Hurricane Adele (1966)
Hurricane Adele reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between June 20, 1966 and June 24, 1966, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Adele, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1966 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
- June 20, 1966 to June 24, 1966
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.2
- Identifier
- EP011966
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 00:00 | 14.3N 100.2W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jun 20, 06:00 | 14.6N 100.4W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jun 20, 12:00 | 14.9N 100.6W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jun 20, 18:00 | 15.1N 100.8W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jun 21, 00:00 | 15.3N 101.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jun 21, 06:00 | 15.4N 101.2W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jun 21, 12:00 | 15.6N 101.4W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 21, 18:00 | 15.8N 101.7W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 22, 00:00 | 16.0N 102.1W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 22, 06:00 | 16.1N 102.4W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 22, 12:00 | 16.2N 102.6W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 22, 18:00 | 16.3N 103.3W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 23, 00:00 | 16.5N 103.9W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jun 23, 06:00 | 16.7N 103.9W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jun 23, 12:00 | 17.0N 103.8W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jun 23, 18:00 | 17.5N 103.6W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jun 24, 00:00 | 18.0N 103.4W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jun 24, 06:00 | 18.3N 103.2W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jun 24, 12:00 | 18.4N 103.1W | 25 kt | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1966
- Hurricane BlancaEastern Pacific · 1966
- Hurricane ConnieEastern Pacific · 1966
- Hurricane DoloresEastern Pacific · 1966
- Hurricane EileenEastern Pacific · 1966
- Hurricane FrancescaEastern Pacific · 1966
- Tropical Storm GretchenEastern Pacific · 1966
- Hurricane HelgaEastern Pacific · 1966
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1966
- Tropical Storm IoneEastern Pacific · 1966
- Tropical Storm JoyceEastern Pacific · 1966
- Tropical Storm KirstenEastern Pacific · 1966
- Tropical Storm LorraineEastern Pacific · 1966
- Tropical Storm MaggieEastern Pacific · 1966
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.