Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · August 31 – September 6, 1970
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 Norma (1970) was a tropical storm of the 1970 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on August 31, 1970, 130 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico, reached its peak of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 992 mb on September 2, 1970, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 6.0 days and travelled about 1,181 miles (1,901 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 16.4°N 103.3°W | 130 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Aug 31 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 16.7°N 104.4°W | 157 mi SSW of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico |
| Aug 31 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 17.0°N 105.4°W | 162 mi SSW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Aug 31 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 17.3°N 106.4°W | 180 mi SW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Sep 1 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 17.7°N 107.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 18.0°N 108.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 18.3°N 108.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 18.5°N 109.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 18.8°N 109.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 19.3°N 110.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 19.9°N 110.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 992 mb | 20.4°N 111.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 21.0°N 112.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 21.5°N 113.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 22.0°N 113.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 22.3°N 114.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 22.6°N 114.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 22.8°N 114.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 23.1°N 114.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 23.5°N 114.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 24.0°N 115.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 24.7°N 114.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 25.4°N 114.4°W | 173 mi W of Ciudad Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 5 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 26.1°N 114.0°W | 129 mi S of Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Sep 6 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 26.7°N 113.5°W | 88 mi WSW of Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Norma.
At its peak on September 2, 1970, Norma was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a central pressure of 992 mb.
6.0 days, from August 31, 1970 to September 6, 1970. It travelled about 1,181 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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