Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · October 17–19, 1963
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 Mona (1963) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1963 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on October 17, 1963, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) on October 17, 1963, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 1.5 days and travelled about 776 miles (1,249 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico | 11 mi | Oct 18 · 22:00 UTC | Cat 1 86 mph |
| Victoria de Durango, Durango, Mexico | 38 mi | Oct 19 · 00:00 UTC | Cat 1 86 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 17 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 15.2°N 110.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 17 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 15.9°N 110.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 18 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.1°N 110.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 18 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 19.0°N 110.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 18 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 20.9°N 110.1°W | 138 mi S of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Oct 18 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 22.4°N 108.5°W | 89 mi ESE of San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Oct 19 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 23.8°N 105.2°W | 10 mi E of El Salto, Durango, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Mona. Its closest approach to a major city was 11 miles from Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico.
At its peak on October 17, 1963, Mona was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h).
1.5 days, from October 17, 1963 to October 19, 1963, including 36 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 776 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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