Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · May 22–29, 1986
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 Agatha (1986) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1986 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on May 22, 1986, reached its peak of 75 mph (120 km/h) on May 26, 1986, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 7.5 days and travelled about 1,277 miles (2,054 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico | 72 mi | May 27 · 05:00 UTC | TS 48 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 22 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.6°N 107.5°W | open ocean |
| May 22 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.2°N 107.4°W | open ocean |
| May 22 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 11.8°N 107.2°W | open ocean |
| May 22 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 11.5°N 106.8°W | open ocean |
| May 23 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 11.3°N 106.4°W | open ocean |
| May 23 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 11.0°N 106.1°W | open ocean |
| May 23 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 10.7°N 105.6°W | open ocean |
| May 23 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 10.5°N 105.2°W | open ocean |
| May 24 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 10.3°N 105.1°W | open ocean |
| May 24 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 10.3°N 105.4°W | open ocean |
| May 24 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 10.7°N 105.0°W | open ocean |
| May 24 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 11.5°N 104.8°W | open ocean |
| May 25 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 12.4°N 104.7°W | open ocean |
| May 25 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 13.2°N 104.5°W | open ocean |
| May 25 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 14.1°N 104.3°W | open ocean |
| May 25 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 15.0°N 104.0°W | open ocean |
| May 26 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 15.8°N 103.6°W | 176 mi SSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| May 26 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 16.5°N 103.0°W | 114 mi SSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| May 26 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 16.6°N 102.2°W | 84 mi SSW of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| May 26 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 16.3°N 101.5°W | 86 mi SW of Técpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico |
| May 27 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 16.0°N 100.8°W | 83 mi SW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| May 27 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 15.8°N 100.0°W | 73 mi S of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| May 27 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 15.5°N 99.2°W | 85 mi S of Cruz Grande, Guerrero, Mexico |
| May 27 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 15.3°N 98.4°W | 75 mi SSW of Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| May 28 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 15.0°N 97.7°W | 73 mi SW of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| May 28 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 14.7°N 97.3°W | 82 mi S of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| May 28 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 14.4°N 97.0°W | 101 mi S of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| May 28 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 14.1°N 96.8°W | 116 mi S of San Pedro Pochutla, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| May 29 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 14.0°N 96.4°W | 121 mi S of San Pedro Pochutla, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| May 29 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 13.9°N 96.0°W | 129 mi S of Crucecita, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| May 29 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 13.9°N 95.5°W | 136 mi SSE of Crucecita, Oaxaca, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Agatha. Its closest approach to a major city was 72 miles from Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico.
At its peak on May 26, 1986, Agatha was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h).
7.5 days, from May 22, 1986 to May 29, 1986, including 18 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,277 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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