Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · August 9–19, 2012
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. During the replay the shaded rings show the storm’s wind field as analysed by NHC — 39+, 58+ and 74+ mph winds, quadrant by quadrant. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Tropical Storm Helene (2012) was a tropical storm of the 2012 Atlantic season. It formed on August 9, 2012, reached its peak of 46 mph (74 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1004 mb on August 17, 2012, and made landfall 26 mi SSE of Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico on August 18, 2012 as a tropical depression (35 mph). The storm lasted 9.3 days and travelled about 3,963 miles (6,377 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 18, 2012 · 12:00 UTC | 26 mi SSE of Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico | TD 35 mph | 1008 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Pedro Sula, Honduras | direct hit | Aug 15 · 10:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico | 57 mi | Aug 17 · 12:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico | 16 mi | Aug 18 · 14:00 UTC | TD 33 mph |
| Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico | 74 mi | Aug 19 · 00:00 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 9 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 13.7°N 43.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 10 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 13.6°N 44.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 10 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 13.5°N 46.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 10 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 13.4°N 48.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 10 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 13.4°N 50.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 11 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 13.4°N 52.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 11 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 13.4°N 55.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 11 12:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1011 mb | 13.3°N 57.9°W | 117 mi E of Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Aug 11 18:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1011 mb | 13.3°N 59.9°W | 23 mi NW of Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Aug 12 00:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1011 mb | 13.5°N 61.4°W | 27 mi NNW of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Aug 12 06:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1011 mb | 13.7°N 63.2°W | 138 mi WNW of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Aug 12 12:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1011 mb | 13.9°N 65.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 12 18:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 14.1°N 68.0°W | 136 mi N of Kralendijk, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba |
| Aug 13 00:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 14.1°N 70.4°W | 109 mi NNW of Noord, Aruba |
| Aug 13 06:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 14.1°N 72.7°W | 177 mi N of Riohacha, Colombia |
| Aug 13 12:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 14.1°N 74.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 13 18:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 14.1°N 76.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 14 00:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 14.1°N 78.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 14 06:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 14.1°N 80.1°W | 150 mi NE of San Andrés, Colombia |
| Aug 14 12:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 14.1°N 81.8°W | 105 mi N of San Andrés, Colombia |
| Aug 14 18:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 14.3°N 83.6°W | 23 mi NW of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua |
| Aug 15 00:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 14.7°N 85.3°W | 32 mi SSE of Dulce Nombre de Culmí, Honduras |
| Aug 15 06:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 15.2°N 87.0°W | 10 mi ENE of Yoro, Honduras |
| Aug 15 12:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1011 mb | 15.7°N 88.6°W | near Puerto Barrios, Guatemala |
| Aug 15 18:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 16.5°N 89.5°W | near Dolores, Guatemala |
| Aug 16 00:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 17.5°N 90.5°W | 56 mi NW of San Benito, Guatemala |
| Aug 16 06:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 18.5°N 91.0°W | 18 mi WSW of Escárcega, Campeche, Mexico |
| Aug 16 12:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 19.2°N 91.5°W | 44 mi NNE of Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico |
| Aug 16 18:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 19.3°N 92.6°W | 52 mi N of Frontera, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Aug 17 00:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 19.3°N 94.2°W | 81 mi NNE of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Aug 17 06:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 19.7°N 95.2°W | 71 mi ENE of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Aug 17 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 19.9°N 95.7°W | 57 mi NNE of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Aug 17 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1004 mb | 20.3°N 95.9°W | 67 mi ENE of Misantla, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Aug 18 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 20.8°N 96.1°W | 68 mi ENE of Gutiérrez Zamora, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Aug 18 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 21.4°N 96.8°W | 50 mi NE of Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Aug 18 12:00 | TD LANDFALL | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 21.9°N 97.7°W | 26 mi SSE of Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Aug 18 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 22.5°N 98.7°W | 24 mi SE of Ciudad Mante, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Aug 19 00:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 22.7°N 98.9°W | near Ciudad Mante, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
Helene made landfall once: 26 mi SSE of Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico on August 18, 2012 at 12:00 UTC, as a tropical depression with 35 mph winds.
At its peak on August 17, 2012, Helene was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 46 mph (74 km/h) and a central pressure of 1004 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical depression.
9.3 days, from August 9, 2012 to August 19, 2012. It travelled about 3,963 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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