Track map & timeline · Central Pacific · September 6–10, 1959
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 Patsy (1959) was a Category 5 hurricane of the 1959 Central Pacific season. It formed on September 6, 1959, reached its peak of 173 mph (278 km/h) on September 6, 1959, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 52 mph in 24 hours (to 138 mph on September 7, 1959). The storm lasted 4.3 days and travelled about 1,162 miles (1,869 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 20.0°N 180.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 12:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 20.8°N 179.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 6 18:00 | Cat 5 | 173 mph | — | 22.2°N 178.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 00:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 23.5°N 178.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 06:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 24.9°N 178.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 12:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 26.2°N 179.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 7 18:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 26.9°N 179.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 00:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 27.3°N 178.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 06:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 27.7°N 178.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 27.9°N 178.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 18:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 28.1°N 177.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 28.4°N 178.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 29.2°N 178.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 30.2°N 179.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 31.2°N 180.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 32.4°N 179.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 33.5°N 179.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 34.5°N 179.8°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Patsy.
At its peak on September 6, 1959, Patsy was a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 173 mph (278 km/h).
4.3 days, from September 6, 1959 to September 10, 1959, including 90 hours at hurricane strength (60 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 1,162 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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