Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · May 21–28, 1983
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
Hurricane Adolph (1983) was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1983 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on May 21, 1983, reached its peak of 109 mph (176 km/h) on May 24, 1983, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 46 mph in 24 hours (to 109 mph on May 24, 1983). The storm lasted 7.5 days and travelled about 1,789 miles (2,878 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico | 48 mi | May 28 · 01:00 UTC | TS 40 mph |
| Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico | 29 mi | May 28 · 11:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 7.1°N 91.5°W | open ocean |
| May 21 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 7.4°N 92.7°W | open ocean |
| May 21 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 7.8°N 93.8°W | open ocean |
| May 21 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 8.1°N 94.7°W | open ocean |
| May 22 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 8.4°N 95.5°W | open ocean |
| May 22 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 8.7°N 96.7°W | open ocean |
| May 22 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 8.8°N 97.7°W | open ocean |
| May 22 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 9.1°N 98.7°W | open ocean |
| May 23 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 9.4°N 99.4°W | open ocean |
| May 23 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 9.8°N 100.2°W | open ocean |
| May 23 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 10.0°N 101.0°W | open ocean |
| May 23 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 10.4°N 101.8°W | open ocean |
| May 24 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 10.8°N 102.6°W | open ocean |
| May 24 06:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 11.4°N 103.2°W | open ocean |
| May 24 12:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 12.0°N 103.9°W | open ocean |
| May 24 18:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 12.5°N 104.5°W | open ocean |
| May 25 00:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 13.0°N 105.0°W | open ocean |
| May 25 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 13.4°N 105.4°W | open ocean |
| May 25 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 13.9°N 105.9°W | open ocean |
| May 25 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 14.4°N 106.1°W | open ocean |
| May 26 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 14.8°N 106.0°W | open ocean |
| May 26 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 15.2°N 105.8°W | open ocean |
| May 26 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 15.8°N 105.5°W | open ocean |
| May 26 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 16.5°N 105.4°W | open ocean |
| May 27 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 17.4°N 105.2°W | 131 mi SSW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| May 27 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 18.2°N 105.1°W | 80 mi SW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| May 27 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 19.2°N 105.2°W | 42 mi W of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| May 27 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 20.2°N 105.3°W | 29 mi S of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico |
| May 28 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 21.2°N 105.6°W | 30 mi W of Las Varas, Nayarit, Mexico |
| May 28 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 22.3°N 105.8°W | 23 mi WSW of Tecuala, Nayarit, Mexico |
| May 28 12:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | — | 23.4°N 106.0°W | 20 mi NE of Villa Unión, Sinaloa, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Adolph. Its closest approach to a major city was 29 miles from Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico.
At its peak on May 24, 1983, Adolph was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 109 mph (176 km/h).
7.5 days, from May 21, 1983 to May 28, 1983, including 60 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,789 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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