Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · August 30 – September 6, 1965
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 Emily (1965) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1965 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on August 30, 1965, 296 mi WSW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico, reached its peak of 92 mph (148 km/h) on August 31, 1965, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 40 mph in 24 hours (to 92 mph on August 31, 1965). The storm lasted 7.5 days and travelled about 1,315 miles (2,116 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico | 34 mi | Sep 6 · 01:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico | direct hit | Sep 6 · 12:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 17.0°N 108.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 18.0°N 108.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 18.9°N 109.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 19.8°N 109.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 20.6°N 109.3°W | 163 mi SSE of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Aug 31 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 21.3°N 109.5°W | 113 mi SSE of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Aug 31 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 22.0°N 110.0°W | 62 mi S of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Aug 31 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 22.7°N 110.9°W | 64 mi WSW of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 1 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 23.3°N 111.8°W | 111 mi WSW of La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 1 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 23.7°N 112.5°W | 106 mi SSW of Ciudad Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 1 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 24.1°N 113.1°W | 111 mi SW of Ciudad Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 1 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 24.6°N 113.7°W | 131 mi WSW of Ciudad Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 2 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 25.0°N 114.2°W | 159 mi W of Ciudad Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 2 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 25.2°N 114.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 25.3°N 115.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 25.6°N 115.2°W | 178 mi SSW of Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 3 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 26.0°N 115.5°W | 162 mi SSW of Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 3 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 26.3°N 115.7°W | 153 mi SW of Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 3 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 26.6°N 116.0°W | 152 mi SW of Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 3 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 27.0°N 116.3°W | 153 mi WSW of Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 4 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 27.5°N 116.6°W | 159 mi W of Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 4 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 27.8°N 116.7°W | 162 mi W of Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 4 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 28.2°N 116.8°W | 168 mi W of Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 4 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 28.6°N 116.9°W | 145 mi SSW of Lázaro Cárdenas, Baja California, Mexico |
| Sep 5 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 29.0°N 117.0°W | 123 mi SSW of Lázaro Cárdenas, Baja California, Mexico |
| Sep 5 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 29.8°N 117.1°W | 86 mi SW of Lázaro Cárdenas, Baja California, Mexico |
| Sep 5 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 30.2°N 117.1°W | 73 mi WSW of Lázaro Cárdenas, Baja California, Mexico |
| Sep 5 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 30.9°N 116.7°W | 44 mi WNW of Vicente Guerrero, Baja California, Mexico |
| Sep 6 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 31.5°N 116.2°W | 27 mi SE of Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada, Baja California, Mexico |
| Sep 6 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 32.0°N 115.8°W | 48 mi SSW of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico |
| Sep 6 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 32.5°N 115.5°W | near Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Emily. Its closest approach to a major city was 9 miles from Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico.
At its peak on August 31, 1965, Emily was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 92 mph (148 km/h).
7.5 days, from August 30, 1965 to September 6, 1965, including 24 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,315 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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