Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · August 30 – September 3, 1967
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 Katrina (1967) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1967 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on August 30, 1967, 199 mi WSW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) on August 31, 1967, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 34 mph in 24 hours (to 86 mph on August 31, 1967). The storm lasted 4.0 days and travelled about 1,413 miles (2,274 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico | 71 mi | Sep 2 · 12:00 UTC | TS 52 mph |
| Phoenix, Arizona | 34 mi | Sep 2 · 21:00 UTC | TD 26 mph |
| Glendale, Arizona | 41 mi | Sep 2 · 21:00 UTC | TD 26 mph |
| Maryvale, Arizona | 38 mi | Sep 2 · 21:00 UTC | TD 26 mph |
| Peoria, Arizona | 44 mi | Sep 2 · 21:00 UTC | TD 26 mph |
| Mesa, Arizona | 28 mi | Sep 2 · 22:00 UTC | TD 25 mph |
| Chandler, Arizona | 21 mi | Sep 2 · 22:00 UTC | TD 25 mph |
| Gilbert, Arizona | 23 mi | Sep 2 · 22:00 UTC | TD 25 mph |
| Scottsdale, Arizona | 36 mi | Sep 2 · 22:00 UTC | TD 25 mph |
| Tucson, Arizona | 64 mi | Sep 2 · 23:00 UTC | TD 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 17.8°N 107.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 18.2°N 108.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 18.9°N 108.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 19.9°N 109.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 20.9°N 110.7°W | 147 mi SSW of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Aug 31 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 21.9°N 111.4°W | 117 mi SW of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Aug 31 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 22.9°N 111.8°W | 120 mi W of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Aug 31 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 24.6°N 111.3°W | 38 mi SE of Ciudad Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 1 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 26.3°N 111.0°W | 29 mi NE of Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 1 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 27.2°N 111.6°W | 42 mi ESE of Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 1 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 28.1°N 112.4°W | 53 mi N of Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 1 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 29.0°N 113.2°W | 89 mi NE of Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 2 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 30.0°N 114.1°W | 83 mi SSE of San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico |
| Sep 2 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 30.9°N 114.6°W | 17 mi ESE of San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico |
| Sep 2 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 31.9°N 114.6°W | 40 mi SSE of San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, Mexico |
| Sep 2 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 32.7°N 113.4°W | 59 mi E of Fortuna Foothills, Arizona |
| Sep 3 00:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | — | 33.2°N 110.8°W | 30 mi ESE of Gold Camp, Arizona |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Katrina. Its closest approach to a major city was 21 miles from Chandler, Arizona.
At its peak on August 31, 1967, Katrina was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h).
4.0 days, from August 30, 1967 to September 3, 1967, including 60 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,413 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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