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Hurricane Ingrid 2013

Category 1 hurricane · Atlantic · September 12 to September 17, 2013

Ingrid's 65 mph landfall in Tamaulipas on September 16, 2013 ranks tied for the 17th-strongest of the 26 storms with a landfall record there. With a peak of 85 mph, it ranked the second-strongest of the 15 storms of the 2013 season. It produced 15% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. The name Ingrid is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired Atlantic hurricane names.

Track of Ingrid (2013) from the best-track record, coloured by strength20°N25°N100°W95°W90°WSantiago TuxtlaTamaulipas, 65 mphPeak 85 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 100 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Ingrid (2013) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 304080120Sep 13Sep 14Sep 15Sep 16Sep 17mph
  1. First record (low) 50 miles north-northwest of Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico
  2. Tropical storm 60 miles north-northeast of Santiago Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexico
  3. Hurricane 170 miles northeast of Veracruz, Mexico
  4. Peak 180 miles east-northeast of Tuxpam, Veracruz, Mexico; lowest pressure 983 mb
  5. Landfall Tamaulipas
  6. No longer tropical (low) 35 miles west of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico
  7. Last record 35 miles west of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind85 mph · tied 684th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure983 mb · tied 553rd of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy4.9 · tied 859th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone4.2 days · tied 1056th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 2013 season

04080120Ingrid

Storm 10 of 15 in 2013, hurricane 2 of 2; it formed after Humberto and before Jerry. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of 2 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
Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico1 mi30 mphSeptember 16
Santiago Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexico43 mi45 mphSeptember 13

Every storm within 50 miles of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Similar landfalls in Tamaulipas

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Tamaulipas came closest to Ingrid's 65 mph:

  • Alma (1958)65 mph, June 15, 1958
  • Hermine (2010)70 mph, September 7, 2010
  • Gabrielle (1995)70 mph, August 11, 1995
  • Fern (1967)60 mph, October 4, 1967

All 26 storms with a landfall record in Tamaulipas

Also peaked at 85 mph

Of 77 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Chris (2012)974 mb, no landfall record
  • Cristobal (2014)965 mb, no landfall record
  • Fred (2015)986 mb, no landfall record
  • Kate (2015)980 mb, no landfall record