The 1989 season

Hurricane Dalilia (1989)

Hurricane Dalilia reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between July 9, 1989 and July 21, 1989, with a lowest pressure of 977 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Dalilia, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1989 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 9, 1989 to July 21, 1989
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
977 mb (28.85 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 99 km (62 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
14.7
Fastest the center moved
28 kt (32 mph)
Identifier
EP061989

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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 9, 00:0013.0N 99.3W25 ktNot reported
Jul 9, 06:0012.5N 99.6W25 ktNot reported
Jul 9, 12:0012.3N 100.3W25 ktNot reported
Jul 9, 18:0012.0N 101.1W25 ktNot reported
Jul 10, 00:0011.8N 102.1W25 ktNot reported
Jul 10, 06:0011.5N 103.1W25 ktNot reported
Jul 10, 12:0011.3N 104.2W25 ktNot reported
Jul 10, 18:0011.0N 105.4W30 ktNot reported
Jul 11, 00:0010.7N 106.5W30 ktNot reported
Jul 11, 06:0010.4N 107.7W30 ktNot reported
Jul 11, 12:0010.1N 108.8W25 kt1014 mbTropical depression
Jul 11, 18:0010.0N 109.9W25 kt1013 mbTropical depression
Jul 12, 00:0010.2N 110.9W25 kt1012 mbTropical depression
Jul 12, 06:0010.0N 112.1W30 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Jul 12, 12:0010.2N 113.3W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Jul 12, 18:0010.4N 114.5W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Jul 13, 00:0010.7N 115.6W45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 13, 06:0011.0N 116.9W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 13, 12:0011.3N 118.1W60 kt991 mbTropical storm
Jul 13, 18:0011.8N 119.4W65 kt989 mbHurricane
Jul 14, 00:0012.3N 120.7W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Jul 14, 06:0012.5N 122.1W65 kt986 mbHurricane
Jul 14, 12:0012.6N 123.5W70 kt985 mbHurricane
Jul 14, 18:0012.9N 124.9W70 kt983 mbHurricane
Jul 15, 00:0013.4N 126.4W70 kt982 mbHurricane
Jul 15, 06:0013.7N 127.9W75 kt981 mbHurricane
Jul 15, 12:0013.8N 129.4W75 kt980 mbHurricane
Jul 15, 18:0013.8N 130.9W75 kt979 mbHurricane
Jul 16, 00:0013.8N 132.3W75 kt979 mbHurricane
Jul 16, 06:0013.8N 134.0W75 kt978 mbHurricane
Jul 16, 12:0013.9N 135.8W80 kt978 mbHurricane
Jul 16, 18:0014.0N 137.9W80 kt977 mbHurricane
Jul 17, 00:0014.1N 139.8W75 kt977 mbHurricane
Jul 17, 06:0014.4N 141.8W65 ktHurricane
Jul 17, 12:0014.5N 143.5W65 ktHurricane
Jul 17, 18:0014.8N 145.2W65 ktHurricane
Jul 18, 00:0014.8N 146.8W65 ktHurricane
Jul 18, 06:0014.8N 148.2W65 ktHurricane
Jul 18, 12:0014.8N 149.4W65 ktHurricane
Jul 18, 18:0014.4N 149.7W65 ktHurricane
Jul 19, 00:0014.6N 150.8W65 ktHurricane
Jul 19, 06:0015.2N 151.6W65 ktHurricane
Jul 19, 12:0015.8N 152.5W65 ktHurricane
Jul 19, 18:0016.6N 153.6W60 ktTropical storm
Jul 20, 00:0017.3N 155.2W55 ktTropical storm
Jul 20, 06:0018.5N 156.5W55 ktTropical storm
Jul 20, 12:0018.6N 157.5W55 ktTropical storm
Jul 20, 18:0019.5N 158.0W50 ktTropical storm
Jul 21, 00:0019.8N 158.9W45 ktTropical storm
Jul 21, 06:0020.4N 160.2W45 ktTropical storm
Jul 21, 12:0020.5N 160.2W35 ktTropical storm
Jul 21, 18:0020.8N 163.5W25 ktTropical depression

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1989

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.