1969 season

Hurricane Francelia (1969)

Aug 29, 12:00 AM UTC – Sep 4, 12:00 PM UTC (6.5 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 2
Max sustained wind
100 mph (85 kt)
Lowest pressure
973 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall

Landfalls

  • Sep 3, 9:00 PM UTC · 16.2°N 88.8°W · Hurricane · 100 mph
Every track point (28)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1969-08-29 00:00TD12.0°N 62.0°W30—
1969-08-29 06:00TD12.1°N 64.0°W30—
1969-08-29 12:00TD12.3°N 65.9°W30—
1969-08-29 18:00TD12.7°N 67.7°W301005
1969-08-30 00:00TD13.1°N 69.4°W30—
1969-08-30 06:00TS13.5°N 71.0°W40—
1969-08-30 12:00TS13.8°N 72.6°W501001
1969-08-30 18:00TS14.1°N 74.2°W55999
1969-08-31 00:00TS14.4°N 75.7°W55—
1969-08-31 06:00TS14.8°N 76.9°W55—
1969-08-31 12:00TS15.3°N 77.8°W55—
1969-08-31 18:00TS15.8°N 78.6°W50—
1969-09-01 00:00TS16.2°N 79.5°W451002
1969-09-01 06:00TS16.6°N 80.7°W45—
1969-09-01 12:00TS17.0°N 82.0°W50—
1969-09-01 18:00TS17.3°N 83.3°W55995
1969-09-02 00:00HU17.2°N 84.6°W65987
1969-09-02 06:00HU16.9°N 85.4°W70983
1969-09-02 12:00HU16.6°N 86.1°W80976
1969-09-02 18:00HU16.4°N 86.7°W85973
1969-09-03 00:00HU16.3°N 87.3°W85—
1969-09-03 06:00HU16.3°N 87.7°W85—
1969-09-03 12:00HU16.2°N 88.2°W85—
1969-09-03 18:00HU16.2°N 88.6°W85—
1969-09-03 21:00HU16.2°N 88.8°W85—Landfall
1969-09-04 00:00HU16.2°N 89.0°W70—
1969-09-04 06:00TS16.2°N 89.4°W45—
1969-09-04 12:00TD16.2°N 89.8°W25—

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), its post-season reanalysis; values can differ from the advisories issued at the time. Source: hurdat2-1851-2025-092326.txt, hurdat2-nepac-1949-2025-092926.txt.