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.
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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 12:00 | 11.4N 95.4W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 16, 18:00 | 11.9N 96.4W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 17, 00:00 | 12.3N 97.6W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 17, 06:00 | 12.7N 99.1W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 17, 12:00 | 12.9N 100.4W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 17, 18:00 | 12.9N 101.5W | 50 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 18, 00:00 | 13.1N 102.5W | 55 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 18, 06:00 | 13.2N 103.6W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 18, 12:00 | 13.4N 104.6W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 18, 18:00 | 13.4N 105.4W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 19, 00:00 | 13.9N 106.1W | 65 kt | 989 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 19, 06:00 | 14.1N 106.8W | 65 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 19, 12:00 | 14.1N 107.4W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 19, 18:00 | 14.1N 108.0W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 20, 00:00 | 14.1N 108.6W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 20, 06:00 | 14.0N 109.4W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 20, 12:00 | 13.9N 110.2W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 20, 18:00 | 13.6N 111.0W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 21, 00:00 | 13.4N 111.8W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 21, 06:00 | 13.1N 112.5W | 60 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 21, 12:00 | 12.8N 113.3W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 21, 18:00 | 12.6N 114.2W | 65 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 22, 00:00 | 12.5N 115.1W | 75 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 22, 06:00 | 12.4N 116.1W | 80 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 22, 12:00 | 12.5N 117.2W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 22, 18:00 | 12.7N 118.5W | 95 kt | 965 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 23, 00:00 | 13.0N 120.0W | 100 kt | 963 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 23, 06:00 | 13.4N 121.5W | 100 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 23, 12:00 | 13.8N 123.0W | 100 kt | 959 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 23, 18:00 | 14.3N 124.4W | 100 kt | 958 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 24, 00:00 | 14.7N 125.7W | 100 kt | 957 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 24, 06:00 | 15.3N 127.0W | 105 kt | 955 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 24, 12:00 | 15.7N 128.1W | 100 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 24, 18:00 | 16.1N 129.1W | 100 kt | 964 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 25, 00:00 | 16.3N 130.0W | 100 kt | 968 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 25, 06:00 | 16.5N 130.6W | 90 kt | 972 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 25, 12:00 | 16.6N 131.2W | 85 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 25, 18:00 | 16.7N 131.6W | 75 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 26, 00:00 | 16.7N 132.0W | 65 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 26, 06:00 | 16.7N 132.5W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 26, 12:00 | 16.7N 133.1W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 26, 18:00 | 16.8N 133.7W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 27, 00:00 | 16.8N 134.4W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 27, 06:00 | 16.8N 135.0W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 27, 12:00 | 16.7N 135.4W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1991
- Tropical Storm AndresEastern Pacific · 1991
- Tropical Storm BlancaEastern 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.