Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · September 8–16, 1989
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 Octave (1989) was a Category 4 hurricane of the 1989 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on September 8, 1989, 371 mi SSW of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico, reached its peak of 132 mph (213 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 948 mb on September 13, 1989, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 52 mph in 24 hours (to 121 mph on September 12, 1989). The storm lasted 8.0 days and travelled about 1,946 miles (3,132 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 11.2°N 99.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 11.2°N 101.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 11.5°N 102.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 12.0°N 103.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 12.8°N 104.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 13.7°N 104.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 14.4°N 105.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1004 mb | 15.0°N 106.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 15.5°N 107.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 16.0°N 108.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 16.4°N 109.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 992 mb | 16.7°N 110.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 985 mb | 17.0°N 111.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 975 mb | 17.4°N 111.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 965 mb | 18.0°N 112.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 12:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | 955 mb | 18.9°N 112.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 18:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 950 mb | 19.9°N 113.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 00:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 948 mb | 20.9°N 113.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 06:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 950 mb | 21.8°N 114.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 12:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | 955 mb | 22.4°N 115.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 968 mb | 23.0°N 116.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 977 mb | 23.5°N 117.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 985 mb | 24.1°N 117.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 990 mb | 24.5°N 118.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 995 mb | 25.0°N 118.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 998 mb | 25.5°N 119.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 26.1°N 119.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 26.8°N 119.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 27.2°N 119.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 27.8°N 119.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 28.1°N 119.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 28.3°N 118.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 18:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1012 mb | 28.4°N 118.1°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 13, 1989, Octave was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 132 mph (213 km/h) and a central pressure of 948 mb.
8.0 days, from September 8, 1989 to September 16, 1989, including 66 hours at hurricane strength (30 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 1,946 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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