Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · November 23–29, 2015
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. During the replay the shaded rings show the storm’s wind field as analysed by NHC — 39+, 58+ and 74+ mph winds, quadrant by quadrant. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Hurricane Sandra (2015) was a Category 4 hurricane of the 2015 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on November 23, 2015, reached its peak of 150 mph (241 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 934 mb on November 26, 2015, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 69 mph in 24 hours (to 150 mph on November 26, 2015). The storm lasted 6.0 days and travelled about 1,531 miles (2,464 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico | 46 mi | Nov 29 · 12:00 UTC | TD 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23 12:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 10.9°N 100.5°W | open ocean |
| Nov 23 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 10.8°N 102.0°W | open ocean |
| Nov 24 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1004 mb | 10.8°N 103.3°W | open ocean |
| Nov 24 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1002 mb | 10.9°N 104.4°W | open ocean |
| Nov 24 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1000 mb | 11.2°N 105.5°W | open ocean |
| Nov 24 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 999 mb | 11.5°N 106.6°W | open ocean |
| Nov 25 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 996 mb | 11.8°N 107.6°W | open ocean |
| Nov 25 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 989 mb | 12.1°N 108.5°W | open ocean |
| Nov 25 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 976 mb | 12.3°N 109.3°W | open ocean |
| Nov 25 18:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 967 mb | 12.7°N 109.7°W | open ocean |
| Nov 26 00:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 957 mb | 13.3°N 110.2°W | open ocean |
| Nov 26 06:00 | Cat 4 | 150 mph | 934 mb | 14.1°N 110.2°W | open ocean |
| Nov 26 12:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | 943 mb | 15.2°N 110.2°W | open ocean |
| Nov 26 18:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 947 mb | 16.3°N 110.2°W | open ocean |
| Nov 27 00:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 951 mb | 17.4°N 109.8°W | open ocean |
| Nov 27 06:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 963 mb | 18.5°N 109.3°W | open ocean |
| Nov 27 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 970 mb | 19.3°N 108.8°W | open ocean |
| Nov 27 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 978 mb | 20.0°N 108.2°W | open ocean |
| Nov 28 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 987 mb | 20.7°N 108.8°W | 167 mi SSE of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Nov 28 06:00 | TS low/wave | 46 mph | 994 mb | 21.2°N 109.1°W | 128 mi SSE of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Nov 28 12:00 | TS low/wave | 40 mph | 1002 mb | 21.7°N 109.0°W | 101 mi SE of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Nov 28 18:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 22.4°N 108.7°W | 78 mi SE of San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Nov 29 00:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 23.1°N 108.3°W | 89 mi E of San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Nov 29 06:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 23.5°N 107.9°W | 66 mi SSW of Eldorado, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Nov 29 12:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1010 mb | 24.2°N 107.7°W | 23 mi WSW of Eldorado, Sinaloa, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Sandra. Its closest approach to a major city was 46 miles from Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico.
At its peak on November 26, 2015, Sandra was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (241 km/h) and a central pressure of 934 mb.
6.0 days, from November 23, 2015 to November 29, 2015, including 66 hours at hurricane strength (30 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 1,531 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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