The 1991 season

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.

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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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 3, 12:0013.4N 108.7W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 3, 18:0013.9N 109.0W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Oct 4, 00:0014.4N 109.2W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Oct 4, 06:0014.8N 109.3W40 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Oct 4, 12:0015.2N 109.2W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 4, 18:0015.5N 109.1W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 5, 00:0015.8N 109.0W70 kt985 mbHurricane
Oct 5, 06:0016.1N 108.8W85 kt975 mbHurricane
Oct 5, 12:0016.4N 108.7W100 kt963 mbHurricane
Oct 5, 18:0016.7N 108.6W105 kt957 mbHurricane
Oct 6, 00:0017.3N 108.5W100 kt960 mbHurricane
Oct 6, 06:0017.7N 108.6W95 kt965 mbHurricane
Oct 6, 12:0018.2N 108.8W85 kt974 mbHurricane
Oct 6, 18:0018.5N 109.5W75 kt979 mbHurricane
Oct 7, 00:0018.9N 110.1W70 kt984 mbHurricane
Oct 7, 06:0019.2N 110.9W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Oct 7, 12:0019.3N 111.9W60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 7, 18:0019.3N 112.9W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 00:0019.4N 113.9W50 kt995 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 06:0019.5N 115.0W50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 12:0019.7N 115.8W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 18:0019.9N 116.7W45 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Oct 9, 00:0020.0N 117.6W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 9, 06:0020.0N 118.5W40 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 9, 12:0020.1N 119.3W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Oct 9, 18:0020.1N 119.8W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 00:0020.1N 120.4W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Oct 10, 06:0020.1N 121.0W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Oct 10, 12:0020.1N 121.6W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Oct 10, 18:0020.0N 122.2W25 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Oct 11, 00:0020.0N 122.9W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 11, 06:0019.9N 123.7W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 11, 12:0019.7N 124.4W25 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Oct 11, 18:0019.5N 125.1W25 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Oct 12, 00:0019.3N 125.9W25 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Oct 12, 06:0019.0N 126.6W25 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Oct 12, 12:0018.5N 127.3W25 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Oct 12, 18:0018.1N 127.9W25 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Oct 13, 00:0017.9N 128.4W25 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Oct 13, 06:0017.9N 129.0W25 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Oct 13, 12:0018.2N 129.4W20 kt1011 mbTropical depression
Oct 13, 18:0018.5N 130.0W20 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.