Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · August 28 – September 1, 1971
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 Lily (1971) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1971 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on August 28, 1971, 171 mi SW of Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) on August 31, 1971, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 4.5 days and travelled about 1,010 miles (1,625 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico | 70 mi | Sep 1 · 07:00 UTC | TD 29 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 28 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 13.3°N 94.2°W | 158 mi WSW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Chiapas, Mexico |
| Aug 28 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 13.5°N 95.0°W | 174 mi SSE of Crucecita, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Aug 28 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 13.6°N 95.8°W | 152 mi S of Crucecita, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Aug 28 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 13.7°N 96.6°W | 142 mi S of San Pedro Pochutla, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Aug 29 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 13.9°N 97.5°W | 139 mi SSW of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Aug 29 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 14.2°N 98.6°W | 147 mi SSW of Río Grande, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Aug 29 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 14.7°N 99.7°W | 149 mi S of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Aug 29 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 15.1°N 100.5°W | 127 mi SSW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Aug 30 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 15.5°N 101.2°W | 127 mi SW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Aug 30 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 16.1°N 102.3°W | 118 mi SSW of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Aug 30 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 16.7°N 103.1°W | 106 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Aug 30 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 17.1°N 103.5°W | 104 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Aug 31 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 17.6°N 103.9°W | 91 mi S of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico |
| Aug 31 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 18.3°N 104.3°W | 51 mi SSW of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico |
| Aug 31 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 19.0°N 104.7°W | 19 mi SSW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Aug 31 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 19.5°N 104.9°W | 28 mi NW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Sep 1 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 20.0°N 105.0°W | 45 mi SSE of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Sep 1 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 20.6°N 105.4°W | 11 mi W of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Sep 1 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 21.0°N 106.0°W | 46 mi WNW of Bucerías, Nayarit, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Lily. Its closest approach to a major city was 70 miles from Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico.
At its peak on August 31, 1971, Lily was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h).
4.5 days, from August 28, 1971 to September 1, 1971, including 24 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,010 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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