Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · September 8–12, 1969
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 Glenda (1969) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1969 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on September 8, 1969, 138 mi SSW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico, reached its peak of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 993 mb on September 10, 1969, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 4.0 days and travelled about 1,298 miles (2,089 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 15.0°N 100.7°W | 138 mi SSW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Sep 8 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 15.3°N 101.5°W | 150 mi SW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Sep 8 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 15.7°N 102.2°W | 141 mi SSW of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Sep 8 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 16.4°N 103.4°W | 134 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Sep 9 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 17.3°N 104.6°W | 121 mi SSW of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico |
| Sep 9 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 18.1°N 105.4°W | 99 mi SW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Sep 9 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 19.0°N 106.2°W | 108 mi W of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Sep 9 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 20.1°N 107.0°W | 120 mi WSW of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Sep 10 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 21.2°N 107.8°W | 165 mi SSW of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Sep 10 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 21.9°N 109.3°W | 79 mi SSE of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 10 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 22.4°N 110.8°W | 66 mi WSW of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 10 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 993 mb | 23.0°N 111.8°W | 120 mi W of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 11 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 23.7°N 112.7°W | 113 mi SW of Ciudad Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 11 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 24.5°N 113.5°W | 121 mi WSW of Ciudad Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 11 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 25.2°N 114.4°W | 172 mi W of Ciudad Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 11 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 25.7°N 115.4°W | 177 mi SSW of Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 12 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 25.9°N 116.5°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Glenda.
At its peak on September 10, 1969, Glenda was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a central pressure of 993 mb.
4.0 days, from September 8, 1969 to September 12, 1969, including 6 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,298 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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