Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · July 8–15, 1988
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 (1988) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1988 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on July 8, 1988, 346 mi SSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico, reached its peak of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 994 mb on July 11, 1988, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 6.8 days and travelled about 1,731 miles (2,785 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 13.3°N 104.1°W | open ocean |
| Jul 9 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 13.4°N 104.7°W | open ocean |
| Jul 9 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 13.7°N 105.8°W | open ocean |
| Jul 9 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 13.9°N 107.0°W | open ocean |
| Jul 9 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 14.2°N 108.1°W | open ocean |
| Jul 10 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 14.6°N 109.2°W | open ocean |
| Jul 10 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 15.0°N 110.3°W | open ocean |
| Jul 10 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 995 mb | 15.5°N 111.4°W | open ocean |
| Jul 10 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 16.0°N 112.5°W | open ocean |
| Jul 11 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 994 mb | 16.6°N 113.5°W | open ocean |
| Jul 11 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 994 mb | 17.3°N 114.5°W | open ocean |
| Jul 11 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 994 mb | 17.9°N 115.4°W | open ocean |
| Jul 11 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 994 mb | 18.6°N 116.5°W | open ocean |
| Jul 12 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 994 mb | 19.1°N 117.4°W | open ocean |
| Jul 12 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 995 mb | 19.8°N 118.5°W | open ocean |
| Jul 12 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 20.4°N 119.5°W | open ocean |
| Jul 12 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 20.9°N 120.3°W | open ocean |
| Jul 13 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 21.1°N 121.1°W | open ocean |
| Jul 13 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 21.4°N 122.0°W | open ocean |
| Jul 13 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 21.6°N 122.9°W | open ocean |
| Jul 13 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 21.7°N 123.7°W | open ocean |
| Jul 14 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 21.5°N 124.4°W | open ocean |
| Jul 14 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 21.3°N 125.0°W | open ocean |
| Jul 14 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 21.2°N 125.7°W | open ocean |
| Jul 14 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 21.1°N 126.3°W | open ocean |
| Jul 15 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 21.0°N 127.0°W | open ocean |
| Jul 15 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 21.0°N 127.6°W | open ocean |
| Jul 15 12:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1012 mb | 21.0°N 128.2°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 July 11, 1988, Carlotta was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a central pressure of 994 mb.
6.8 days, from July 8, 1988 to July 15, 1988, including 24 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,731 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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