Tropical Storm Blanca (1991)
Tropical Storm Blanca peaked at 55 kt in the Eastern Pacific between June 14, 1991 and June 22, 1991, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Blanca, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1991 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
- June 14, 1991 to June 22, 1991
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 994 mb (29.35 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 810 km (503 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.5
- Fastest the center moved
- 15 kt (17 mph)
- Identifier
- EP021991
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 18:00 | 10.2N 103.0W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 15, 00:00 | 10.1N 103.5W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 15, 06:00 | 10.1N 104.0W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 15, 12:00 | 10.2N 104.5W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 15, 18:00 | 10.3N 105.0W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 16, 00:00 | 10.7N 105.8W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 16, 06:00 | 11.1N 106.6W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 16, 12:00 | 11.5N 107.5W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 16, 18:00 | 11.9N 108.5W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 17, 00:00 | 12.3N 109.4W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 17, 06:00 | 12.6N 110.4W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 17, 12:00 | 12.9N 111.4W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 17, 18:00 | 13.1N 112.4W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 18, 00:00 | 13.3N 113.4W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 18, 06:00 | 13.4N 114.4W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 18, 12:00 | 13.4N 115.4W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 18, 18:00 | 13.4N 116.4W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 00:00 | 13.3N 117.4W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 06:00 | 13.1N 118.4W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 12:00 | 12.9N 119.4W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 18:00 | 12.7N 120.4W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 20, 00:00 | 12.6N 121.5W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 20, 06:00 | 12.7N 122.6W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 20, 12:00 | 13.0N 123.6W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 20, 18:00 | 13.4N 124.6W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 21, 00:00 | 13.7N 125.6W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 21, 06:00 | 14.0N 126.7W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 21, 12:00 | 14.2N 127.7W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 21, 18:00 | 14.3N 129.0W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 22, 00:00 | 14.5N 130.5W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1991
- Tropical Storm AndresEastern Pacific · 1991
- Hurricane CarlosEastern Pacific · 1991
- Hurricane DeloresEastern Pacific · 1991
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1991
- Hurricane EnriqueEastern Pacific · 1991
- Hurricane FefaEastern Pacific · 1991
- Hurricane GuillermoEastern Pacific · 1991
- Tropical Storm HildaEastern Pacific · 1991
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1991
- Tropical Storm IgnacioEastern Pacific · 1991
- Hurricane JimenaEastern Pacific · 1991
- Hurricane KevinEastern Pacific · 1991
- Hurricane LindaEastern Pacific · 1991
- Hurricane MartyEastern Pacific · 1991
- Hurricane NoraEastern Pacific · 1991
- Hurricane ZeldaEastern Pacific · 1991
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.