Hurricane Doreen (1977)
Hurricane Doreen reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between August 13, 1977 and August 18, 1977, with a lowest pressure of 979 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Doreen, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1977 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
- August 13, 1977 to August 18, 1977
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 979 mb (28.91 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.2
- Fastest the center moved
- 18 kt (21 mph)
- Identifier
- EP041977
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.
Rainfall
The Weather Prediction Center attributes 823 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 7.45 inches (189 mm).
| Station | Total | Position |
|---|---|---|
| MT SAN JACINTO | 7.45 in (189 mm) | 33.84N 116.61W |
| YUMA VALLEY | 7.01 in (178 mm) | 32.72N 114.72W |
| MITCHELL CAVERNS | 6.00 in (152 mm) | 34.95N 115.55W |
| MOUNT SAN JACINTO WSP | 5.80 in (147 mm) | 33.80N 116.63W |
| YUMA CITRUS STATION | 5.35 in (136 mm) | 32.62N 114.63W |
| SNOW CREEK UPPER | 5.10 in (130 mm) | 33.87N 116.68W |
| BRAWLEY 2 SW | 4.84 in (123 mm) | 32.95N 115.55W |
| LOGAN 5 SW EXP FARM | 4.31 in (109 mm) | 41.67N 111.88W |
| HENSHAW DAM | 4.30 in (109 mm) | 33.23N 116.77W |
| ADAVEN | 4.14 in (105 mm) | 38.12N 115.58W |
| GARLAND 1 NE | 4.09 in (104 mm) | 41.75N 112.15W |
| VAUGHN | 3.95 in (100 mm) | 34.60N 105.20W |
WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 00:00 | 17.6N 106.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 13, 06:00 | 17.9N 106.9W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 13, 12:00 | 18.4N 107.2W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 13, 18:00 | 18.8N 107.7W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 14, 00:00 | 19.1N 108.1W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 14, 06:00 | 19.5N 108.5W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 14, 12:00 | 19.9N 108.9W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 14, 18:00 | 20.3N 109.3W | 65 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 15, 00:00 | 21.0N 110.0W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 15, 06:00 | 21.9N 110.2W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 15, 12:00 | 22.7N 110.5W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 15, 18:00 | 23.6N 110.8W | 65 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 16, 00:00 | 25.0N 112.0W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 16, 06:00 | 26.4N 113.2W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 16, 12:00 | 27.7N 114.5W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 16, 18:00 | 28.8N 115.8W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 17, 00:00 | 29.9N 116.6W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 17, 06:00 | 30.7N 117.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 17, 12:00 | 31.4N 117.8W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 17, 18:00 | 32.2N 118.3W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 18, 00:00 | 33.0N 118.6W | 25 kt | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1977
- Tropical Storm AvaEastern Pacific · 1977
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1977
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1977
- Tropical Storm BerniceEastern Pacific · 1977
- Hurricane ClaudiaEastern Pacific · 1977
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1977
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1977
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1977
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1977
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1977
- Tropical Storm EmilyEastern Pacific · 1977
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1977
- Hurricane FlorenceEastern Pacific · 1977
- Tropical Storm GlendaEastern Pacific · 1977
- Hurricane HeatherEastern Pacific · 1977
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1977
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.