1996 season

Hurricane Hernan (1996)

Sep 30, 6:00 AM UTC – Oct 4, 6:00 PM UTC (4.5 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
85 mph (75 kt)
Lowest pressure
980 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall

Landfalls

  • Oct 3, 10:00 AM UTC · 18.8°N 104.9°W · Tropical Storm · 75 mph · 987 mb
Every track point (20)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1996-09-30 06:00TD12.6°N 98.7°W301004
1996-09-30 12:00TD12.6°N 99.7°W301003
1996-09-30 18:00TS12.9°N 100.7°W351003
1996-10-01 00:00TS13.4°N 101.5°W351002
1996-10-01 06:00TS14.1°N 101.4°W351001
1996-10-01 12:00TS14.7°N 101.1°W45999
1996-10-01 18:00TS15.5°N 101.3°W50995
1996-10-02 00:00TS16.1°N 101.7°W55992
1996-10-02 06:00HU16.9°N 102.3°W65987
1996-10-02 12:00HU17.9°N 103.1°W75980
1996-10-02 18:00HU18.5°N 103.9°W70981
1996-10-03 00:00HU18.9°N 104.6°W65985
1996-10-03 06:00HU18.7°N 104.9°W65987
1996-10-03 10:00TS18.8°N 104.9°W65987Landfall
1996-10-03 12:00TS19.5°N 104.9°W60989
1996-10-03 18:00TS20.1°N 105.0°W40991
1996-10-04 00:00TD20.7°N 105.1°W30994
1996-10-04 06:00TD21.1°N 105.6°W30998
1996-10-04 12:00TD21.7°N 105.6°W251002
1996-10-04 18:00TD22.0°N 105.5°W251003

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.