Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · October 1–5, 1962
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 Doreen (1962) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1962 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on October 1, 1962, 305 mi SSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) on October 1, 1962, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 4.0 days and travelled about 1,182 miles (1,902 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico | 70 mi | Oct 4 · 14:00 UTC | Cat 1 75 mph |
| Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico | 44 mi | Oct 5 · 00:00 UTC | TD 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 13.9°N 104.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 14.0°N 104.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 14.3°N 105.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 14.7°N 105.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 15.1°N 106.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 15.6°N 106.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 16.1°N 106.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 16.8°N 106.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.5°N 107.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.4°N 107.1°W | 176 mi WSW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Oct 3 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 19.2°N 107.3°W | 166 mi SW of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Oct 3 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 20.2°N 108.0°W | 182 mi W of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Oct 4 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 21.1°N 109.0°W | 137 mi SSE of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Oct 4 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 22.8°N 109.3°W | 31 mi SE of San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Oct 4 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 24.6°N 108.8°W | 70 mi SSW of Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Oct 4 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 26.5°N 107.6°W | 39 mi SW of Guachochi, Chihuahua, Mexico |
| Oct 5 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 28.0°N 106.0°W | 35 mi WSW of Ciudad Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Doreen. Its closest approach to a major city was 44 miles from Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico.
At its peak on October 1, 1962, Doreen was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h).
4.0 days, from October 1, 1962 to October 5, 1962, including 90 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,182 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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