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Hurricane Manuel 2013

Category 1 hurricane · Eastern and Central Pacific · September 13 to September 19, 2013

Manuel's 70 mph landfall in Michoacán on September 15, 2013 ranks tied for the third-strongest of the 9 storms with a landfall record there. With a peak of 75 mph, it ranked tied for the eighth-strongest of the 21 storms of the 2013 season. It produced 5% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. The name Manuel is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired central and eastern North Pacific names.

Track of Manuel (2013) from the best-track record, coloured by strength15°N20°N25°N115°W110°W105°W100°W95°WColimaMichoacán, 70 mphSinaloa, 75 mphPeak 75 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 100 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Manuel (2013) over time, in mphTSCat 104080Sep 14Sep 15Sep 16Sep 17Sep 18Sep 19mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 145 miles south-southwest of Tecpan, Guerrero, Mexico
  2. Tropical storm 155 miles south-southwest of Tecpan, Guerrero, Mexico
  3. Landfall Michoacán
  4. Hurricane 55 miles west-southwest of Eldorado, Sinaloa, Mexico
  5. Peak 55 miles west-southwest of Eldorado, Sinaloa, Mexico; lowest pressure 983 mb
  6. Landfall Sinaloa: Category 1, 75 mph, 984 mb
  7. Last record (tropical storm) 35 miles east-southeast of Guamúchil, Sinaloa, Mexico

Against every Pacific storm since 1949

Peak sustained wind75 mph · tied 551st of 1,26225 mph215 mph
Lowest central pressure983 mb · tied 309th of 754872 mb1009 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy4.2 · tied 564th of 1,1540.185.3
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone6.2 days · tied 401st of 1,2620.0 days29.8 days

In the 2013 season

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Storm 16 of 21 in 2013, hurricane 9 of 10; it formed after Lorena and before Narda. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of at least 8 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
Tecoman, Colima, Mexico6 mi50 mphSeptember 15
Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico8 mi45 mphSeptember 15
Autlan, Jalisco, Mexico24 mi35 mphSeptember 15
Colima, Mexico29 mi50 mphSeptember 15
Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico30 mi60 mphSeptember 19
Guamúchil, Sinaloa, Mexico32 mi50 mphSeptember 19
Coalcoman, Michoacán, Mexico32 mi65 mphSeptember 15
Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico36 mi70 mphSeptember 15

Every storm within 50 miles of Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico

Similar landfalls in Sinaloa

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Sinaloa came closest to Manuel's 75 mph:

  • Pamela (2021)75 mph, October 13, 2021
  • Fausto (1996)75 mph, September 14, 1996
  • Orlene (2022)80 mph, October 3, 2022
  • Ismael (1995)80 mph, September 15, 1995

All 20 storms with a landfall record in Sinaloa

Also peaked at 75 mph

Of 50 storms from other Pacific seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Hernan (2014)992 mb, no landfall record
  • Lowell (2014)980 mb, no landfall record
  • Polo (2014)979 mb, no landfall record
  • Loke (2015)985 mb, no landfall record