Hurricane Linda (1991)
Hurricane Linda reached Category 3 in the Eastern Pacific between October 3, 1991 and October 13, 1991, with a lowest pressure of 957 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Linda, 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
- October 3, 1991 to October 13, 1991
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 957 mb (28.26 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 400 km (249 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 10.3
- Fastest the center moved
- 10 kt (12 mph)
- Identifier
- EP141991
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 12:00 | 13.4N 108.7W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 3, 18:00 | 13.9N 109.0W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 4, 00:00 | 14.4N 109.2W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 06:00 | 14.8N 109.3W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 12:00 | 15.2N 109.2W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 18:00 | 15.5N 109.1W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 00:00 | 15.8N 109.0W | 70 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 5, 06:00 | 16.1N 108.8W | 85 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 5, 12:00 | 16.4N 108.7W | 100 kt | 963 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 5, 18:00 | 16.7N 108.6W | 105 kt | 957 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 6, 00:00 | 17.3N 108.5W | 100 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 6, 06:00 | 17.7N 108.6W | 95 kt | 965 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 6, 12:00 | 18.2N 108.8W | 85 kt | 974 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 6, 18:00 | 18.5N 109.5W | 75 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 7, 00:00 | 18.9N 110.1W | 70 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 7, 06:00 | 19.2N 110.9W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 7, 12:00 | 19.3N 111.9W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 7, 18:00 | 19.3N 112.9W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 00:00 | 19.4N 113.9W | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 06:00 | 19.5N 115.0W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 12:00 | 19.7N 115.8W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 18:00 | 19.9N 116.7W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 00:00 | 20.0N 117.6W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 06:00 | 20.0N 118.5W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 12:00 | 20.1N 119.3W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 18:00 | 20.1N 119.8W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 10, 00:00 | 20.1N 120.4W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 10, 06:00 | 20.1N 121.0W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 10, 12:00 | 20.1N 121.6W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 10, 18:00 | 20.0N 122.2W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 11, 00:00 | 20.0N 122.9W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 11, 06:00 | 19.9N 123.7W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 11, 12:00 | 19.7N 124.4W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 11, 18:00 | 19.5N 125.1W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 12, 00:00 | 19.3N 125.9W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 12, 06:00 | 19.0N 126.6W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 12, 12:00 | 18.5N 127.3W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 12, 18:00 | 18.1N 127.9W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 13, 00:00 | 17.9N 128.4W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 13, 06:00 | 17.9N 129.0W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 13, 12:00 | 18.2N 129.4W | 20 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 13, 18:00 | 18.5N 130.0W | 20 kt | 1011 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
- Tropical Storm HildaEastern Pacific · 1991
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1991
- Tropical Storm IgnacioEastern Pacific · 1991
- Hurricane JimenaEastern Pacific · 1991
- Hurricane KevinEastern 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.