Track map & timeline · Central Pacific · September 22 – October 2, 1976
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 Kate (1976) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1976 Central Pacific season. It formed on September 22, 1976, reached its peak of 92 mph (148 km/h) on September 27, 1976, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 10.3 days and travelled about 1,363 miles (2,193 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 13.4°N 141.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 13.6°N 141.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 13.7°N 141.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 13.9°N 141.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 14.0°N 141.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 14.1°N 141.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 14.2°N 141.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 14.3°N 141.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 14.4°N 142.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 14.4°N 142.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 14.3°N 142.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 14.2°N 142.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 14.1°N 142.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 14.1°N 142.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 14.1°N 143.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 14.2°N 143.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 14.3°N 144.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 14.7°N 144.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 15.1°N 144.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 15.5°N 144.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 16.0°N 145.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 16.6°N 145.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.2°N 145.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.7°N 146.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.2°N 146.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.7°N 147.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 19.1°N 148.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 19.5°N 149.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 20.3°N 150.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 20.7°N 150.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 21.4°N 151.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 22.0°N 151.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 22.7°N 152.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 23.4°N 152.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 24.0°N 152.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 24.5°N 152.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 25.2°N 152.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 25.4°N 152.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 25.7°N 152.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 25.9°N 152.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 26.0°N 152.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 26.3°N 153.0°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Kate.
At its peak on September 27, 1976, Kate was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 92 mph (148 km/h).
10.3 days, from September 22, 1976 to October 2, 1976, including 114 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,363 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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