Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · October 6–11, 1968
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 Rebecca (1968) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1968 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on October 6, 1968, 262 mi SSW of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) on October 8, 1968, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 34 mph in 24 hours (to 86 mph on October 8, 1968). The storm lasted 5.0 days and travelled about 1,217 miles (1,957 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.2°N 98.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.9°N 98.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 13.6°N 99.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 14.1°N 99.7°W | 185 mi SSW of Cuajinicuilapa, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Oct 7 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 14.7°N 100.2°W | 150 mi S of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Oct 7 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 15.3°N 100.6°W | 116 mi SSW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Oct 7 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 15.8°N 101.1°W | 107 mi SW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Oct 7 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 16.2°N 101.5°W | 91 mi SW of Técpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Oct 8 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 16.6°N 102.0°W | 78 mi SSW of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Oct 8 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 17.0°N 102.7°W | 74 mi SSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Oct 8 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 17.4°N 103.5°W | 94 mi WSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Oct 8 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.7°N 104.3°W | 89 mi SSW of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico |
| Oct 9 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.9°N 105.1°W | 98 mi SSW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Oct 9 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.0°N 105.9°W | 122 mi SW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Oct 9 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 18.1°N 106.8°W | 166 mi WSW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Oct 9 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 18.5°N 107.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 19.0°N 109.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 19.5°N 110.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 20.1°N 111.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 10 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 20.9°N 112.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 11 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 22.0°N 112.4°W | 170 mi WSW of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Rebecca.
At its peak on October 8, 1968, Rebecca was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h).
5.0 days, from October 6, 1968 to October 11, 1968, including 18 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,217 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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