Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · October 11–19, 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 Tico (1983) was a Category 4 hurricane of the 1983 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on October 11, 1983, reached its peak of 132 mph (213 km/h) on October 19, 1983, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 40 mph in 24 hours (to 86 mph on October 14, 1983). The storm lasted 8.3 days and travelled about 1,626 miles (2,615 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico | 25 mi | Oct 19 · 15:00 UTC | Cat 2 106 mph |
| Victoria de Durango, Durango, Mexico | 64 mi | Oct 19 · 18:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 8.5°N 100.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 11 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 8.7°N 100.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 12 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 8.8°N 101.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 12 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 9.1°N 102.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 12 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 9.4°N 102.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 12 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 10.2°N 102.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 13 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 11.2°N 102.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 13 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 12.1°N 102.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 13 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 13.0°N 102.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 13 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 13.8°N 102.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 14 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 14.2°N 102.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 14 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 14.7°N 102.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 14 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 15.3°N 103.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 14 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 15.7°N 103.3°W | 172 mi SSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Oct 15 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 16.1°N 103.6°W | 159 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Oct 15 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 16.2°N 103.9°W | 166 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Oct 15 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 16.3°N 104.2°W | 175 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Oct 15 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 16.5°N 104.5°W | 172 mi SSW of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico |
| Oct 16 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 16.8°N 104.9°W | 161 mi SSW of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico |
| Oct 16 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.1°N 105.4°W | 156 mi SSW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Oct 16 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 17.2°N 106.0°W | 171 mi SW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Oct 16 18:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 17.3°N 106.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 17 00:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 17.4°N 107.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 17 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 17.5°N 108.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 17 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 17.5°N 109.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 17 18:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 17.6°N 109.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 18 00:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 17.9°N 110.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 18 06:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 18.3°N 110.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 18 12:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 18.8°N 110.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 18 18:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 19.3°N 110.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 19 00:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 20.1°N 109.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 19 06:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 21.1°N 108.3°W | 161 mi SE of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Oct 19 12:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 22.3°N 107.0°W | 74 mi SSW of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Oct 19 18:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 86 mph | — | 23.5°N 105.5°W | 11 mi NW of Pueblo Nuevo, Durango, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Tico. Its closest approach to a major city was 25 miles from Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico.
At its peak on October 19, 1983, Tico was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 132 mph (213 km/h).
8.3 days, from October 11, 1983 to October 19, 1983, including 126 hours at hurricane strength (60 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 1,626 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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