1979 season

Hurricane Enrique (1979)

Aug 17, 6:00 PM UTC – Aug 24, 6:00 PM UTC (7.0 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 4
Max sustained wind
145 mph (125 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (29)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1979-08-17 18:00TD11.2°N 113.8°W30—
1979-08-18 00:00TS11.2°N 114.9°W35—
1979-08-18 06:00TS11.7°N 115.9°W35—
1979-08-18 12:00TS12.2°N 116.9°W50—
1979-08-18 18:00TS12.8°N 117.9°W55—
1979-08-19 00:00HU12.8°N 119.0°W65—
1979-08-19 06:00HU12.9°N 120.0°W65—
1979-08-19 12:00HU13.0°N 121.0°W70—
1979-08-19 18:00HU13.1°N 122.0°W70—
1979-08-20 00:00HU13.4°N 122.9°W70—
1979-08-20 06:00HU13.8°N 123.8°W65—
1979-08-20 12:00HU14.2°N 124.5°W65—
1979-08-20 18:00HU14.6°N 125.0°W65—
1979-08-21 00:00HU14.9°N 125.6°W65—
1979-08-21 06:00TS15.4°N 126.0°W55—
1979-08-21 12:00TS15.9°N 126.4°W60—
1979-08-21 18:00HU16.5°N 126.8°W80—
1979-08-22 00:00HU17.0°N 127.5°W110—
1979-08-22 06:00HU17.6°N 128.3°W120—
1979-08-22 12:00HU18.2°N 129.2°W125—
1979-08-22 18:00HU18.9°N 129.9°W125—
1979-08-23 00:00HU19.6°N 130.7°W110—
1979-08-23 06:00HU20.1°N 131.3°W75—
1979-08-23 12:00TS20.4°N 132.0°W55—
1979-08-23 18:00TS20.8°N 132.7°W45—
1979-08-24 00:00TD21.1°N 133.5°W30—
1979-08-24 06:00TD21.1°N 134.4°W30—
1979-08-24 12:00TD21.2°N 135.1°W25—
1979-08-24 18:00TD21.3°N 135.8°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.