1979 season

Hurricane Ignacio (1979)

Oct 23, 6:00 PM UTC – Oct 30, 6:00 PM UTC (7.0 days)

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

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (29)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1979-10-23 18:00TD11.7°N 95.3°W25—
1979-10-24 00:00TD11.6°N 96.2°W30—
1979-10-24 06:00TD11.6°N 97.1°W30—
1979-10-24 12:00TS11.5°N 97.9°W35—
1979-10-24 18:00TS11.5°N 98.8°W35—
1979-10-25 00:00TS11.7°N 99.7°W35—
1979-10-25 06:00TS11.9°N 100.5°W40—
1979-10-25 12:00TS12.5°N 101.2°W40—
1979-10-25 18:00TS13.0°N 102.0°W40—
1979-10-26 00:00TS13.5°N 102.7°W45—
1979-10-26 06:00TS14.2°N 103.2°W55—
1979-10-26 12:00TS14.8°N 103.7°W60—
1979-10-26 18:00HU15.3°N 104.3°W70—
1979-10-27 00:00HU15.9°N 105.0°W80—
1979-10-27 06:00HU16.4°N 105.7°W90—
1979-10-27 12:00HU16.8°N 106.4°W90—
1979-10-27 18:00HU17.0°N 107.3°W125938
1979-10-28 00:00HU17.1°N 107.6°W120—
1979-10-28 06:00HU17.0°N 108.0°W115—
1979-10-28 12:00HU17.4°N 108.0°W100—
1979-10-28 18:00HU17.7°N 108.1°W90969
1979-10-29 00:00HU18.0°N 107.9°W80—
1979-10-29 06:00HU18.0°N 107.3°W75—
1979-10-29 12:00HU18.0°N 106.6°W65—
1979-10-29 18:00TS18.1°N 105.8°W55—
1979-10-30 00:00TS18.1°N 105.0°W55997
1979-10-30 06:00TS18.0°N 103.8°W55—
1979-10-30 12:00TD18.0°N 102.3°W30—
1979-10-30 18:00EX18.0°N 101.8°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.