Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · July 17–23, 1979
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 Dolores (1979) was a Category 3 hurricane of the 1979 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on July 17, 1979, reached its peak of 121 mph (194 km/h) on July 21, 1979, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 40 mph in 24 hours (to 115 mph on July 20, 1979). The storm lasted 6.5 days and travelled about 2,078 miles (3,343 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 10.5°N 103.7°W | open ocean |
| Jul 17 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 10.9°N 105.3°W | open ocean |
| Jul 17 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 11.2°N 107.0°W | open ocean |
| Jul 18 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 11.0°N 108.9°W | open ocean |
| Jul 18 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 11.2°N 110.2°W | open ocean |
| Jul 18 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 11.8°N 111.4°W | open ocean |
| Jul 18 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 12.4°N 112.6°W | open ocean |
| Jul 19 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 12.5°N 113.8°W | open ocean |
| Jul 19 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 12.8°N 114.8°W | open ocean |
| Jul 19 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 13.2°N 115.5°W | open ocean |
| Jul 19 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 13.7°N 116.0°W | open ocean |
| Jul 20 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 14.0°N 116.5°W | open ocean |
| Jul 20 06:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 14.6°N 117.1°W | open ocean |
| Jul 20 12:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 15.3°N 117.7°W | open ocean |
| Jul 20 18:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 16.0°N 118.2°W | open ocean |
| Jul 21 00:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 16.9°N 118.9°W | open ocean |
| Jul 21 06:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 17.7°N 119.7°W | open ocean |
| Jul 21 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 18.4°N 120.4°W | open ocean |
| Jul 21 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 19.2°N 121.3°W | open ocean |
| Jul 22 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 20.3°N 121.8°W | open ocean |
| Jul 22 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 21.3°N 122.6°W | open ocean |
| Jul 22 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 22.2°N 123.5°W | open ocean |
| Jul 22 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 23.3°N 124.2°W | open ocean |
| Jul 23 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 24.2°N 125.1°W | open ocean |
| Jul 23 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 25.2°N 125.9°W | open ocean |
| Jul 23 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 26.3°N 126.4°W | open ocean |
| Jul 23 18:00 | TD | 23 mph | — | 27.3°N 127.0°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Dolores.
At its peak on July 21, 1979, Dolores was a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 121 mph (194 km/h).
6.5 days, from July 17, 1979 to July 23, 1979, including 78 hours at hurricane strength (18 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 2,078 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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