Hurricane Celia (1986)
Hurricane Celia reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between June 24, 1986 and June 30, 1986.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Celia, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1986 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
- June 24, 1986 to June 30, 1986
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 316 km (196 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 5.1
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- EP031986
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.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 18:00 | 10.7N 97.6W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jun 25, 00:00 | 10.6N 98.3W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jun 25, 06:00 | 10.6N 99.1W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jun 25, 12:00 | 10.6N 99.8W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jun 25, 18:00 | 10.6N 100.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jun 26, 00:00 | 10.7N 101.2W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 26, 06:00 | 10.8N 101.8W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 26, 12:00 | 11.1N 102.5W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 26, 18:00 | 11.6N 103.2W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 27, 00:00 | 12.3N 104.2W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 27, 06:00 | 13.0N 105.4W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 27, 12:00 | 13.7N 106.7W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 27, 18:00 | 14.5N 107.8W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jun 28, 00:00 | 15.6N 108.8W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jun 28, 06:00 | 16.6N 109.7W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jun 28, 12:00 | 17.9N 110.6W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jun 28, 18:00 | 19.2N 111.5W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jun 29, 00:00 | 20.2N 112.5W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jun 29, 06:00 | 20.9N 113.1W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jun 29, 12:00 | 21.6N 113.6W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 29, 18:00 | 22.2N 114.0W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 30, 00:00 | 22.7N 114.4W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jun 30, 06:00 | 23.2N 114.9W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jun 30, 12:00 | 23.6N 115.4W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jun 30, 18:00 | 24.0N 115.8W | 20 kt | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1986
- Hurricane AgathaEastern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm BlasEastern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm DarbyEastern Pacific · 1986
- Hurricane EstelleEastern Pacific · 1986
- Hurricane FrankEastern Pacific · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1986
- Hurricane GeorgetteEastern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm HowardEastern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm IsisEastern Pacific · 1986
- Hurricane JavierEastern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm KayEastern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm LesterEastern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm MadelineEastern Pacific · 1986
- Hurricane NewtonEastern Pacific · 1986
- Hurricane OrleneEastern Pacific · 1986
- Hurricane PaineEastern Pacific · 1986
- Hurricane RoslynEastern Pacific · 1986
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.