Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · September 17–21, 1999
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 Hilary (1999) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1999 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on September 17, 1999, 326 mi SW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico, reached its peak of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 987 mb on September 20, 1999, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 4.5 days and travelled about 983 miles (1,581 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 15.2°N 107.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 15.6°N 107.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1005 mb | 16.0°N 108.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1004 mb | 16.2°N 109.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1003 mb | 16.2°N 110.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1002 mb | 16.2°N 111.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1001 mb | 16.4°N 111.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 999 mb | 16.8°N 112.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 995 mb | 17.5°N 112.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 992 mb | 18.5°N 112.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 989 mb | 19.7°N 113.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 988 mb | 20.7°N 113.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 21.6°N 114.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 988 mb | 22.4°N 114.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 991 mb | 23.0°N 114.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 995 mb | 23.6°N 114.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 999 mb | 24.3°N 114.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1003 mb | 24.9°N 114.6°W | 184 mi W of Ciudad Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 21 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 25.3°N 114.5°W | 178 mi W of Ciudad Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Hilary.
At its peak on September 20, 1999, Hilary was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a central pressure of 987 mb.
4.5 days, from September 17, 1999 to September 21, 1999, including 12 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 983 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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