Track map & timeline · Atlantic · October 1–4, 1950
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
Tropical Storm How (1950) was a tropical storm of the 1950 Atlantic season. It formed on October 1, 1950, 308 mi N of Tizimín, Yucatán, Mexico, reached its peak of 46 mph (74 km/h) on October 2, 1950, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 3.5 days and travelled about 707 miles (1,138 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico | 70 mi | Oct 4 · 18:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico | 60 mi | Oct 4 · 18:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 25.6°N 88.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 25.8°N 88.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 26.0°N 88.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 26.1°N 88.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 26.3°N 89.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 26.4°N 90.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 26.2°N 91.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 26.0°N 92.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 25.5°N 93.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 25.0°N 94.8°W | 179 mi ESE of Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Oct 3 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 24.7°N 95.8°W | 134 mi SE of Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Oct 4 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 24.4°N 96.6°W | 102 mi ESE of San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Oct 4 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 24.0°N 97.2°W | 65 mi ENE of Soto la Marina, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Oct 4 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 23.5°N 97.8°W | 32 mi SE of Soto la Marina, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Oct 4 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 23.0°N 98.4°W | 12 mi N of González, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for How. Its closest approach to a major city was 60 miles from Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
At its peak on October 2, 1950, How was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 46 mph (74 km/h).
3.5 days, from October 1, 1950 to October 4, 1950. It travelled about 707 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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