Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 20 – October 15, 1969
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 Inga (1969) was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1969 Atlantic season. It formed on September 20, 1969, reached its peak of 109 mph (176 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 964 mb on October 5, 1969, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 35 mph in 24 hours (to 104 mph on October 4, 1969). The storm lasted 25.0 days and travelled about 4,126 miles (6,639 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 16.0°N 47.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 16.3°N 48.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 16.5°N 49.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 16.7°N 50.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1004 mb | 16.8°N 51.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 16.9°N 51.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 17.0°N 52.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 17.1°N 52.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1007 mb | 17.2°N 53.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1007 mb | 17.3°N 54.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 17.4°N 54.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 17.6°N 55.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 17.8°N 56.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 18.0°N 56.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 18.2°N 57.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 18.4°N 58.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 18.6°N 59.6°W | 179 mi NE of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda |
| Sep 24 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 18.8°N 60.3°W | 154 mi NE of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda |
| Sep 25 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 19.0°N 60.9°W | 144 mi NNE of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda |
| Sep 25 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 19.3°N 61.5°W | 152 mi N of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda |
| Sep 25 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 19.6°N 61.9°W | 171 mi N of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda |
| Sep 25 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 20.0°N 62.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 20.4°N 62.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 20.8°N 62.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 21.3°N 62.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 21.8°N 62.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 22.2°N 62.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 22.5°N 63.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 22.7°N 63.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1003 mb | 22.8°N 63.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 23.0°N 63.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 23.2°N 63.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1000 mb | 23.5°N 64.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 23.8°N 64.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 24.1°N 64.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 24.5°N 64.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 992 mb | 24.9°N 64.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 991 mb | 25.4°N 64.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 994 mb | 26.0°N 64.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 990 mb | 26.7°N 64.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 994 mb | 27.2°N 63.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 989 mb | 27.8°N 63.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 988 mb | 28.3°N 63.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 991 mb | 28.8°N 62.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 991 mb | 29.3°N 62.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 987 mb | 29.7°N 61.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 986 mb | 29.7°N 61.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 29.3°N 61.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 989 mb | 28.9°N 61.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 987 mb | 28.5°N 61.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 986 mb | 28.1°N 62.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 27.8°N 62.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 989 mb | 27.6°N 63.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 990 mb | 27.6°N 64.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 986 mb | 27.7°N 64.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 28.0°N 65.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 980 mb | 28.4°N 65.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 969 mb | 29.1°N 65.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 968 mb | 29.7°N 63.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 06:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 30.5°N 62.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 12:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 964 mb | 31.2°N 60.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 18:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 964 mb | 31.9°N 59.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 32.6°N 58.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 978 mb | 33.2°N 57.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 33.7°N 56.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 983 mb | 34.0°N 56.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 34.2°N 55.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 34.3°N 55.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 980 mb | 34.4°N 54.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 983 mb | 34.5°N 54.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 989 mb | 34.5°N 53.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 34.4°N 53.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 989 mb | 34.3°N 52.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 983 mb | 34.1°N 52.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 33.9°N 52.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 33.3°N 51.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 32.7°N 51.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 986 mb | 32.2°N 51.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 31.7°N 51.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 31.2°N 51.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 30.6°N 51.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 992 mb | 30.0°N 51.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 11 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 29.4°N 51.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 11 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 28.8°N 51.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 11 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 28.2°N 52.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 11 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 998 mb | 27.7°N 53.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 12 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 27.2°N 53.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 12 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 26.8°N 54.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 12 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 26.4°N 55.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 12 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1001 mb | 26.2°N 56.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 13 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 26.0°N 57.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 13 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 25.8°N 57.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 13 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 25.6°N 58.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 13 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1003 mb | 25.4°N 59.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 14 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 25.3°N 59.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 14 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 25.2°N 59.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 14 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 25.2°N 60.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 14 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 25.2°N 60.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 15 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 25.2°N 60.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 15 06:00 | TD | 23 mph | — | 25.2°N 60.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 15 12:00 | TD | 23 mph | — | 25.2°N 60.4°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Inga.
At its peak on October 5, 1969, Inga was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 109 mph (176 km/h) and a central pressure of 964 mb.
25.0 days, from September 20, 1969 to October 15, 1969, including 144 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 4,126 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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