1969 season

Hurricane Martha (1969)

Nov 20, 12:00 PM UTC – Nov 25, 12:00 PM UTC (5.0 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
90 mph (80 kt)
Lowest pressure
979 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Nov 24, 6:00 PM UTC · 8.8°N 81.1°W · Tropical Storm · 45 mph
Every track point (21)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1969-11-20 12:00TD11.2°N 79.8°W25—
1969-11-20 18:00TD11.0°N 79.9°W30—
1969-11-21 00:00TS10.8°N 80.0°W351003
1969-11-21 06:00TS10.6°N 80.2°W45—
1969-11-21 12:00TS10.5°N 80.5°W55—
1969-11-21 18:00HU10.4°N 80.8°W65—
1969-11-22 00:00HU10.3°N 81.0°W75—
1969-11-22 06:00HU10.3°N 81.0°W80—
1969-11-22 12:00HU10.3°N 81.0°W80979
1969-11-22 18:00HU10.2°N 81.0°W75982
1969-11-23 00:00HU10.1°N 81.0°W70986
1969-11-23 06:00TS10.0°N 81.0°W55—
1969-11-23 12:00TS9.9°N 81.0°W45999
1969-11-23 18:00TS9.7°N 81.0°W451000
1969-11-24 00:00TS9.4°N 81.0°W45999
1969-11-24 06:00TS9.2°N 81.0°W45—
1969-11-24 12:00TS9.0°N 81.0°W451000
1969-11-24 18:00TS8.8°N 81.1°W40—Landfall
1969-11-25 00:00TD8.7°N 81.3°W30—
1969-11-25 06:00TD8.6°N 81.6°W30—
1969-11-25 12:00TD8.5°N 82.0°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.