Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · October 23–30, 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 Ignacio (1979) was a Category 4 hurricane of the 1979 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on October 23, 1979, 301 mi SW of Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, reached its peak of 144 mph (232 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 938 mb on October 27, 1979, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 63 mph in 24 hours (to 144 mph on October 27, 1979). The storm lasted 7.0 days and travelled about 1,466 miles (2,358 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 11.7°N 95.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 24 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 11.6°N 96.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 24 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 11.6°N 97.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 24 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 11.5°N 97.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 24 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 11.5°N 98.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 25 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 11.7°N 99.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 25 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 11.9°N 100.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 25 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 12.5°N 101.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 25 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 13.0°N 102.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 26 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 13.5°N 102.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 26 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 14.2°N 103.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 26 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 14.8°N 103.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 26 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 15.3°N 104.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 27 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 15.9°N 105.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 27 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 16.4°N 105.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 27 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 16.8°N 106.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 27 18:00 | Cat 4 | 144 mph | 938 mb | 17.0°N 107.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 28 00:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 17.1°N 107.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 28 06:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 17.0°N 108.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 28 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 17.4°N 108.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 28 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 969 mb | 17.7°N 108.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 29 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 18.0°N 107.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 29 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.0°N 107.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 29 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 18.0°N 106.6°W | 158 mi WSW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Oct 29 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 18.1°N 105.8°W | 113 mi SW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Oct 30 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 997 mb | 18.1°N 105.0°W | 82 mi SSW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Oct 30 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 18.0°N 103.8°W | 64 mi S of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico |
| Oct 30 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 18.0°N 102.3°W | near Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Oct 30 18:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | — | 18.0°N 101.8°W | 26 mi E of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Ignacio.
At its peak on October 27, 1979, Ignacio was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 144 mph (232 km/h) and a central pressure of 938 mb.
7.0 days, from October 23, 1979 to October 30, 1979, including 72 hours at hurricane strength (24 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 1,466 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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