1966 season

Hurricane Helga (1966)

Sep 9, 12:00 PM UTC – Sep 17, 12:00 PM UTC (8.0 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 (33)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1966-09-09 12:00TD14.4°N 105.2°W25—
1966-09-09 18:00TS14.3°N 106.3°W45—
1966-09-10 00:00TS14.4°N 107.3°W45—
1966-09-10 06:00TS14.7°N 108.1°W45—
1966-09-10 12:00TS15.0°N 108.8°W45—
1966-09-10 18:00TS15.4°N 109.5°W45—
1966-09-11 00:00TS15.8°N 110.2°W45—
1966-09-11 06:00TS16.0°N 111.0°W45—
1966-09-11 12:00TS16.2°N 111.9°W45—
1966-09-11 18:00TS16.9°N 112.9°W45—
1966-09-12 00:00TS17.7°N 113.9°W45—
1966-09-12 06:00TS18.3°N 114.6°W45—
1966-09-12 12:00TS19.0°N 115.3°W45—
1966-09-12 18:00HU19.8°N 115.8°W75—
1966-09-13 00:00HU20.6°N 116.1°W75—
1966-09-13 06:00HU21.5°N 116.3°W75—
1966-09-13 12:00HU22.5°N 116.3°W75—
1966-09-13 18:00HU23.3°N 116.3°W75—
1966-09-14 00:00HU24.1°N 116.2°W75—
1966-09-14 06:00TS24.6°N 116.1°W45—
1966-09-14 12:00TS25.0°N 115.9°W45—
1966-09-14 18:00TS25.6°N 115.5°W45—
1966-09-15 00:00TS26.1°N 114.9°W45—
1966-09-15 06:00TS26.4°N 114.0°W45—
1966-09-15 12:00TS26.7°N 113.0°W45—
1966-09-15 18:00TD26.8°N 112.4°W25—
1966-09-16 00:00TD27.0°N 111.7°W25—
1966-09-16 06:00TD27.2°N 111.0°W25—
1966-09-16 12:00TD27.3°N 110.3°W25—
1966-09-16 18:00TD27.5°N 109.4°W25—
1966-09-17 00:00TD27.8°N 108.6°W25—
1966-09-17 06:00TD27.9°N 107.8°W25—
1966-09-17 12:00TD28.0°N 107.0°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.