Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · September 17–23, 1984
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 Odile (1984) was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1984 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on September 17, 1984, 206 mi SSW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico, reached its peak of 104 mph (167 km/h) on September 22, 1984, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 5.3 days and travelled about 809 miles (1,301 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico | 58 mi | Sep 22 · 06:00 UTC | Cat 2 104 mph |
| Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico | 72 mi | Sep 23 · 00:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 14.3°N 101.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 14.5°N 102.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 14.7°N 102.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 15.0°N 103.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 15.2°N 104.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 15.4°N 104.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 15.7°N 104.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 16.0°N 105.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 16.3°N 104.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 16.5°N 104.5°W | 172 mi SSW of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico |
| Sep 20 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 16.6°N 104.1°W | 157 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Sep 20 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 16.6°N 103.6°W | 132 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Sep 20 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 16.6°N 103.2°W | 115 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Sep 21 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 16.6°N 102.6°W | 98 mi SSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Sep 21 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 16.4°N 101.9°W | 89 mi SSW of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Sep 21 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 16.3°N 101.2°W | 74 mi SSW of Técpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Sep 21 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 16.4°N 100.9°W | 60 mi SSW of Técpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Sep 22 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 16.4°N 100.8°W | 67 mi WSW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Sep 22 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 16.5°N 100.7°W | 58 mi WSW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Sep 22 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 17.0°N 102.0°W | 53 mi SSW of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Sep 22 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 18.0°N 102.0°W | 13 mi E of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Sep 23 00:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | — | 19.0°N 102.0°W | near Nueva Italia de Ruiz, Michoacán, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Odile. Its closest approach to a major city was 58 miles from Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico.
At its peak on September 22, 1984, Odile was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 104 mph (167 km/h).
5.3 days, from September 17, 1984 to September 23, 1984, including 66 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 809 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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