Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · September 26 – October 3, 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 Polo (1984) was a Category 3 hurricane of the 1984 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on September 26, 1984, 208 mi S of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico, reached its peak of 115 mph (185 km/h) on October 1, 1984, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 7.5 days and travelled about 1,787 miles (2,875 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.9°N 97.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.8°N 98.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.7°N 98.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.6°N 99.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.5°N 100.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.4°N 101.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.3°N 102.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.2°N 103.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 12.3°N 104.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 12.4°N 104.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 12.7°N 105.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 28 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 13.0°N 106.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 13.4°N 106.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 13.9°N 107.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 14.4°N 107.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 15.1°N 108.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 15.6°N 109.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 16.1°N 110.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 16.7°N 110.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.3°N 111.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.0°N 112.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.6°N 113.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 19.4°N 114.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 18:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 20.0°N 114.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 00:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 20.8°N 114.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 06:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 21.7°N 114.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 22.2°N 113.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 22.6°N 113.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 23.2°N 112.3°W | 133 mi SSW of Ciudad Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Oct 3 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 23.8°N 111.3°W | 67 mi WSW of La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Oct 3 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 24.5°N 109.9°W | 36 mi NE of La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Polo.
At its peak on October 1, 1984, Polo was a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h).
7.5 days, from September 26, 1984 to October 3, 1984, including 66 hours at hurricane strength (24 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 1,787 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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