Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · July 14–17, 1963
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 Florence (1963) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1963 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on July 14, 1963, 311 mi S of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) on July 14, 1963, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 3.0 days and travelled about 1,141 miles (1,835 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.4°N 109.7°W | open ocean |
| Jul 14 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.1°N 111.0°W | open ocean |
| Jul 15 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.0°N 112.3°W | open ocean |
| Jul 15 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.9°N 113.7°W | open ocean |
| Jul 15 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.0°N 115.2°W | open ocean |
| Jul 15 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.2°N 117.5°W | open ocean |
| Jul 16 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.5°N 119.7°W | open ocean |
| Jul 16 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.9°N 120.8°W | open ocean |
| Jul 16 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 19.2°N 122.0°W | open ocean |
| Jul 16 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 19.2°N 123.1°W | open ocean |
| Jul 17 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 19.1°N 124.1°W | open ocean |
| Jul 17 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 19.1°N 125.5°W | open ocean |
| Jul 17 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 19.1°N 126.9°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Florence.
At its peak on July 14, 1963, Florence was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h).
3.0 days, from July 14, 1963 to July 17, 1963, including 72 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,141 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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