1966 season

Hurricane Blanca (1966)

Aug 3, 12:00 AM UTC – Aug 12, 12:00 AM UTC (9.0 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
85 mph (75 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (37)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1966-08-03 00:00TS16.0°N 116.0°W45—
1966-08-03 06:00TS16.4°N 117.1°W45—
1966-08-03 12:00TS16.8°N 118.2°W45—
1966-08-03 18:00TS17.4°N 119.5°W45—
1966-08-04 00:00TS18.0°N 120.8°W45—
1966-08-04 06:00TS18.6°N 122.2°W45—
1966-08-04 12:00TS19.3°N 123.6°W45—
1966-08-04 18:00TS19.8°N 124.9°W45—
1966-08-05 00:00HU20.2°N 126.2°W75—
1966-08-05 06:00HU20.5°N 127.7°W75—
1966-08-05 12:00HU20.7°N 129.2°W75—
1966-08-05 18:00TS20.9°N 130.5°W45—
1966-08-06 00:00TS21.0°N 131.8°W45—
1966-08-06 06:00TS21.0°N 132.8°W45—
1966-08-06 12:00TS21.0°N 133.9°W45—
1966-08-06 18:00TS21.1°N 135.3°W45—
1966-08-07 00:00TS21.2°N 136.7°W45—
1966-08-07 06:00TD21.5°N 138.1°W25—
1966-08-07 12:00TD22.1°N 139.4°W25—
1966-08-07 18:00TD22.9°N 140.7°W25—
1966-08-08 00:00TD23.6°N 142.0°W25—
1966-08-08 06:00TD24.0°N 143.1°W25—
1966-08-08 12:00TD24.4°N 144.2°W25—
1966-08-08 18:00TD24.8°N 145.2°W25—
1966-08-09 00:00TD25.2°N 146.3°W25—
1966-08-09 06:00TS25.5°N 147.6°W45—
1966-08-09 12:00TS25.9°N 149.1°W45—
1966-08-09 18:00TS26.5°N 150.7°W45—
1966-08-10 00:00TS27.1°N 152.3°W45—
1966-08-10 06:00TS27.7°N 153.8°W45—
1966-08-10 12:00TS28.3°N 155.2°W45—
1966-08-10 18:00TS29.5°N 157.0°W45—
1966-08-11 00:00TS30.6°N 158.9°W45—
1966-08-11 06:00TS30.9°N 160.4°W45—
1966-08-11 12:00TS31.0°N 162.0°W45—
1966-08-11 18:00TS31.0°N 163.5°W45—
1966-08-12 00:00TS30.9°N 165.0°W45—

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.