Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · June 24–26, 1962
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01 · The story
Hurricane Valerie (1962) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1962 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on June 24, 1962, 132 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico, reached its peak of 86 mph (139 km/h) on June 24, 1962, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 2.0 days and travelled about 644 miles (1,036 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico | direct hit | Jun 25 · 17:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 16.6°N 103.6°W | 132 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Jun 24 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.4°N 104.4°W | 110 mi SSW of Tecomán, Colima, Mexico |
| Jun 24 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.2°N 105.1°W | 80 mi SW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Jun 24 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 19.0°N 105.6°W | 70 mi WSW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Jun 25 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 19.8°N 106.0°W | 75 mi SW of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Jun 25 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 20.8°N 106.4°W | 69 mi W of Bucerías, Nayarit, Mexico |
| Jun 25 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 21.8°N 106.6°W | 84 mi W of Tuxpan, Nayarit, Mexico |
| Jun 25 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 23.4°N 106.5°W | 13 mi NNW of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Jun 26 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 25.0°N 106.0°W | 36 mi W of Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Valerie. Its closest approach to a major city was 9 miles from Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico.
At its peak on June 24, 1962, Valerie was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 86 mph (139 km/h).
2.0 days, from June 24, 1962 to June 26, 1962, including 48 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 644 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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