Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · June 9–12, 1961
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 Iva (1961) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1961 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on June 9, 1961, 232 mi S of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) on June 9, 1961, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 2.5 days and travelled about 665 miles (1,070 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico | 28 mi | Jun 11 · 14:00 UTC | TD 36 mph |
| León de los Aldama, Guanajuato, Mexico | 66 mi | Jun 11 · 17:00 UTC | TD 31 mph |
| Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico | 29 mi | Jun 11 · 17:00 UTC | TD 31 mph |
| Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico | direct hit | Jun 11 · 18:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico | direct hit | Jun 11 · 20:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 13.5°N 100.0°W | open ocean |
| Jun 9 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 14.0°N 100.8°W | open ocean |
| Jun 10 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 14.6°N 101.4°W | 184 mi SSW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 10 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 15.3°N 101.7°W | 160 mi SW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 10 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 16.0°N 101.9°W | 116 mi SSW of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 10 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 16.8°N 102.0°W | 65 mi SSW of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 11 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.6°N 102.0°W | 28 mi SSE of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Jun 11 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 18.7°N 101.9°W | 26 mi SSE of Nueva Italia de Ruiz, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Jun 11 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 19.8°N 101.7°W | near Zacapu, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Jun 11 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 20.5°N 100.9°W | near Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico |
| Jun 12 00:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | — | 20.8°N 99.3°W | near Zimapán, Hidalgo, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Iva. Its closest approach to a major city was 2 miles from Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico.
At its peak on June 9, 1961, Iva was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h).
2.5 days, from June 9, 1961 to June 12, 1961, including 42 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 665 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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