Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · October 9–12, 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 Jennifer (1969) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1969 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on October 9, 1969, 289 mi SSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico, reached its peak of 75 mph (120 km/h) on October 10, 1969, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 3.5 days and travelled about 960 miles (1,545 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico | 42 mi | Oct 11 · 21:00 UTC | TS 63 mph |
| Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico | 69 mi | Oct 12 · 01:00 UTC | TS 48 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 9 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 14.2°N 104.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 14.9°N 105.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 15.6°N 106.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 16.3°N 107.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 17.0°N 107.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 17.8°N 108.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 18.6°N 108.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 19.1°N 108.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 11 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 19.7°N 108.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 11 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 20.8°N 108.3°W | 178 mi SE of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Oct 11 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 21.9°N 107.9°W | 131 mi SW of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Oct 11 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 23.0°N 107.3°W | 58 mi WSW of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Oct 12 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 24.0°N 106.7°W | 13 mi ENE of La Cruz, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Oct 12 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 24.8°N 106.0°W | 40 mi WSW of Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango, Mexico |
| Oct 12 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 25.3°N 105.2°W | 22 mi NE of Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Jennifer. Its closest approach to a major city was 42 miles from Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico.
At its peak on October 10, 1969, Jennifer was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h).
3.5 days, from October 9, 1969 to October 12, 1969, including 42 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 960 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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