Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · October 25–30, 1976
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 Naomi (1976) was a tropical storm of the 1976 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on October 25, 1976, reached its peak of 52 mph (83 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1005 mb on October 27, 1976, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 5.0 days and travelled about 1,084 miles (1,745 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico | direct hit | Oct 29 · 15:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Victoria de Durango, Durango, Mexico | 23 mi | Oct 30 · 02:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico | 9 mi | Oct 30 · 10:00 UTC | TD 29 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 25 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 16.8°N 115.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 25 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 16.8°N 115.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 26 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 17.0°N 116.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 26 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 17.2°N 115.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 26 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 17.3°N 115.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 26 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 17.7°N 115.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 27 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 18.0°N 115.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 27 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 18.2°N 114.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 27 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 18.4°N 114.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 27 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 18.6°N 114.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 28 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 18.9°N 113.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 28 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 19.6°N 112.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 28 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 20.3°N 112.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 28 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1005 mb | 21.0°N 111.0°W | 148 mi SSW of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Oct 29 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 21.5°N 110.0°W | 96 mi S of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Oct 29 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 22.1°N 108.4°W | 106 mi SE of San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Oct 29 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 22.8°N 106.8°W | 38 mi SW of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Oct 29 18:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | — | 23.4°N 106.0°W | 20 mi NE of Villa Unión, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Oct 30 00:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | — | 24.0°N 105.2°W | 18 mi NNE of El Salto, Durango, Mexico |
| Oct 30 06:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | — | 24.9°N 104.2°W | 32 mi N of Guadalupe Victoria, Durango, Mexico |
| Oct 30 12:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | — | 26.0°N 103.2°W | 16 mi NNE of Francisco I. Madero, Coahuila, 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 8 miles from Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico.
At its peak on October 27, 1976, Naomi was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 52 mph (83 km/h) and a central pressure of 1005 mb.
5.0 days, from October 25, 1976 to October 30, 1976. It travelled about 1,084 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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