Track map & timeline · Atlantic · October 17–27, 1969
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 Laurie (1969) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1969 Atlantic season. It formed on October 17, 1969, 141 mi N of Iriona, Honduras, reached its peak of 92 mph (148 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 973 mb on October 21, 1969, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 46 mph in 24 hours (to 92 mph on October 21, 1969). The storm lasted 10.3 days and travelled about 1,822 miles (2,931 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico | 40 mi | Oct 19 · 08:00 UTC | TD 38 mph |
| Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico | 11 mi | Oct 27 · 06:00 UTC | TD 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1007 mb | 18.0°N 85.3°W | 141 mi N of Iriona, Honduras |
| Oct 17 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 18.3°N 85.4°W | 162 mi N of Iriona, Honduras |
| Oct 17 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 18.6°N 85.5°W | 161 mi SE of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Oct 17 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 18.9°N 85.6°W | 141 mi SE of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Oct 18 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 19.1°N 85.8°W | 122 mi SE of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Oct 18 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 19.3°N 86.2°W | 96 mi SSE of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Oct 18 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 19.6°N 86.7°W | 64 mi SSE of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Oct 18 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 20.0°N 87.5°W | 15 mi S of Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Oct 19 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 20.6°N 88.3°W | near Valladolid, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Oct 19 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 21.2°N 89.0°W | 18 mi N of Izamal, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Oct 19 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1000 mb | 21.8°N 89.6°W | 36 mi N of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Oct 19 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 22.4°N 90.2°W | 85 mi NNW of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Oct 20 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1000 mb | 23.2°N 90.7°W | 148 mi NNW of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Oct 20 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 998 mb | 23.8°N 90.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 20 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 993 mb | 24.3°N 91.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 20 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 25.0°N 91.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 21 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 973 mb | 25.7°N 91.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 21 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 974 mb | 26.3°N 90.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 21 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 973 mb | 26.5°N 89.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 21 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 977 mb | 26.5°N 89.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 22 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 980 mb | 26.3°N 88.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 22 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 983 mb | 25.9°N 87.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 22 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 25.5°N 86.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 22 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 25.1°N 86.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 23 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 992 mb | 24.7°N 86.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 23 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 24.4°N 86.1°W | 185 mi NW of Minas de Matahambre, Pinar del Río, Cuba |
| Oct 23 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 998 mb | 24.1°N 86.2°W | 177 mi NW of Minas de Matahambre, Pinar del Río, Cuba |
| Oct 23 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 23.8°N 86.7°W | 182 mi N of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Oct 24 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 23.6°N 87.3°W | 170 mi N of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Oct 24 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 23.5°N 87.9°W | 164 mi N of Tizimín, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Oct 24 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1001 mb | 23.4°N 88.6°W | 159 mi N of Tizimín, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Oct 24 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1004 mb | 23.3°N 89.4°W | 140 mi N of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Oct 25 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 23.2°N 90.4°W | 141 mi NNW of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Oct 25 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 22.9°N 91.2°W | 149 mi NW of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Oct 25 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 22.5°N 91.9°W | 166 mi WNW of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Oct 25 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1003 mb | 22.0°N 92.5°W | 182 mi WNW of Hunucmá, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Oct 26 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 21.4°N 92.8°W | 183 mi NW of Campeche, Campeche, Mexico |
| Oct 26 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 20.8°N 93.0°W | 158 mi N of Frontera, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Oct 26 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 20.1°N 93.1°W | 112 mi NNW of Frontera, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Oct 26 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 19.4°N 93.1°W | 69 mi N of Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Oct 27 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 18.7°N 93.1°W | 22 mi NNE of Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico |
| Oct 27 06:00 | TD | 23 mph | — | 18.0°N 93.1°W | 11 mi W of Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Laurie. Its closest approach to a major city was 11 miles from Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico.
At its peak on October 21, 1969, Laurie was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 92 mph (148 km/h) and a central pressure of 973 mb.
10.3 days, from October 17, 1969 to October 27, 1969, including 54 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,822 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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