Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · July 22–26, 1987
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 Eugene (1987) was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1987 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on July 22, 1987, 336 mi S of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico, reached its peak of 98 mph (157 km/h) on July 25, 1987, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 4.5 days and travelled about 1,050 miles (1,690 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico | 65 mi | Jul 26 · 05:00 UTC | TD 36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 11.0°N 97.0°W | open ocean |
| Jul 22 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 11.2°N 98.4°W | open ocean |
| Jul 22 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 11.7°N 99.6°W | open ocean |
| Jul 22 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 12.3°N 100.7°W | open ocean |
| Jul 23 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 12.9°N 101.3°W | open ocean |
| Jul 23 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 13.6°N 101.8°W | open ocean |
| Jul 23 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 14.3°N 102.1°W | open ocean |
| Jul 23 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 15.1°N 102.4°W | 185 mi SSW of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jul 24 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 15.6°N 102.6°W | 157 mi SSW of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jul 24 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 15.9°N 103.0°W | 152 mi SSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Jul 24 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 16.2°N 103.5°W | 149 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Jul 24 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 16.7°N 103.8°W | 137 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Jul 25 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 17.7°N 104.2°W | 87 mi SSW of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico |
| Jul 25 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 18.5°N 104.6°W | 46 mi SSW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Jul 25 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 19.4°N 105.0°W | 31 mi WNW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Jul 25 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 20.0°N 105.2°W | 43 mi S of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Jul 26 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 20.7°N 105.7°W | 31 mi W of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Jul 26 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 21.4°N 105.9°W | 41 mi WSW of San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico |
| Jul 26 12:00 | TD | 23 mph | — | 22.0°N 106.3°W | 61 mi WSW of Tecuala, Nayarit, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Eugene. Its closest approach to a major city was 65 miles from Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico.
At its peak on July 25, 1987, Eugene was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 98 mph (157 km/h).
4.5 days, from July 22, 1987 to July 26, 1987, including 30 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,050 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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