | 161 mph | 929 mb | 18.4°N 82.8°W | 112 mi WSW of George Town, Cayman Islands |
| Sep 21 06:00 | Cat 5 | 161 mph | — | 19.0°N 83.7°W | 153 mi W of George Town, Cayman Islands |
| Sep 21 12:00 | Cat 4 | 155 mph | — | 19.5°N 84.6°W | 167 mi ESE of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Sep 21 18:00 | Cat 4 | 150 mph | — | 19.9°N 85.5°W | 102 mi ESE of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Sep 22 00:00 | Cat 4 | 144 mph | — | 20.1°N 86.4°W | 45 mi SE of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Sep 22 06:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 20.3°N 87.3°W | 12 mi ENE of Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Sep 22 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 20.5°N 88.2°W | 13 mi S of Valladolid, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Sep 22 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 20.5°N 89.1°W | 24 mi NNE of Tecax, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Sep 23 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 20.5°N 90.0°W | near Maxcanú, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Sep 23 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 20.6°N 90.9°W | 58 mi NNW of Campeche, Campeche, Mexico |
| Sep 23 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 20.7°N 91.8°W | 102 mi NW of Campeche, Campeche, Mexico |
| Sep 23 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 20.9°N 92.7°W | 159 mi WNW of Campeche, Campeche, Mexico |
| Sep 24 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 21.1°N 93.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 21.3°N 94.6°W | 177 mi NE of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 24 12:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 21.5°N 95.6°W | 122 mi ENE of Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 24 18:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 960 mb | 21.7°N 96.7°W | 69 mi NE of Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 25 00:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 22.0°N 97.8°W | 17 mi S of Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Sep 25 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 22.6°N 98.9°W | 11 mi SSE of Ciudad Mante, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Sep 25 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 23.0°N 100.0°W | 18 mi W of Ciudad Tula, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for 1933 Tampico Hurricane. Its closest approach to a major city was 14 miles from Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
At its peak on September 21, 1933, 1933 Tampico Hurricane was a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 161 mph (259 km/h) and a central pressure of 929 mb.
9.3 days, from September 16, 1933 to September 25, 1933, including 126 hours at hurricane strength (60 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 2,925 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
This site was built by Digital Dynamics Kft.
This archive is our own work, built from openly available data — the NOAA best-track records, the replay engine, the wind-field rendering and the map tiles served from our own servers in the European Union. If your business generates data — measurements, machines, orders, customers — we are happy to turn it into a clear, interactive interface.
But this is not all we build:
Or anything else that can be programmed — just get in touch.
See our work → or write: info@digitaldynamics.hu