Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · May 31 – June 4, 1979
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 Andres (1979) was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1979 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on May 31, 1979, 347 mi SW of Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, reached its peak of 98 mph (157 km/h) on June 4, 1979, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 35 mph in 24 hours (to 98 mph on June 4, 1979). The storm lasted 4.0 days and travelled about 851 miles (1,369 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico | 50 mi | Jun 3 · 16:00 UTC | TS 73 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 31 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 11.0°N 95.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 1 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 11.0°N 96.2°W | open ocean |
| Jun 1 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 11.0°N 96.9°W | open ocean |
| Jun 1 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 11.3°N 97.6°W | open ocean |
| Jun 1 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 11.8°N 98.0°W | open ocean |
| Jun 2 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 12.3°N 98.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 2 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 12.8°N 98.8°W | open ocean |
| Jun 2 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 13.4°N 99.0°W | open ocean |
| Jun 2 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 13.9°N 99.3°W | open ocean |
| Jun 3 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 14.6°N 99.5°W | 158 mi S of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 3 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 15.2°N 99.9°W | 114 mi S of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 3 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 15.9°N 100.2°W | 68 mi SSW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 3 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 16.7°N 100.7°W | 36 mi S of Técpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 4 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 17.1°N 101.5°W | 34 mi SSW of Petatlán, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 4 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 17.5°N 102.3°W | 33 mi SSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Jun 4 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 18.2°N 103.2°W | 40 mi S of Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Jun 4 18:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | — | 19.0°N 104.0°W | near Ciudad de Armería, Colima, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Andres. Its closest approach to a major city was 50 miles from Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico.
At its peak on June 4, 1979, Andres was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 98 mph (157 km/h).
4.0 days, from May 31, 1979 to June 4, 1979, including 24 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 851 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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