Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · September 7–11, 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 Kathleen (1976) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1976 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on September 7, 1976, reached its peak of 81 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 986 mb on September 10, 1976, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 4.0 days and travelled about 1,775 miles (2,857 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico | 38 mi | Sep 10 · 21:00 UTC | TS 43 mph |
| Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico | 59 mi | Sep 11 · 00:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico | 33 mi | Sep 11 · 00:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Chula Vista, California | 64 mi | Sep 11 · 00:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| San Diego, California | 68 mi | Sep 11 · 01:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| San Bernardino, California | 70 mi | Sep 11 · 04:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Henderson, Nevada | 61 mi | Sep 11 · 08:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Paradise, Nevada | 53 mi | Sep 11 · 08:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Las Vegas, Nevada | 54 mi | Sep 11 · 09:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| North Las Vegas, Nevada | 55 mi | Sep 11 · 09:00 UTC | TD 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 14.5°N 109.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 15.0°N 109.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 15.5°N 109.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 16.0°N 110.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 16.6°N 111.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 17.4°N 111.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 18.4°N 112.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 19.6°N 112.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 21.0°N 112.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 23.0°N 113.3°W | 174 mi SW of Ciudad Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 10 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 986 mb | 25.0°N 114.0°W | 146 mi W of Ciudad Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 10 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 27.5°N 114.8°W | 56 mi SW of Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 10 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 30.0°N 115.5°W | 45 mi SE of Lázaro Cárdenas, Baja California, Mexico |
| Sep 10 18:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 31.3°N 115.9°W | 40 mi N of Vicente Guerrero, Baja California, Mexico |
| Sep 11 00:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | — | 32.5°N 116.0°W | 33 mi WSW of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico |
| Sep 11 06:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | — | 34.9°N 116.1°W | 52 mi E of Barstow, California |
| Sep 11 12:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | — | 38.0°N 116.0°W | 124 mi N of Pahrump, Nevada |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Kathleen. Its closest approach to a major city was 33 miles from Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico.
At its peak on September 10, 1976, Kathleen was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 81 mph (130 km/h) and a central pressure of 986 mb.
4.0 days, from September 7, 1976 to September 11, 1976, including 6 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,775 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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