Tropical Storm Kirsten (1966)
Appearance
Tropical Storm (SSHWS/NWS) | |
Formed | September 26, 1966 |
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Dissipated | September 29, 1966 |
Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 50 mph (85 km/h) |
Fatalities | 8 |
Damage | $5.6 million (1966 USD) |
Areas affected | Mexico |
Part of the 1966 Pacific hurricane season |
Tropical Storm Kirsten was the 17th tropical depression and 11th tropical storm of the 1966 Pacific hurricane season. It hit Mexico in late September of 1966. It made landfall near the city of La Paz on the Baja Peninsula on September 28 and near Los Mochis, Mexico that same evening.