Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · August 27 – September 6, 1989
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 Lorena (1989) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1989 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on August 27, 1989, 318 mi SSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico, reached its peak of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 989 mb on September 1, 1989, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 10.0 days and travelled about 1,899 miles (3,056 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 13.7°N 104.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 14.3°N 104.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 14.9°N 104.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 15.5°N 104.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1007 mb | 15.9°N 105.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 16.3°N 105.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 16.7°N 106.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 17.0°N 106.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 998 mb | 17.2°N 107.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 17.4°N 108.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 17.6°N 108.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 17.8°N 109.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 18.1°N 109.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 18.3°N 110.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 993 mb | 18.7°N 110.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 992 mb | 19.0°N 111.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 990 mb | 19.7°N 112.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 989 mb | 20.2°N 114.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 989 mb | 20.6°N 115.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 989 mb | 21.0°N 116.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 991 mb | 21.3°N 117.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 993 mb | 21.5°N 119.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 21.6°N 120.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 999 mb | 21.4°N 121.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 21.0°N 121.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 20.6°N 122.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 20.5°N 123.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 20.5°N 123.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 20.5°N 123.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 20.5°N 123.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 20.5°N 123.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 20.5°N 124.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 20.5°N 124.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 20.6°N 125.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 20.7°N 125.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 20.8°N 126.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 20.8°N 128.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1011 mb | 20.8°N 128.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 06:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1012 mb | 20.8°N 128.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 12:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1012 mb | 20.7°N 129.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 18:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1013 mb | 20.7°N 130.1°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Lorena.
At its peak on September 1, 1989, Lorena was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a central pressure of 989 mb.
10.0 days, from August 27, 1989 to September 6, 1989, including 12 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,899 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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