Unnamed hurricane (1959)
Unnamed hurricane reached Category 4 in the Eastern Pacific between October 22, 1959 and October 29, 1959, with a lowest pressure of 958 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed hurricane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1959 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- October 22, 1959 to October 29, 1959
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 958 mb (28.29 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 18.1
- Fastest the center moved
- 10 kt (12 mph)
- Identifier
- EP121959
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 12:00 | Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico, 6 km away | 19.1N 104.4W | 120 kt (138 mph) | 958 mb |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 12:00 | 12.2N 95.1W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 22, 18:00 | 12.4N 95.7W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 23, 00:00 | 12.6N 96.5W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 23, 06:00 | 12.8N 97.3W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 23, 12:00 | 13.1N 98.2W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 23, 18:00 | 13.5N 99.2W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 24, 00:00 | 14.0N 100.0W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 24, 06:00 | 14.5N 100.8W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 24, 12:00 | 15.0N 101.6W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 24, 18:00 | 15.5N 102.2W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 25, 00:00 | 16.0N 102.7W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 25, 06:00 | 16.4N 103.3W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 25, 12:00 | 16.7N 103.9W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 25, 18:00 | 17.0N 104.5W | 105 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 26, 00:00 | 17.2N 105.1W | 110 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 26, 06:00 | 17.5N 105.4W | 115 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 26, 12:00 | 17.8N 105.5W | 115 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 26, 18:00 | 18.1N 105.4W | 115 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 27, 00:00 | 18.4N 105.1W | 120 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 27, 06:00 | 18.8N 104.7W | 120 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 27, 12:00 landfall | 19.1N 104.4W | 120 kt | 958 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 27, 18:00 | 19.5N 103.9W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 28, 00:00 | 20.1N 103.5W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 28, 06:00 | 20.8N 103.3W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Oct 28, 12:00 | 21.6N 102.9W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 28, 18:00 | 22.2N 102.6W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 29, 00:00 | 22.8N 102.3W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 29, 06:00 | 23.4N 102.1W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 29, 12:00 | 24.0N 102.0W | 25 kt | Not reported |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1959
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- Hurricane DotEastern Pacific · 1959
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- Unnamed tropical stormEastern Pacific · 1959
- Unnamed tropical stormEastern Pacific · 1959
- Unnamed hurricaneEastern Pacific · 1959
- Hurricane PatsyEastern Pacific · 1959
- Unnamed hurricaneEastern Pacific · 1959
- Tropical Storm WandaEastern Pacific · 1959
- Unnamed tropical stormEastern Pacific · 1959
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.