Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · October 8–20, 1983
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 Raymond (1983) was a Category 4 hurricane of the 1983 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on October 8, 1983, reached its peak of 144 mph (232 km/h) on October 11, 1983, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 69 mph in 24 hours (to 132 mph on October 11, 1983). The storm lasted 12.5 days and travelled about 3,859 miles (6,209 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honolulu, Hawaii | direct hit | Oct 20 · 13:00 UTC | TD 28 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 8 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 12.4°N 104.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 12.3°N 105.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 12.3°N 105.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 12.3°N 106.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 12.3°N 107.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 12.3°N 108.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 12.3°N 109.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 12.2°N 110.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 12.1°N 113.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 12.0°N 114.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 11.9°N 116.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 11 00:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 12.0°N 117.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 11 06:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 12.1°N 119.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 11 12:00 | Cat 4 | 144 mph | — | 12.4°N 121.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 11 18:00 | Cat 4 | 144 mph | — | 12.7°N 122.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 12 00:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 13.0°N 124.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 12 06:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 13.5°N 126.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 12 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 13.8°N 127.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 12 18:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 14.3°N 129.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 13 00:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 14.8°N 131.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 13 06:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 15.2°N 133.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 13 12:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 15.6°N 134.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 13 18:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 16.1°N 136.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 14 00:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 16.6°N 138.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 14 06:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 16.8°N 139.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 14 12:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 17.1°N 141.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 14 18:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 17.4°N 142.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 15 00:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 17.6°N 143.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 15 06:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 18.1°N 144.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 15 12:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 18.5°N 145.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 15 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 19.0°N 145.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 16 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 19.4°N 146.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 16 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 19.8°N 146.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 16 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 20.1°N 146.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 16 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 20.3°N 147.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 17 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 20.4°N 147.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 17 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 20.8°N 147.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 17 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 21.3°N 148.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 17 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 21.7°N 148.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 18 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 22.2°N 149.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 18 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 22.3°N 149.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 18 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 22.3°N 150.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 18 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 22.3°N 150.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 19 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 22.1°N 151.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 19 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 21.8°N 152.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 19 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 21.5°N 153.5°W | 160 mi NE of Hilo, Hawaii |
| Oct 19 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 21.2°N 154.5°W | 109 mi NNE of Hilo, Hawaii |
| Oct 20 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 20.9°N 155.4°W | 68 mi E of Kīhei, Hawaii |
| Oct 20 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 21.0°N 156.4°W | near Kahului, Hawaii |
| Oct 20 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 21.3°N 157.5°W | 14 mi E of East Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Oct 20 18:00 | TD | 23 mph | — | 22.0°N 159.5°W | 13 mi WSW of Kapa‘a, Hawaii |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Raymond. Its closest approach to a major city was 8 miles from Honolulu, Hawaii.
At its peak on October 11, 1983, Raymond was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 144 mph (232 km/h).
12.5 days, from October 8, 1983 to October 20, 1983, including 132 hours at hurricane strength (96 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 3,859 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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