1959 season

Unnamed Hurricane, EP12 1959

Oct 22, 12:00 PM UTC – Oct 28, 6:00 AM UTC (5.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 4
Max sustained wind
140 mph (120 kt)
Lowest pressure
958 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Oct 27, 12:00 PM UTC · 19.1°N 104.4°W · Hurricane · 140 mph · 958 mb
Every track point (24)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1959-10-22 12:00TS12.2°N 95.1°W40—
1959-10-22 18:00TS12.4°N 95.7°W45—
1959-10-23 00:00TS12.6°N 96.5°W50—
1959-10-23 06:00TS12.8°N 97.3°W55—
1959-10-23 12:00TS13.1°N 98.2°W60—
1959-10-23 18:00HU13.5°N 99.2°W70—
1959-10-24 00:00HU14.0°N 100.0°W75—
1959-10-24 06:00HU14.5°N 100.8°W75—
1959-10-24 12:00HU15.0°N 101.6°W75—
1959-10-24 18:00HU15.5°N 102.2°W80—
1959-10-25 00:00HU16.0°N 102.7°W90—
1959-10-25 06:00HU16.4°N 103.3°W95—
1959-10-25 12:00HU16.7°N 103.9°W100—
1959-10-25 18:00HU17.0°N 104.5°W105—
1959-10-26 00:00HU17.2°N 105.1°W110—
1959-10-26 06:00HU17.5°N 105.4°W115—
1959-10-26 12:00HU17.8°N 105.5°W115—
1959-10-26 18:00HU18.1°N 105.4°W115—
1959-10-27 00:00HU18.4°N 105.1°W120—
1959-10-27 06:00HU18.8°N 104.7°W120—
1959-10-27 12:00HU19.1°N 104.4°W120958Landfall
1959-10-27 18:00HU19.5°N 103.9°W70—
1959-10-28 00:00TS20.1°N 103.5°W45—
1959-10-28 06:00TD20.8°N 103.3°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.