Before the satellite age started in the 1960s, data on east Pacific hurricanes was extremely unreliable.
Starting from a location southwest of the Gulf of Tehuantepec, it traveled west-northwestward not far off the Mexican shore.
[4] On August 21 and 22, a ship encountered a possible tropical cyclone at a location far from land and almost in the central Pacific basin.
[5] It moved along the Pacific side of the Baja California Peninsula, and became a remnant off its northern coast on September 16.
[5] This tropical cyclone inflicted gale or hurricane-force winds along parts of the coast of Mexico, including Manzanillo, Acapulco, and Mazatlán.
[7] On September 18, its remnants caused rain of up to 4 inches (100 mm) in mountainous parts of Southern California.