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Tropical Cyclone
Hurricane Ignacio (1979)
23 October 1979 · Eastern Pacific · Category 4
Hurricane Ignacio formed in the Eastern Pacific basin on 23 October 1979 and lasted 7 days. Its sustained winds reached 232 km/h, Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 938 hPa. It made landfall in Mexico.
- Formed
- 23 October 1979
- Dissipated
- 30 October 1979
- Duration
- 7 days
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 232 km/h (125 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 4
- Minimum Pressure
- 938 hPa
Countries Hit
- TSMexico56 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 4Hurricane Enrique232 km/h
- Cat. 3Hurricane Dolores194 km/h
- Cat. 3Hurricane Fefa185 km/h
- Cat. 2Hurricane Andres157 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Carlos83 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth