Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · June 24–30, 1986
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 Celia (1986) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1986 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on June 24, 1986, 359 mi S of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) on June 28, 1986, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 6.0 days and travelled about 1,608 miles (2,587 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 10.7°N 97.6°W | open ocean |
| Jun 25 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 10.6°N 98.3°W | open ocean |
| Jun 25 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 10.6°N 99.1°W | open ocean |
| Jun 25 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 10.6°N 99.8°W | open ocean |
| Jun 25 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 10.6°N 100.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 26 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 10.7°N 101.2°W | open ocean |
| Jun 26 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 10.8°N 101.8°W | open ocean |
| Jun 26 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 11.1°N 102.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 26 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 11.6°N 103.2°W | open ocean |
| Jun 27 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 12.3°N 104.2°W | open ocean |
| Jun 27 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 13.0°N 105.4°W | open ocean |
| Jun 27 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 13.7°N 106.7°W | open ocean |
| Jun 27 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 14.5°N 107.8°W | open ocean |
| Jun 28 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 15.6°N 108.8°W | open ocean |
| Jun 28 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 16.6°N 109.7°W | open ocean |
| Jun 28 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 17.9°N 110.6°W | open ocean |
| Jun 28 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 19.2°N 111.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 29 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 20.2°N 112.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 29 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 20.9°N 113.1°W | open ocean |
| Jun 29 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 21.6°N 113.6°W | open ocean |
| Jun 29 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 22.2°N 114.0°W | open ocean |
| Jun 30 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 22.7°N 114.4°W | open ocean |
| Jun 30 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 23.2°N 114.9°W | open ocean |
| Jun 30 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 23.6°N 115.4°W | open ocean |
| Jun 30 18:00 | TD | 23 mph | — | 24.0°N 115.8°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Celia.
At its peak on June 28, 1986, Celia was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h).
6.0 days, from June 24, 1986 to June 30, 1986, including 42 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,608 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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