Hurricane Norma (1987)
Hurricane Norma reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between September 14, 1987 and September 20, 1987.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Hurricane Norma. 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
- September 14, 1987 to September 20, 1987
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 39 km (24 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.5
- Fastest the center moved
- 11 kt (13 mph)
- Identifier
- EP141987
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 15.4N 107.4W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 16.2N 108.2W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 16.8N 109.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 17.4N 109.7W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 17.8N 110.3W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 18.2N 111.0W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 18.4N 111.6W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 18.7N 112.0W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 18.9N 112.4W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 19.0N 112.9W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 19.3N 113.2W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 19.7N 113.3W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 19.9N 113.4W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 20.2N 113.5W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 20.5N 113.5W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 20.9N 113.5W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 21.4N 113.3W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 21.9N 113.2W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 22.5N 113.0W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 23.2N 113.0W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 23.5N 113.0W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 23.8N 112.8W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 24.0N 112.7W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 24.1N 112.4W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 24.2N 112.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1987
- Tropical Storm AdrianEastern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm BeatrizEastern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm CalvinEastern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm DoraEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane WynneEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane EugeneEastern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm FernandaEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane GregEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane HilaryEastern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm IrwinEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane JovaEastern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm OkaEastern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm KnutEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane LidiaEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane MaxEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane OtisEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane PekeEastern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm PilarEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane RamonEastern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm SelmaEastern Pacific · 1987
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.