Track map & timeline · Atlantic · October 15–17, 1975
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 1975 Porbandar cyclone was a tropical depression of the 1975 Atlantic season. It formed on October 15, 1975, 267 mi E of Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico, reached its peak of 35 mph (56 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1002 mb on October 15, 1975, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 1.8 days and travelled about 581 miles (935 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 70 mi | Oct 16 · 23:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| New Orleans, Louisiana | direct hit | Oct 17 · 00:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Metairie Terrace, Louisiana | 10 mi | Oct 17 · 00:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Metairie, Louisiana | direct hit | Oct 17 · 00:00 UTC | TD 35 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 15 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 22.8°N 93.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 15 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 23.5°N 94.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 15 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 24.4°N 93.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 16 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 25.3°N 93.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 16 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 26.2°N 93.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 16 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 27.0°N 93.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 16 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1002 mb | 28.5°N 92.0°W | 96 mi SSW of Morgan City, Louisiana |
| Oct 17 00:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1002 mb | 30.0°N 90.0°W | near New Orleans, Louisiana |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for 1975 Porbandar cyclone. Its closest approach to a major city was 5 miles from New Orleans, Louisiana.
At its peak on October 15, 1975, 1975 Porbandar cyclone was a tropical depression with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph (56 km/h) and a central pressure of 1002 mb.
1.8 days, from October 15, 1975 to October 17, 1975. It travelled about 581 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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