Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · July 20–22, 1960
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 Celeste (1960) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1960 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on July 20, 1960, 160 mi SSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) on July 20, 1960, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 2.8 days and travelled about 941 miles (1,514 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 15.9°N 103.3°W | 160 mi SSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Jul 20 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 16.2°N 104.1°W | 175 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Jul 20 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 16.6°N 104.9°W | 174 mi SSW of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico |
| Jul 20 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.1°N 105.5°W | 159 mi SSW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Jul 21 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.6°N 106.2°W | 156 mi SW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Jul 21 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.6°N 107.9°W | open ocean |
| Jul 21 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 19.5°N 109.6°W | open ocean |
| Jul 21 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 20.2°N 110.8°W | open ocean |
| Jul 22 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 20.9°N 112.1°W | open ocean |
| Jul 22 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 21.4°N 113.3°W | open ocean |
| Jul 22 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 21.8°N 114.6°W | open ocean |
| Jul 22 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 22.2°N 116.0°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Celeste.
At its peak on July 20, 1960, Celeste was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h).
2.8 days, from July 20, 1960 to July 22, 1960, including 60 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 941 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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