1979 season

Hurricane Fefa (1979)

Aug 21, 12:00 AM UTC – Aug 25, 12:00 AM UTC (4.0 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 3
Max sustained wind
115 mph (100 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (17)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1979-08-21 00:00TD13.9°N 101.8°W25—
1979-08-21 06:00TS14.2°N 103.1°W35—
1979-08-21 12:00TS14.8°N 104.5°W40—
1979-08-21 18:00TS15.3°N 106.1°W55—
1979-08-22 00:00TS15.6°N 108.0°W60—
1979-08-22 06:00HU15.8°N 109.6°W75—
1979-08-22 12:00HU16.2°N 111.0°W90—
1979-08-22 18:00HU16.7°N 112.2°W95—
1979-08-23 00:00HU16.9°N 114.0°W90—
1979-08-23 06:00HU17.5°N 115.8°W90—
1979-08-23 12:00HU17.8°N 117.8°W100—
1979-08-23 18:00HU17.8°N 119.8°W80—
1979-08-24 00:00HU17.9°N 120.8°W65—
1979-08-24 06:00TS18.0°N 121.4°W55—
1979-08-24 12:00TS18.1°N 122.1°W35—
1979-08-24 18:00TD18.2°N 122.7°W25—
1979-08-25 00:00TD18.4°N 123.3°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.