Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · September 5–17, 1993
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 Kenneth (1993) was a Category 4 hurricane of the 1993 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on September 5, 1993, reached its peak of 150 mph (241 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 932 mb on September 11, 1993, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 58 mph in 24 hours (to 144 mph on September 11, 1993). The storm lasted 12.3 days and travelled about 2,378 miles (3,827 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1007 mb | 12.2°N 107.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 12.2°N 107.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 12.3°N 107.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1004 mb | 12.4°N 108.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1003 mb | 12.7°N 108.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 12.8°N 108.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 13.0°N 108.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 13.4°N 109.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 14.0°N 110.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 992 mb | 14.4°N 110.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 989 mb | 14.6°N 111.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 14.7°N 112.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 14.7°N 112.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 14.6°N 113.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 14.5°N 114.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 14.4°N 114.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 14.4°N 115.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 986 mb | 14.7°N 116.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 985 mb | 15.0°N 116.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 981 mb | 15.3°N 117.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 970 mb | 15.7°N 117.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 18:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 954 mb | 16.1°N 118.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 00:00 | Cat 4 | 144 mph | 938 mb | 16.7°N 118.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 06:00 | Cat 4 | 150 mph | 932 mb | 17.2°N 119.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 12:00 | Cat 4 | 144 mph | 933 mb | 17.7°N 120.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 18:00 | Cat 4 | 144 mph | 935 mb | 18.0°N 121.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 00:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | 939 mb | 18.1°N 122.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 06:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 948 mb | 18.2°N 122.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 960 mb | 18.1°N 123.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 18:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 966 mb | 18.1°N 124.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 969 mb | 18.1°N 125.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 970 mb | 18.2°N 126.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 970 mb | 18.3°N 127.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 970 mb | 18.5°N 128.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 972 mb | 18.8°N 129.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 977 mb | 19.2°N 130.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 982 mb | 19.6°N 131.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 20.1°N 132.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 991 mb | 20.7°N 133.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 21.2°N 134.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 998 mb | 21.6°N 135.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 21.9°N 136.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 22.3°N 136.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 22.7°N 137.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 23.0°N 137.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 23.3°N 137.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 23.6°N 138.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 23.8°N 138.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 24.2°N 138.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 18:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1009 mb | 24.8°N 138.9°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Kenneth.
At its peak on September 11, 1993, Kenneth was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (241 km/h) and a central pressure of 932 mb.
12.3 days, from September 5, 1993 to September 17, 1993, including 162 hours at hurricane strength (54 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 2,378 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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