1979 season

Hurricane Dolores (1979)

Jul 17, 6:00 AM UTC – Jul 23, 6:00 PM UTC (6.5 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 3
Max sustained wind
120 mph (105 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (27)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1979-07-17 06:00TD10.5°N 103.7°W25—
1979-07-17 12:00TD10.9°N 105.3°W30—
1979-07-17 18:00TS11.2°N 107.0°W35—
1979-07-18 00:00TS11.0°N 108.9°W35—
1979-07-18 06:00TS11.2°N 110.2°W40—
1979-07-18 12:00TS11.8°N 111.4°W50—
1979-07-18 18:00HU12.4°N 112.6°W65—
1979-07-19 00:00HU12.5°N 113.8°W65—
1979-07-19 06:00HU12.8°N 114.8°W65—
1979-07-19 12:00HU13.2°N 115.5°W70—
1979-07-19 18:00HU13.7°N 116.0°W75—
1979-07-20 00:00HU14.0°N 116.5°W80—
1979-07-20 06:00HU14.6°N 117.1°W100—
1979-07-20 12:00HU15.3°N 117.7°W95—
1979-07-20 18:00HU16.0°N 118.2°W95—
1979-07-21 00:00HU16.9°N 118.9°W105—
1979-07-21 06:00HU17.7°N 119.7°W100—
1979-07-21 12:00HU18.4°N 120.4°W90—
1979-07-21 18:00HU19.2°N 121.3°W65—
1979-07-22 00:00TS20.3°N 121.8°W60—
1979-07-22 06:00TS21.3°N 122.6°W60—
1979-07-22 12:00TS22.2°N 123.5°W50—
1979-07-22 18:00TD23.3°N 124.2°W30—
1979-07-23 00:00TD24.2°N 125.1°W30—
1979-07-23 06:00TD25.2°N 125.9°W30—
1979-07-23 12:00TD26.3°N 126.4°W25—
1979-07-23 18:00TD27.3°N 127.0°W20—

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.