Hurricane Dolores (1979)
Hurricane Dolores reached Category 3 in the Eastern Pacific between July 17, 1979 and July 23, 1979.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Dolores, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1979 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
- July 17, 1979 to July 23, 1979
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 811 km (504 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 10.7
- Fastest the center moved
- 18 kt (21 mph)
- Identifier
- EP041979
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 06:00 | 10.5N 103.7W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 17, 12:00 | 10.9N 105.3W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 17, 18:00 | 11.2N 107.0W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 18, 00:00 | 11.0N 108.9W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 18, 06:00 | 11.2N 110.2W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 18, 12:00 | 11.8N 111.4W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 18, 18:00 | 12.4N 112.6W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 19, 00:00 | 12.5N 113.8W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 19, 06:00 | 12.8N 114.8W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 19, 12:00 | 13.2N 115.5W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 19, 18:00 | 13.7N 116.0W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 20, 00:00 | 14.0N 116.5W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 20, 06:00 | 14.6N 117.1W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 20, 12:00 | 15.3N 117.7W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 20, 18:00 | 16.0N 118.2W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 21, 00:00 | 16.9N 118.9W | 105 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 21, 06:00 | 17.7N 119.7W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 21, 12:00 | 18.4N 120.4W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 21, 18:00 | 19.2N 121.3W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 22, 00:00 | 20.3N 121.8W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 22, 06:00 | 21.3N 122.6W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 22, 12:00 | 22.2N 123.5W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 22, 18:00 | 23.3N 124.2W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 23, 00:00 | 24.2N 125.1W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 23, 06:00 | 25.2N 125.9W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 23, 12:00 | 26.3N 126.4W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 23, 18:00 | 27.3N 127.0W | 20 kt | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1979
- Hurricane AndresEastern Pacific · 1979
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1979
- Tropical Storm BlancaEastern Pacific · 1979
- Tropical Storm CarlosEastern Pacific · 1979
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1979
- Hurricane EnriqueEastern Pacific · 1979
- Hurricane FefaEastern Pacific · 1979
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1979
- Hurricane GuillermoEastern Pacific · 1979
- Tropical Storm HildaEastern Pacific · 1979
- Hurricane IgnacioEastern Pacific · 1979
- Tropical Storm JimenaEastern Pacific · 1979
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.