Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · October 22–25, 1975
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 Olivia (1975) was a Category 3 hurricane of the 1975 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on October 22, 1975, reached its peak of 115 mph (185 km/h) on October 25, 1975, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 52 mph in 24 hours (to 92 mph on October 24, 1975). The storm lasted 3.5 days and travelled about 950 miles (1,529 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico | 17 mi | Oct 25 · 06:00 UTC | Cat 3 115 mph |
| Victoria de Durango, Durango, Mexico | 50 mi | Oct 25 · 12:00 UTC | Cat 1 86 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 22 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 13.7°N 107.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 22 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 14.2°N 109.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 22 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 14.7°N 110.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 22 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 15.1°N 110.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 23 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 15.6°N 110.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 23 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 16.0°N 111.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 23 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 16.5°N 111.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 23 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 16.9°N 110.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 24 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 17.6°N 110.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 24 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 18.7°N 110.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 24 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 20.0°N 109.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 24 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 21.2°N 108.3°W | 156 mi SE of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Oct 25 00:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 22.2°N 107.3°W | 90 mi SW of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Oct 25 06:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 23.0°N 106.3°W | 17 mi SSE of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Oct 25 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 23.6°N 105.3°W | 13 mi SSE of El Salto, Durango, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Olivia. Its closest approach to a major city was 17 miles from Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico.
At its peak on October 25, 1975, Olivia was a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h).
3.5 days, from October 22, 1975 to October 25, 1975, including 42 hours at hurricane strength (6 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 950 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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