Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · September 15–22, 1986
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
Tropical Storm Madeline (1986) was a tropical storm of the 1986 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on September 15, 1986, reached its peak of 69 mph (111 km/h) on September 18, 1986, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 6.8 days and travelled about 2,180 miles (3,508 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.7°N 103.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 12.5°N 105.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 12.4°N 106.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 12.3°N 108.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 12.3°N 109.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 12.4°N 110.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 12.5°N 112.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 12.6°N 113.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 12.8°N 115.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 13.0°N 116.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 13.2°N 118.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 13.5°N 119.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 14.0°N 121.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 14.4°N 123.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 14.8°N 125.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 14.9°N 126.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 15.0°N 128.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 15.5°N 129.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 16.3°N 130.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 17.0°N 130.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 17.7°N 130.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 18.4°N 130.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 18.7°N 130.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 19.1°N 129.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 19.4°N 129.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 19.8°N 129.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 20.2°N 129.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 20.5°N 129.8°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Madeline.
At its peak on September 18, 1986, Madeline was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 69 mph (111 km/h).
6.8 days, from September 15, 1986 to September 22, 1986. It travelled about 2,180 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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