Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · October 16–20, 1998
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 Madeline (1998) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1998 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on October 16, 1998, 222 mi WSW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 979 mb on October 18, 1998, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 34 mph in 24 hours (to 63 mph on October 17, 1998). The storm lasted 4.0 days and travelled about 521 miles (838 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico | 68 mi | Oct 19 · 15:00 UTC | TS 52 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 16 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 17.8°N 107.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 16 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1004 mb | 18.4°N 107.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 16 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 18.9°N 108.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 16 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 1000 mb | 19.3°N 108.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 17 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 997 mb | 19.5°N 108.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 17 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 994 mb | 19.6°N 108.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 17 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 992 mb | 19.7°N 107.6°W | 166 mi WSW of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Oct 17 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 990 mb | 19.9°N 107.2°W | 137 mi WSW of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Oct 18 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 988 mb | 20.1°N 106.9°W | 114 mi WSW of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Oct 18 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 986 mb | 20.3°N 106.7°W | 98 mi WSW of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Oct 18 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 985 mb | 20.6°N 106.6°W | 89 mi W of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Oct 18 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 983 mb | 20.9°N 106.5°W | 76 mi W of Bucerías, Nayarit, Mexico |
| Oct 19 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 979 mb | 21.2°N 106.6°W | 87 mi WNW of Bucerías, Nayarit, Mexico |
| Oct 19 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 980 mb | 21.6°N 106.7°W | 91 mi W of San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico |
| Oct 19 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 987 mb | 22.2°N 106.9°W | 77 mi SSW of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Oct 19 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 994 mb | 23.0°N 107.6°W | 77 mi WSW of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Oct 20 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1004 mb | 23.7°N 108.5°W | 88 mi ENE of San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Madeline. Its closest approach to a major city was 68 miles from Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico.
At its peak on October 18, 1998, Madeline was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h) and a central pressure of 979 mb.
4.0 days, from October 16, 1998 to October 20, 1998, including 42 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 521 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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