1979 season

Tropical Storm Blanca (1979)

Jun 21, 6:00 AM UTC – Jun 25, 12:00 PM UTC (4.3 days)

Peak
Tropical Storm
Max sustained wind
50 mph (45 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (18)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1979-06-21 06:00TD9.5°N 102.7°W25—
1979-06-21 12:00TD9.3°N 104.2°W30—
1979-06-21 18:00TD9.3°N 105.7°W30—
1979-06-22 00:00TS9.3°N 107.0°W35—
1979-06-22 06:00TS9.5°N 108.1°W45—
1979-06-22 12:00TS9.6°N 109.1°W45—
1979-06-22 18:00TS9.7°N 110.1°W45—
1979-06-23 00:00TS10.0°N 111.1°W45—
1979-06-23 06:00TS10.2°N 112.0°W45—
1979-06-23 12:00TS10.3°N 113.3°W45—
1979-06-23 18:00TS10.7°N 114.4°W45—
1979-06-24 00:00TS11.2°N 115.6°W40—
1979-06-24 06:00TS11.3°N 116.9°W40—
1979-06-24 12:00TS11.5°N 118.2°W35—
1979-06-24 18:00TS11.8°N 119.5°W35—
1979-06-25 00:00TS12.5°N 121.0°W35—
1979-06-25 06:00TD12.8°N 122.8°W25—
1979-06-25 12:00TD13.3°N 124.9°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.