Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · June 17–25, 1978
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 Carlotta (1978) was a Category 4 hurricane of the 1978 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on June 17, 1978, reached its peak of 132 mph (213 km/h) on June 21, 1978, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 46 mph in 24 hours (to 121 mph on June 20, 1978). The storm lasted 8.5 days and travelled about 2,150 miles (3,460 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17 06:00 | TD | 23 mph | — | 13.7°N 106.1°W | open ocean |
| Jun 17 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 13.7°N 107.2°W | open ocean |
| Jun 17 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 13.7°N 108.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 18 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 13.5°N 109.7°W | open ocean |
| Jun 18 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 13.3°N 110.7°W | open ocean |
| Jun 18 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 13.0°N 111.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 18 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 12.5°N 112.0°W | open ocean |
| Jun 19 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 12.2°N 112.6°W | open ocean |
| Jun 19 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 11.9°N 113.3°W | open ocean |
| Jun 19 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 11.8°N 113.9°W | open ocean |
| Jun 19 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 11.8°N 114.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 20 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 11.9°N 115.0°W | open ocean |
| Jun 20 06:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 12.1°N 115.2°W | open ocean |
| Jun 20 12:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 12.3°N 115.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 20 18:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 12.7°N 116.3°W | open ocean |
| Jun 21 00:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 13.1°N 117.0°W | open ocean |
| Jun 21 06:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 13.5°N 117.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 21 12:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 13.9°N 118.1°W | open ocean |
| Jun 21 18:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 14.0°N 119.0°W | open ocean |
| Jun 22 00:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 14.3°N 119.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 22 06:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 14.7°N 120.0°W | open ocean |
| Jun 22 12:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 15.1°N 120.3°W | open ocean |
| Jun 22 18:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 15.9°N 121.1°W | open ocean |
| Jun 23 00:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 16.5°N 122.0°W | open ocean |
| Jun 23 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 17.0°N 122.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 23 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.7°N 123.2°W | open ocean |
| Jun 23 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 18.1°N 124.2°W | open ocean |
| Jun 24 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 18.3°N 125.3°W | open ocean |
| Jun 24 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 18.5°N 126.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 24 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 18.5°N 127.6°W | open ocean |
| Jun 24 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 18.9°N 128.9°W | open ocean |
| Jun 25 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 19.1°N 130.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 25 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 19.2°N 132.2°W | open ocean |
| Jun 25 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 19.0°N 134.0°W | open ocean |
| Jun 25 18:00 | TD | 23 mph | — | 19.1°N 135.6°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Carlotta.
At its peak on June 21, 1978, Carlotta was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 132 mph (213 km/h).
8.5 days, from June 17, 1978 to June 25, 1978, including 114 hours at hurricane strength (72 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 2,150 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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