Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · October 21–23, 1960
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 Hyacinth (1960) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1960 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on October 21, 1960, 80 mi SW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) on October 21, 1960, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 2.0 days and travelled about 400 miles (644 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico | 39 mi | Oct 23 · 12:00 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 21 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.3°N 105.2°W | 80 mi SW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Oct 21 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.9°N 106.0°W | 97 mi WSW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Oct 22 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 19.7°N 106.6°W | 109 mi SW of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Oct 22 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 20.9°N 107.1°W | 114 mi W of Bucerías, Nayarit, Mexico |
| Oct 22 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 21.9°N 107.3°W | 107 mi SSW of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Oct 22 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 22.4°N 107.3°W | 80 mi SW of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Oct 23 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 22.8°N 107.2°W | 58 mi WSW of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Oct 23 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 23.1°N 107.1°W | 44 mi W of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Oct 23 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 23.4°N 107.0°W | 39 mi WNW of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Hyacinth. Its closest approach to a major city was 39 miles from Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico.
At its peak on October 21, 1960, Hyacinth was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h).
2.0 days, from October 21, 1960 to October 23, 1960, including 42 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 400 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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