Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · June 26–29, 1976
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 Bonny (1976) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1976 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on June 26, 1976, 146 mi SSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico, reached its peak of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 987 mb on June 27, 1976, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 40 mph in 24 hours (to 75 mph on June 27, 1976). The storm lasted 3.8 days and travelled about 1,053 miles (1,695 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 16.0°N 103.0°W | 146 mi SSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Jun 26 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 15.8°N 104.1°W | open ocean |
| Jun 26 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 15.8°N 105.1°W | open ocean |
| Jun 26 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 16.1°N 105.8°W | open ocean |
| Jun 27 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 16.5°N 106.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 27 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 16.8°N 107.9°W | open ocean |
| Jun 27 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 17.0°N 109.4°W | open ocean |
| Jun 27 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 17.2°N 110.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 28 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 17.2°N 111.6°W | open ocean |
| Jun 28 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 17.6°N 113.4°W | open ocean |
| Jun 28 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 17.7°N 114.8°W | open ocean |
| Jun 28 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 17.0°N 115.1°W | open ocean |
| Jun 29 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 16.2°N 115.4°W | open ocean |
| Jun 29 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 16.0°N 116.2°W | open ocean |
| Jun 29 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 15.8°N 117.0°W | open ocean |
| Jun 29 18:00 | TD | 23 mph | — | 16.2°N 117.2°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Bonny.
At its peak on June 27, 1976, Bonny was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a central pressure of 987 mb.
3.8 days, from June 26, 1976 to June 29, 1976, including 18 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,053 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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