Tropical Storm Estelle (1980)
Tropical Storm Estelle peaked at 40 kt in the Eastern Pacific between July 12, 1980 and July 13, 1980.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Tropical Storm Estelle. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- July 12, 1980 to July 13, 1980
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 506 km (314 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.4
- Fastest the center moved
- 13 kt (15 mph)
- Identifier
- EP051980
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 12, 00:00 | 15.6N 107.7W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 12, 06:00 | 15.7N 108.8W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 12, 12:00 | 15.9N 110.1W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 12, 18:00 | 16.5N 111.3W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 13, 00:00 | 17.2N 112.5W | 25 kt | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1980
- Hurricane AgathaEastern Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm BlasEastern Pacific · 1980
- Hurricane CeliaEastern Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm DarbyEastern Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm FrankEastern Pacific · 1980
- Hurricane GeorgetteEastern Pacific · 1980
- Hurricane HowardEastern Pacific · 1980
- Hurricane IsisEastern Pacific · 1980
- Hurricane JavierEastern Pacific · 1980
- Hurricane KayEastern Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm LesterEastern Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm MadelineEastern Pacific · 1980
- Tropical Storm NewtonEastern Pacific · 1980
- Hurricane DinahEastern Pacific · 1980
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.