Track map, landfall & timeline · Eastern Pacific · June 10–18, 2015
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. During the replay the shaded rings show the storm’s wind field as analysed by NHC — 39+, 58+ and 74+ mph winds, quadrant by quadrant. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Hurricane Carlos (2015) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 2015 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on June 10, 2015, 305 mi S of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico, reached its peak of 92 mph (148 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 978 mb on June 16, 2015, and made landfall 14 mi WNW of San Patricio, Jalisco, Mexico on June 17, 2015 as a tropical storm (52 mph). The storm lasted 7.5 days and travelled about 1,017 miles (1,636 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 17, 2015 · 09:00 UTC | 14 mi WNW of San Patricio, Jalisco, Mexico | TS 52 mph | 998 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico | 59 mi | Jun 14 · 16:00 UTC | Cat 1 75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10 12:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 11.5°N 97.8°W | open ocean |
| Jun 10 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1004 mb | 12.0°N 98.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 11 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1003 mb | 12.5°N 99.3°W | open ocean |
| Jun 11 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1003 mb | 13.1°N 99.8°W | open ocean |
| Jun 11 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1001 mb | 13.7°N 100.1°W | open ocean |
| Jun 11 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 14.1°N 100.3°W | open ocean |
| Jun 12 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 14.4°N 100.5°W | 174 mi SSW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 12 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 14.5°N 100.6°W | 169 mi SSW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 12 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 14.6°N 100.6°W | 162 mi SSW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 12 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 14.6°N 100.3°W | 158 mi S of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 13 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 14.7°N 100.0°W | 149 mi S of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 13 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 992 mb | 14.9°N 99.9°W | 135 mi S of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 13 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 986 mb | 15.0°N 99.9°W | 128 mi S of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 13 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 978 mb | 15.1°N 99.9°W | 121 mi S of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 14 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 978 mb | 15.3°N 100.0°W | 107 mi S of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 14 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 981 mb | 15.6°N 100.1°W | 87 mi S of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 14 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 984 mb | 16.0°N 100.3°W | 64 mi SSW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 14 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 988 mb | 16.4°N 100.7°W | 61 mi WSW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 15 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 993 mb | 16.6°N 101.2°W | 57 mi SW of Técpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 15 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 993 mb | 16.7°N 101.7°W | 66 mi S of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 15 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 993 mb | 16.8°N 102.2°W | 72 mi SW of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 15 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 992 mb | 16.9°N 102.8°W | 83 mi SSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Jun 16 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 990 mb | 17.0°N 103.2°W | 94 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Jun 16 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 989 mb | 17.2°N 103.6°W | 106 mi WSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Jun 16 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 987 mb | 17.4°N 104.0°W | 105 mi S of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico |
| Jun 16 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 984 mb | 17.7°N 104.3°W | 89 mi SSW of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico |
| Jun 17 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 989 mb | 18.2°N 104.5°W | 64 mi S of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Jun 17 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 995 mb | 18.8°N 104.7°W | 32 mi SW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Jun 17 09:00 | TS LANDFALL | 52 mph | 998 mb | 19.3°N 104.9°W | 22 mi WNW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Jun 17 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1003 mb | 19.7°N 105.1°W | 44 mi W of La Resolana, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Jun 17 18:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 20.4°N 105.7°W | 34 mi WSW of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Jun 18 00:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1007 mb | 21.4°N 106.2°W | 59 mi W of San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico |
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Questions
Carlos made landfall once: 14 mi WNW of San Patricio, Jalisco, Mexico on June 17, 2015 at 09:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 52 mph winds.
At its peak on June 16, 2015, Carlos was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 92 mph (148 km/h) and a central pressure of 978 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
7.5 days, from June 10, 2015 to June 18, 2015, including 72 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,017 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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