Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · September 9–13, 1968
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 Naomi (1968) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1968 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on September 9, 1968, 291 mi SSW of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) on September 11, 1968, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 57 mph in 24 hours (to 86 mph on September 11, 1968). The storm lasted 4.5 days and travelled about 1,510 miles (2,430 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico | 39 mi | Sep 13 · 00:00 UTC | Cat 1 86 mph |
| Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico | 73 mi | Sep 13 · 03:00 UTC | TS 69 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.1°N 99.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.5°N 100.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 13.0°N 101.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 13.5°N 102.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 14.0°N 103.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 14.5°N 104.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 15.1°N 105.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 15.8°N 106.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 16.7°N 106.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 17.7°N 106.9°W | 186 mi SW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Sep 11 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 18.6°N 107.1°W | 171 mi WSW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Sep 11 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 19.3°N 107.4°W | 168 mi WSW of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Sep 12 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 20.0°N 107.6°W | 159 mi WSW of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Sep 12 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 20.8°N 107.7°W | 153 mi W of Bucerías, Nayarit, Mexico |
| Sep 12 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 21.7°N 107.6°W | 129 mi SW of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Sep 12 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 22.5°N 107.4°W | 80 mi SW of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Sep 13 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 23.4°N 107.0°W | 39 mi WNW of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Sep 13 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 25.3°N 105.7°W | 25 mi NW of Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango, Mexico |
| Sep 13 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 28.5°N 103.5°W | 92 mi SE of Manuel Ojinaga, Chihuahua, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Naomi. Its closest approach to a major city was 39 miles from Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico.
At its peak on September 11, 1968, Naomi was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h).
4.5 days, from September 9, 1968 to September 13, 1968, including 36 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,510 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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