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Hurricane Winnie 1983

Category 1 hurricane · Eastern and Central Pacific · December 4 to December 7, 1983

In the 24 hours to December 7, Winnie's center moved only less than a mile while at tropical-storm strength or more, tied for the slowest day of movement in the eastern and central Pacific record. It first reached hurricane strength on December 6, the second-latest date in the calendar year among 603 eastern and central Pacific hurricanes. With a peak of 90 mph, it ranked tied for the 11th-strongest of the 21 storms of the 1983 season.

Track of Winnie (1983) from the best-track record, coloured by strength15°N105°W100°WPeak 90 mphFirst recordDepressionTropical stormCategory 100 and 12 UTC

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Winnie (1983) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 304080120Dec 5Dec 6Dec 7mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 335 miles south-southwest of Tecpan, Guerrero, Mexico
  2. Tropical storm 275 miles south-southwest of Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico
  3. Hurricane 135 miles south of Tecoman, Colima, Mexico
  4. Peak 135 miles south of Tecoman, Colima, Mexico
  5. Last record (tropical depression) 135 miles south of Tecoman, Colima, Mexico

Against every Pacific storm since 1949

Peak sustained wind90 mph · tied 352nd of 1,26225 mph215 mph
Accumulated cyclone energy3.5 · tied 625th of 1,1540.185.3
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone3.0 days · tied 878th of 1,2620.0 days29.8 days

In the 1983 season

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Storm 21 of 21 in 1983, hurricane 12 of 12; it formed after Velma. Winnie produced 2% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. See the season.

Closest to land

The best-track file has no landfall records for Pacific storms of 1983, so the track itself shows where this storm went. Nearest town of 10,000 people or more: Tecoman, Colima, Mexico, 133 miles from the center on December 6 (Category 1 hurricane stage).

Storms within 150 miles of Tecoman, Colima, Mexico

Also peaked at 90 mph

Of 28 storms from other Pacific seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Kristy (1982)no pressure recorded, no landfall record
  • Iwa (1982)no pressure recorded, no landfall record
  • Marie (1984)no pressure recorded, no landfall record
  • Dora (1981)no pressure recorded, no landfall record