Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · September 16–22, 1975
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 (1975) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1975 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on September 16, 1975, 175 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) on September 19, 1975, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 34 mph in 24 hours (to 86 mph on September 19, 1975). The storm lasted 5.5 days and travelled about 1,564 miles (2,516 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 16.3°N 104.2°W | 175 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Sep 16 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 16.4°N 105.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 16.5°N 105.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 16.6°N 106.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 16.6°N 106.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 16.7°N 106.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 17.0°N 107.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 17.4°N 108.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 17.8°N 109.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 18.2°N 110.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.6°N 111.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 18.9°N 112.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 19.2°N 114.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 19.6°N 115.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 20.0°N 117.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 20.5°N 118.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 21.0°N 119.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 21.5°N 121.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 21.9°N 122.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 22.4°N 123.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 23.0°N 125.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 18:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | — | 22.9°N 125.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 00:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | — | 22.1°N 126.5°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Lily.
At its peak on September 19, 1975, Lily was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h).
5.5 days, from September 16, 1975 to September 22, 1975, including 48 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,564 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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