Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · September 3–9, 1971
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 Nanette (1971) was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1971 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on September 3, 1971, 272 mi SSE of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico, reached its peak of 98 mph (157 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 990 mb on September 7, 1971, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 40 mph in 24 hours (to 92 mph on September 6, 1971). The storm lasted 6.5 days and travelled about 1,727 miles (2,779 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.2°N 95.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.4°N 96.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.6°N 96.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.8°N 97.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 13.1°N 97.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 13.5°N 98.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 14.0°N 99.3°W | 182 mi SSW of Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Sep 4 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 14.6°N 100.4°W | 159 mi SSW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Sep 5 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 15.1°N 101.5°W | 161 mi SW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Sep 5 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 15.5°N 102.0°W | 151 mi SSW of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Sep 5 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 15.8°N 102.5°W | 142 mi SSW of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Sep 5 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 16.2°N 103.6°W | 153 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Sep 6 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 16.7°N 104.7°W | 162 mi SSW of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico |
| Sep 6 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.5°N 105.0°W | 120 mi SSW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Sep 6 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.4°N 105.2°W | 75 mi SW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Sep 6 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 990 mb | 19.5°N 106.0°W | 92 mi SSW of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Sep 7 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 20.5°N 106.9°W | 108 mi W of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Sep 7 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 21.3°N 107.8°W | 159 mi SW of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Sep 7 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 21.8°N 108.8°W | 104 mi SE of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 7 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 996 mb | 22.1°N 110.1°W | 56 mi SSW of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 8 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 22.0°N 111.5°W | 119 mi WSW of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 8 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 21.8°N 112.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 21.6°N 113.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 21.4°N 114.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 21.2°N 115.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 21.1°N 116.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 21.0°N 117.7°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Nanette.
At its peak on September 7, 1971, Nanette was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 98 mph (157 km/h) and a central pressure of 990 mb.
6.5 days, from September 3, 1971 to September 9, 1971, including 48 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,727 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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