Track map, landfall & timeline · Eastern Pacific · August 6–10, 2016
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. During the replay the shaded rings show the storm’s wind field as analysed by NHC — 39+, 58+ and 74+ mph winds, quadrant by quadrant. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Tropical Storm Javier (2016) was a tropical storm of the 2016 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on August 6, 2016, 27 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico, reached its peak of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 997 mb on August 8, 2016, and made landfall near San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico on August 9, 2016 as a tropical storm (52 mph). The storm lasted 3.8 days and travelled about 877 miles (1,412 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 9, 2016 · 04:00 UTC | near San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico | TS 52 mph | 1002 mb |
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6 18:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1004 mb | 17.7°N 102.5°W | 27 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Aug 7 00:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1003 mb | 18.0°N 103.5°W | 58 mi SSW of Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Aug 7 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1002 mb | 18.5°N 104.5°W | 44 mi SSW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Aug 7 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1001 mb | 19.0°N 105.5°W | 63 mi WSW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Aug 7 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1000 mb | 19.6°N 106.4°W | 103 mi SW of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Aug 8 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 999 mb | 20.4°N 107.2°W | 128 mi W of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Aug 8 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 999 mb | 21.1°N 108.1°W | 170 mi SE of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Aug 8 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 998 mb | 21.7°N 108.8°W | 109 mi SE of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Aug 8 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 997 mb | 22.2°N 109.3°W | 62 mi SE of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Aug 9 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 999 mb | 22.6°N 109.5°W | 33 mi SE of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Aug 9 04:00 | TS LANDFALL | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 23.1°N 109.7°W | near San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Aug 9 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1004 mb | 23.4°N 110.2°W | 40 mi NNW of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Aug 9 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 23.9°N 110.9°W | 41 mi WSW of La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Aug 9 18:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1007 mb | 24.4°N 111.6°W | 44 mi S of Ciudad Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Aug 10 00:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 24.7°N 112.1°W | 36 mi SW of Ciudad Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Aug 10 06:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1009 mb | 25.2°N 112.3°W | 42 mi WNW of Ciudad Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Aug 10 12:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1009 mb | 25.7°N 112.5°W | 70 mi NW of Ciudad Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
Javier made landfall once: near San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico on August 9, 2016 at 04:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 52 mph winds.
At its peak on August 8, 2016, Javier was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a central pressure of 997 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
3.8 days, from August 6, 2016 to August 10, 2016. It travelled about 877 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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