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Hurricane Anita 1977

Category 5 hurricane · Atlantic · August 29 to September 3, 1977

Anita reached Category 5 with 175 mph winds, one of 44 Atlantic storms to do so since 1851. No other storm of the 1977 Atlantic season matched its 175 mph peak; the season had 15 storms. It generated 52% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy, more than any other 1977 storm. The name Anita is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired Atlantic hurricane names.

Track of Anita (1977) from the best-track record, coloured by strength25°N100°W95°W90°WSan Luis PotosíCiudad VictoriaPeak 175 mphFirst recordDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 4Category 500 and 12 UTC

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Anita (1977) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160200Aug 30Aug 31Sep 1Sep 2Sep 3mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 235 miles southeast of Houma, Louisiana
  2. Tropical storm 200 miles south-southeast of Houma, Louisiana
  3. Hurricane 215 miles south of Houma, Louisiana
  4. Major hurricane 135 miles east-southeast of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico
  5. Peak 80 miles southeast of San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico; lowest pressure 926 mb
  6. Last record (tropical depression) 25 miles south-southwest of Villanueva, Zacatecas, Mexico

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind175 mph · tied 11th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure926 mb · tied 41st of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy12.8 · 418th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone4.8 days · tied 939th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

More from the record

Its winds climbed 75 mph in the 24 hours to September 2.

In the 1977 season

04080120160200Anita

Storm 5 of 15 in 1977, hurricane 1 of 5; it formed after Storm 4 of 1977 and before Babe. See the season.

Places the center passed

The best-track file has no landfall records for Atlantic storms of 1977, so the track itself shows where this storm went. The center came within 50 miles of 7 towns or cities of 10,000 people or more while the system was tropical. Distances are to the interpolated track line, not the storm's edge.

PlaceClosestWind thenDate
Aguascalientes, Mexico20 mi35 mphSeptember 3
Villanueva, Zacatecas, Mexico21 mi30 mphSeptember 3
San Luis Potosí, Mexico22 mi45 mphSeptember 3
Ciudad Mante, Tamaulipas, Mexico30 mi80 mphSeptember 2
Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico35 mi100 mphSeptember 2
Zacatecas, Mexico44 mi35 mphSeptember 3
Aldama, Tamaulipas, Mexico45 mi120 mphSeptember 2

Every storm within 50 miles of San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Also peaked at 175 mph

Of 9 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time: