Track map, landfall & timeline · Eastern Pacific · October 22–28, 1959
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 1959 Mexico Hurricane was a Category 4 hurricane of the 1959 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on October 22, 1959, 267 mi SW of Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, reached its peak of 138 mph (222 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 958 mb on October 27, 1959, and made landfall near Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico on October 27, 1959 as a Category 4 hurricane (138 mph). The storm lasted 5.8 days and travelled about 1,072 miles (1,725 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 27, 1959 · 12:00 UTC | near Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico | Cat 4 138 mph | 958 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico | direct hit | Oct 28 · 05:00 UTC | TD 33 mph |
| Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | direct hit | Oct 28 · 05:00 UTC | TD 33 mph |
| Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico | direct hit | Oct 28 · 05:00 UTC | TD 33 mph |
| Tonalá, Jalisco, Mexico | direct hit | Oct 28 · 05:00 UTC | TD 33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 12.2°N 95.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 22 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 12.4°N 95.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 23 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 12.6°N 96.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 23 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 12.8°N 97.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 23 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 13.1°N 98.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 23 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 13.5°N 99.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 24 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 14.0°N 100.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 24 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 14.5°N 100.8°W | 173 mi SSW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Oct 24 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 15.0°N 101.6°W | 170 mi SW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Oct 24 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 15.5°N 102.2°W | 154 mi SSW of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Oct 25 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 16.0°N 102.7°W | 137 mi SW of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Oct 25 06:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 16.4°N 103.3°W | 130 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Oct 25 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 16.7°N 103.9°W | 142 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Oct 25 18:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 17.0°N 104.5°W | 139 mi SSW of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico |
| Oct 26 00:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 17.2°N 105.1°W | 142 mi SSW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Oct 26 06:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 17.5°N 105.4°W | 132 mi SSW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Oct 26 12:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 17.8°N 105.5°W | 119 mi SW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Oct 26 18:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 18.1°N 105.4°W | 99 mi SW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Oct 27 00:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 18.4°N 105.1°W | 70 mi SW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Oct 27 06:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 18.8°N 104.7°W | 32 mi SW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Oct 27 12:00 | Cat 4 LANDFALL | 138 mph | 958 mb | 19.1°N 104.4°W | near Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Oct 27 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 19.5°N 103.9°W | 19 mi NNW of Ciudad de Villa de Álvarez, Colima, Mexico |
| Oct 28 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 20.1°N 103.5°W | 10 mi SSE of Zacoalco de Torres, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Oct 28 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 20.8°N 103.3°W | near Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico |
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Questions
1959 Mexico Hurricane made landfall once: near Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico on October 27, 1959 at 12:00 UTC, as a Category 4 hurricane with 138 mph winds.
At its peak on October 27, 1959, 1959 Mexico Hurricane was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 138 mph (222 km/h) and a central pressure of 958 mb. At its first landfall it was a Category 4 hurricane.
5.8 days, from October 22, 1959 to October 28, 1959, including 102 hours at hurricane strength (54 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 1,072 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.
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