Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 15–24, 1979
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 Henri (1979) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1979 Atlantic season. It formed on September 15, 1979, 17 mi SE of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 983 mb on September 17, 1979, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 46 mph in 24 hours (to 86 mph on September 17, 1979). The storm lasted 9.5 days and travelled about 1,564 miles (2,516 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico | direct hit | Sep 15 · 04:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1003 mb | 20.3°N 86.8°W | 17 mi SE of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Sep 15 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1003 mb | 21.5°N 86.9°W | 23 mi N of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Sep 15 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1003 mb | 22.5°N 87.4°W | 98 mi NNW of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Sep 15 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1003 mb | 22.5°N 88.5°W | 96 mi NNW of Tizimín, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Sep 16 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1003 mb | 22.5°N 89.7°W | 84 mi N of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Sep 16 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1002 mb | 22.5°N 91.0°W | 120 mi NW of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Sep 16 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1001 mb | 22.1°N 92.2°W | 167 mi WNW of Hunucmá, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Sep 16 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 999 mb | 21.3°N 93.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 995 mb | 20.2°N 93.6°W | 127 mi NNW of Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Sep 17 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 990 mb | 20.2°N 94.0°W | 134 mi NNW of Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Sep 17 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 983 mb | 20.4°N 94.3°W | 146 mi NE of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 17 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 984 mb | 20.8°N 94.6°W | 150 mi NE of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 18 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 992 mb | 20.9°N 95.0°W | 140 mi NNE of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 18 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 997 mb | 21.0°N 95.4°W | 115 mi ENE of Gutiérrez Zamora, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 18 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1000 mb | 21.2°N 95.7°W | 103 mi ENE of Gutiérrez Zamora, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 18 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1000 mb | 21.6°N 95.7°W | 119 mi ENE of Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 19 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1000 mb | 21.5°N 95.7°W | 116 mi ENE of Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 19 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1001 mb | 21.3°N 95.6°W | 112 mi ENE of Gutiérrez Zamora, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 19 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1003 mb | 21.1°N 95.5°W | 112 mi ENE of Gutiérrez Zamora, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 19 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 21.1°N 95.3°W | 124 mi ENE of Gutiérrez Zamora, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 20 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 21.1°N 94.9°W | 155 mi NNE of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 20 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 21.1°N 94.5°W | 170 mi NE of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 20 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 21.2°N 94.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 21.2°N 93.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 21.4°N 93.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 21.7°N 93.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 22.0°N 92.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 22.3°N 92.3°W | 179 mi WNW of Hunucmá, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Sep 22 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 22.6°N 92.1°W | 181 mi WNW of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Sep 22 06:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1011 mb | 23.0°N 91.7°W | 176 mi NW of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Sep 22 12:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1011 mb | 23.3°N 91.5°W | 182 mi NW of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Sep 22 18:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1011 mb | 23.8°N 91.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 00:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1011 mb | 24.3°N 90.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 06:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1011 mb | 24.8°N 90.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 12:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1011 mb | 25.3°N 89.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 18:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1011 mb | 25.4°N 88.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 00:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1011 mb | 25.6°N 88.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 06:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1011 mb | 26.0°N 87.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 12:00 | TD extratropical | 23 mph | 1011 mb | 26.4°N 86.7°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Henri. Its closest approach to a major city was 5 miles from Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
At its peak on September 17, 1979, Henri was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a central pressure of 983 mb.
9.5 days, from September 15, 1979 to September 24, 1979, including 24 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,564 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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