The 1991 season

Hurricane Carlos (1991)

Hurricane Carlos reached Category 3 in the Eastern Pacific between June 16, 1991 and June 27, 1991, with a lowest pressure of 955 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Carlos, 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.

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The storm

Basin
Eastern Pacific
Dates
June 16, 1991 to June 27, 1991
Peak strength
Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
Lowest pressure
955 mb (28.20 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 384 km (239 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
22.1
Fastest the center moved
15 kt (17 mph)
Identifier
EP031991

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
Jun 16, 12:0011.4N 95.4W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Jun 16, 18:0011.9N 96.4W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Jun 17, 00:0012.3N 97.6W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Jun 17, 06:0012.7N 99.1W35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 17, 12:0012.9N 100.4W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 17, 18:0012.9N 101.5W50 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jun 18, 00:0013.1N 102.5W55 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jun 18, 06:0013.2N 103.6W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jun 18, 12:0013.4N 104.6W60 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jun 18, 18:0013.4N 105.4W65 kt990 mbHurricane
Jun 19, 00:0013.9N 106.1W65 kt989 mbHurricane
Jun 19, 06:0014.1N 106.8W65 kt988 mbHurricane
Jun 19, 12:0014.1N 107.4W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Jun 19, 18:0014.1N 108.0W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Jun 20, 00:0014.1N 108.6W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Jun 20, 06:0014.0N 109.4W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Jun 20, 12:0013.9N 110.2W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Jun 20, 18:0013.6N 111.0W65 kt990 mbHurricane
Jun 21, 00:0013.4N 111.8W60 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jun 21, 06:0013.1N 112.5W60 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jun 21, 12:0012.8N 113.3W60 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jun 21, 18:0012.6N 114.2W65 kt988 mbHurricane
Jun 22, 00:0012.5N 115.1W75 kt979 mbHurricane
Jun 22, 06:0012.4N 116.1W80 kt975 mbHurricane
Jun 22, 12:0012.5N 117.2W90 kt970 mbHurricane
Jun 22, 18:0012.7N 118.5W95 kt965 mbHurricane
Jun 23, 00:0013.0N 120.0W100 kt963 mbHurricane
Jun 23, 06:0013.4N 121.5W100 kt960 mbHurricane
Jun 23, 12:0013.8N 123.0W100 kt959 mbHurricane
Jun 23, 18:0014.3N 124.4W100 kt958 mbHurricane
Jun 24, 00:0014.7N 125.7W100 kt957 mbHurricane
Jun 24, 06:0015.3N 127.0W105 kt955 mbHurricane
Jun 24, 12:0015.7N 128.1W100 kt960 mbHurricane
Jun 24, 18:0016.1N 129.1W100 kt964 mbHurricane
Jun 25, 00:0016.3N 130.0W100 kt968 mbHurricane
Jun 25, 06:0016.5N 130.6W90 kt972 mbHurricane
Jun 25, 12:0016.6N 131.2W85 kt980 mbHurricane
Jun 25, 18:0016.7N 131.6W75 kt984 mbHurricane
Jun 26, 00:0016.7N 132.0W65 kt988 mbHurricane
Jun 26, 06:0016.7N 132.5W55 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 12:0016.7N 133.1W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 26, 18:0016.8N 133.7W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Jun 27, 00:0016.8N 134.4W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Jun 27, 06:0016.8N 135.0W25 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Jun 27, 12:0016.7N 135.4W25 kt1011 mbTropical depression

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 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.