Storm history › East Pacific › 1979 season
Tropical Storm Blanca (1979)
Blanca was a tropical storm of the 1979 East Pacific season. It was tracked from June 21, 1979 to June 25, 1979, about 4 days, and covered 1,547 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 50 mph (85 km/h).
- Peak wind
- 50 mph
- Lowest pressure
- Not recorded
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 4 days
- Track length
- 1,547 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 2.2
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 828th highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Moke (2026), Tropical Storm Julio (2026), Tropical Storm Keli (2025) and 158 more.
- Energy: 4% of the 1979 East Pacific season's ACE.