Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · September 3–8, 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 Fernanda (1960) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1960 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on September 3, 1960, 155 mi SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) on September 3, 1960, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 5.5 days and travelled about 1,301 miles (2,094 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 12.0°N 92.0°W | 155 mi SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala |
| Sep 3 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 12.3°N 93.3°W | 171 mi SSW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Chiapas, Mexico |
| Sep 3 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 12.6°N 94.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 12.8°N 95.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 13.0°N 96.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 13.4°N 97.8°W | 177 mi SSW of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Sep 4 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 13.8°N 98.9°W | 181 mi SSW of Río Grande, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Sep 4 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 13.9°N 100.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 14.1°N 101.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 15.2°N 102.2°W | 174 mi SSW of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Sep 5 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 16.4°N 102.9°W | 117 mi SSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Sep 5 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 16.9°N 103.4°W | 108 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Sep 6 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.2°N 104.0°W | 119 mi S of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico |
| Sep 6 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.1°N 104.5°W | 132 mi SSW of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico |
| Sep 6 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.1°N 104.9°W | 142 mi SSW of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico |
| Sep 6 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.3°N 105.4°W | 143 mi SSW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Sep 7 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.5°N 106.0°W | 156 mi SW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Sep 7 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.6°N 106.5°W | 170 mi SW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Sep 7 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.8°N 107.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.0°N 107.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.3°N 108.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.6°N 108.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.8°N 109.3°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Fernanda.
At its peak on September 3, 1960, Fernanda was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h).
5.5 days, from September 3, 1960 to September 8, 1960, including 132 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,301 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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