Track map, landfall & timeline · Eastern Pacific · October 3–8, 2003
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 Olaf (2003) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 2003 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on October 3, 2003, 301 mi SSW of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico, reached its peak of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 987 mb on October 5, 2003, and made landfall near Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico on October 7, 2003 as a tropical storm (58 mph). The storm lasted 4.8 days and travelled about 896 miles (1,441 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 7, 2003 · 08:00 UTC | near Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico | TS 58 mph | 997 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico | 27 mi | Oct 8 · 00:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | 30 mi | Oct 8 · 00:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico | 35 mi | Oct 8 · 00:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Tonalá, Jalisco, Mexico | 38 mi | Oct 8 · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 11.7°N 98.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 12.1°N 98.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1000 mb | 12.4°N 99.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 13.1°N 100.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 13.8°N 100.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 14.5°N 101.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 15.0°N 102.1°W | 182 mi SSW of Técpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Oct 5 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 15.5°N 102.9°W | 173 mi SSW of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Oct 5 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 992 mb | 15.9°N 103.6°W | 170 mi SSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Oct 5 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 16.5°N 104.2°W | 166 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Oct 5 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 990 mb | 17.1°N 104.8°W | 139 mi SSW of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico |
| Oct 6 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 995 mb | 17.4°N 105.0°W | 126 mi SSW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Oct 6 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 17.5°N 104.9°W | 118 mi SSW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Oct 6 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1000 mb | 17.4°N 104.5°W | 112 mi SSW of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico |
| Oct 6 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 998 mb | 17.9°N 104.4°W | 78 mi SSW of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico |
| Oct 7 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 997 mb | 18.4°N 104.5°W | 51 mi SSW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Oct 7 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 19.0°N 104.6°W | 19 mi WSW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Oct 7 08:00 | TS LANDFALL | 58 mph | 997 mb | 19.2°N 104.6°W | near Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Oct 7 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 999 mb | 19.6°N 104.6°W | 11 mi W of La Resolana, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Oct 7 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1002 mb | 20.3°N 104.5°W | near El Salto, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Oct 8 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1004 mb | 20.8°N 103.8°W | near Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
Olaf made landfall once: near Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico on October 7, 2003 at 08:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 58 mph winds.
At its peak on October 5, 2003, Olaf was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a central pressure of 987 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
4.8 days, from October 3, 2003 to October 8, 2003, including 6 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 896 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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