Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · August 31 – September 9, 1983
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 Kiko (1983) was a Category 4 hurricane of the 1983 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on August 31, 1983, 354 mi SSW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico, reached its peak of 144 mph (232 km/h) on September 3, 1983, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 86 mph in 24 hours (to 132 mph on September 2, 1983). The storm lasted 8.8 days and travelled about 1,570 miles (2,526 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 11.9°N 101.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 12.2°N 101.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 12.5°N 102.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 12.9°N 102.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 13.4°N 102.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 13.9°N 103.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 18:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 14.5°N 103.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 00:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 15.0°N 104.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 06:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 15.4°N 104.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 12:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 16.0°N 105.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 18:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 16.6°N 106.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 00:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 17.1°N 106.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 06:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 17.7°N 107.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 12:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 18.2°N 107.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 18:00 | Cat 4 | 144 mph | — | 18.9°N 108.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 00:00 | Cat 4 | 144 mph | — | 19.4°N 109.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 06:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 20.0°N 110.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 12:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 20.2°N 110.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 18:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 20.5°N 111.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 00:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 20.7°N 112.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 06:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 20.9°N 112.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 21.0°N 113.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 21.2°N 113.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 21.5°N 114.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 21.7°N 114.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 22.0°N 115.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 22.2°N 116.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 22.3°N 116.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 22.4°N 117.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 22.5°N 117.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 22.7°N 118.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 22.9°N 118.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 23.3°N 119.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 23.7°N 119.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 24.3°N 119.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 25.0°N 119.9°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Kiko.
At its peak on September 3, 1983, Kiko was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 144 mph (232 km/h).
8.8 days, from August 31, 1983 to September 9, 1983, including 132 hours at hurricane strength (84 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 1,570 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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