The 1977 season

Unnamed tropical depression (1977)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 25 kt in the Eastern Pacific between July 25, 1977 and July 25, 1977.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, 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.

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The storm

Basin
Eastern Pacific
Dates
July 25, 1977 to July 25, 1977
Peak strength
Tropical Depression, 25 kt (29 mph)
Landfall
No; closest approach 2169 km (1348 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Fastest the center moved
17 kt (20 mph)
Identifier
EP081977

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 845 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 8.30 inches (211 mm).

StationTotalPosition
NOGALES8.30 in (211 mm)31.35N 110.92W
NOGALES 6 N7.80 in (198 mm)31.45N 110.97W
PATAGONIA #27.64 in (194 mm)31.55N 110.75W
Y LIGHTNING RANCH5.82 in (148 mm)31.45N 110.23W
BISBEE 25.75 in (146 mm)31.43N 109.90W
CORONADO N M HDQTRS5.52 in (140 mm)31.35N 110.25W
ARIVACA5.39 in (137 mm)31.57N 111.33W
DOUGLAS BISBEE-DOUGLAS INTL A5.03 in (128 mm)31.47N 109.60W
FORT HUACHUCA5.01 in (127 mm)31.57N 110.33W
STEPHENS RANCH5.00 in (127 mm)31.40N 109.20W
CANELO 1 NW4.90 in (124 mm)31.57N 110.53W
DOUGLAS4.13 in (105 mm)31.35N 109.53W

WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 25, 00:0011.8N 135.0W25 ktTropical storm
Jul 25, 06:0011.5N 135.7W25 ktTropical storm
Jul 25, 12:0011.2N 136.5W25 ktDisturbance

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 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.