Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · September 27 – October 2, 1983
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 Octave (1983) was a tropical storm of the 1983 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on September 27, 1983, reached its peak of 52 mph (83 km/h) on September 29, 1983, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 4.8 days and travelled about 1,078 miles (1,734 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 11.8°N 118.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 12.2°N 119.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 12.6°N 120.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 12.9°N 121.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 13.5°N 121.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 14.2°N 121.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 14.6°N 121.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 14.9°N 121.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 15.1°N 121.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 15.4°N 121.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 15.7°N 120.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 16.0°N 120.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 16.6°N 119.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 17.6°N 119.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 18.5°N 119.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 19.9°N 118.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 21.3°N 118.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 22.3°N 117.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 23.2°N 117.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 24.0°N 117.3°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Octave.
At its peak on September 29, 1983, Octave was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 52 mph (83 km/h).
4.8 days, from September 27, 1983 to October 2, 1983. It travelled about 1,078 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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