Tropical Storm Orla (1961)
Tropical Storm Orla peaked at 45 kt in the Eastern Pacific between September 6, 1961 and September 11, 1961.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Orla, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1961 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- September 6, 1961 to September 11, 1961
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 82 km (51 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.8
- Identifier
- EP061961
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 12:00 | 17.3N 112.1W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 6, 18:00 | 17.8N 112.5W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 7, 00:00 | 18.4N 112.8W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 7, 06:00 | 18.9N 113.0W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 7, 12:00 | 19.4N 113.1W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 7, 18:00 | 19.9N 113.1W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 8, 00:00 | 20.5N 113.1W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 8, 06:00 | 21.1N 113.2W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 8, 12:00 | 21.7N 113.3W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 8, 18:00 | 22.3N 113.5W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 9, 00:00 | 22.8N 113.7W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 9, 06:00 | 23.4N 113.9W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 9, 12:00 | 24.0N 114.2W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 9, 18:00 | 24.5N 114.5W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 10, 00:00 | 25.0N 114.7W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 25.6N 114.9W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 26.2N 115.2W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 26.8N 115.4W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 27.3N 115.7W | 45 kt | Tropical storm |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1961
- Hurricane IvaEastern Pacific · 1961
- Tropical Storm JoanneEastern Pacific · 1961
- Tropical Storm KathleenEastern Pacific · 1961
- Tropical Storm LizaEastern Pacific · 1961
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1961
- Tropical Storm NaomiEastern Pacific · 1961
- Tropical Storm PaulineEastern Pacific · 1961
- Tropical Storm RebeccaEastern Pacific · 1961
- Tropical Storm SimoneEastern Pacific · 1961
- Hurricane TaraEastern Pacific · 1961
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.