Tropical Storm Hilda (1991)
Tropical Storm Hilda peaked at 55 kt in the Eastern Pacific between August 8, 1991 and August 14, 1991, with a lowest pressure of 992 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Hilda, 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
- August 8, 1991 to August 14, 1991
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 992 mb (29.29 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 215 km (134 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.1
- Fastest the center moved
- 20 kt (23 mph)
- Identifier
- EP091991
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 00:00 | 13.3N 101.9W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 8, 06:00 | 13.3N 103.1W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 8, 12:00 | 13.5N 104.3W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 8, 18:00 | 13.9N 105.3W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 9, 00:00 | 14.4N 106.1W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 9, 06:00 | 14.7N 106.9W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 9, 12:00 | 15.1N 107.8W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 9, 18:00 | 15.6N 108.9W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 00:00 | 16.2N 109.8W | 45 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 06:00 | 16.7N 110.7W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 12:00 | 17.3N 111.7W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 18:00 | 18.1N 112.7W | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 00:00 | 19.0N 113.5W | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 06:00 | 20.0N 114.3W | 55 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 12:00 | 21.0N 114.5W | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 18:00 | 22.0N 116.7W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 00:00 | 23.0N 117.9W | 45 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 06:00 | 24.1N 118.8W | 45 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 12:00 | 25.3N 119.6W | 45 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 18:00 | 26.5N 120.1W | 40 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 00:00 | 27.7N 120.5W | 35 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 06:00 | 28.8N 120.9W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 13, 12:00 | 29.9N 121.4W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 13, 18:00 | 30.9N 121.8W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 14, 00:00 | 31.8N 121.7W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 14, 06:00 | 32.7N 121.6W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1991
- Tropical Storm AndresEastern Pacific · 1991
- Tropical Storm BlancaEastern 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
- 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.