Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · November 10–12, 1961
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 Tara (1961) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1961 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on November 10, 1961, 231 mi SSW of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) on November 10, 1961, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 2.5 days and travelled about 497 miles (799 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico | 68 mi | Nov 12 · 12:00 UTC | Cat 1 86 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 10 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 14.6°N 103.0°W | open ocean |
| Nov 10 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 14.7°N 103.7°W | open ocean |
| Nov 10 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 15.0°N 104.0°W | open ocean |
| Nov 10 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 15.4°N 104.0°W | open ocean |
| Nov 11 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 15.9°N 103.7°W | 174 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Nov 11 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 15.9°N 102.6°W | 139 mi SSW of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Nov 11 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 16.2°N 101.2°W | 80 mi SSW of Técpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Nov 11 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 16.6°N 101.3°W | 62 mi SW of Técpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Nov 12 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.2°N 101.5°W | 31 mi S of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Nov 12 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.0°N 101.4°W | 27 mi NNE of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Nov 12 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.8°N 101.6°W | 29 mi SSE of Ario de Rosales, Michoacán, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Tara. Its closest approach to a major city was 68 miles from Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico.
At its peak on November 10, 1961, Tara was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h).
2.5 days, from November 10, 1961 to November 12, 1961, including 60 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 497 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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