Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · August 17–20, 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 Diana (1960) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1960 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on August 17, 1960, 129 mi S of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 987 mb on August 17, 1960, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 3.5 days and travelled about 1,326 miles (2,134 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico | 67 mi | Aug 20 · 00:00 UTC | Cat 1 86 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 15.0°N 99.7°W | 129 mi S of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Aug 17 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 15.3°N 100.9°W | 126 mi SSW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Aug 17 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 15.7°N 102.1°W | 139 mi SSW of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Aug 17 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 16.2°N 103.2°W | 139 mi SSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Aug 18 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 16.9°N 104.3°W | 142 mi SSW of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico |
| Aug 18 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.9°N 105.5°W | 113 mi SW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Aug 18 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 19.0°N 106.6°W | 134 mi W of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Aug 18 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 987 mb | 20.2°N 107.5°W | 150 mi W of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Aug 19 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 21.5°N 108.2°W | 144 mi SE of San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Aug 19 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 23.1°N 108.9°W | 51 mi E of San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Aug 19 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 24.7°N 109.6°W | 59 mi NE of La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Aug 19 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 25.9°N 110.2°W | 64 mi W of Ahome, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Aug 20 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 26.9°N 110.8°W | 57 mi WSW of Pueblo Yaqui, Sonora, Mexico |
| Aug 20 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 27.8°N 111.6°W | 44 mi W of Heroica Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico |
| Aug 20 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 28.7°N 112.7°W | 75 mi W of Miguel Alemán (La Doce), Sonora, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Diana. Its closest approach to a major city was 67 miles from Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico.
At its peak on August 17, 1960, Diana was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a central pressure of 987 mb.
3.5 days, from August 17, 1960 to August 20, 1960, including 78 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,326 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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