Storm history › East Pacific › 1966 season
Hurricane Blanca (1966)
Blanca was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1966 East Pacific season. It was tracked from August 3, 1966 to August 12, 1966, about 9 days, and covered 3,317 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 85 mph (140 km/h).
- Peak wind
- 85 mph
- Lowest pressure
- Not recorded
- Strongest
- Category 1 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 9 days
- Track length
- 3,317 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 7.0
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 407th highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Hurricane Henriette (2025), Hurricane Lorena (2025), Hurricane Hone (2024) and 92 more.
- Energy: 11% of the 1966 East Pacific season's ACE.