Hurricane Dora (1993)
Hurricane Dora reached Category 4 in the Eastern Pacific between July 14, 1993 and July 21, 1993, with a lowest pressure of 945 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Dora, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1993 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
- July 14, 1993 to July 21, 1993
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 945 mb (27.91 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 963 km (598 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 13.2
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- EP051993
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 12:00 | 11.0N 118.9W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 14, 18:00 | 11.6N 120.0W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 15, 00:00 | 12.2N 121.2W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 15, 06:00 | 12.5N 122.4W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 15, 12:00 | 12.6N 123.5W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 15, 18:00 | 12.8N 124.6W | 70 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 16, 00:00 | 12.9N 125.5W | 85 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 16, 06:00 | 13.1N 126.5W | 100 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 16, 12:00 | 13.4N 127.3W | 110 kt | 955 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 16, 18:00 | 13.8N 128.0W | 115 kt | 950 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 17, 00:00 | 14.3N 128.8W | 115 kt | 947 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 17, 06:00 | 14.9N 129.6W | 115 kt | 945 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 17, 12:00 | 15.4N 130.2W | 115 kt | 950 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 17, 18:00 | 15.9N 131.0W | 105 kt | 955 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 18, 00:00 | 16.4N 132.0W | 90 kt | 968 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 18, 06:00 | 16.9N 132.9W | 80 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 18, 12:00 | 17.2N 133.8W | 70 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 18, 18:00 | 17.4N 134.6W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 00:00 | 17.5N 135.6W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 06:00 | 17.5N 136.8W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 19, 12:00 | 17.5N 138.1W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 19, 18:00 | 17.5N 139.4W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 20, 00:00 | 17.4N 140.6W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 20, 06:00 | 17.4N 141.8W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 20, 12:00 | 17.4N 143.5W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 20, 18:00 | 17.3N 144.5W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 21, 00:00 | 17.2N 146.0W | 20 kt | Not reported |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1993
- Hurricane AdrianEastern Pacific · 1993
- Tropical Storm BeatrizEastern Pacific · 1993
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1993
- Hurricane CalvinEastern Pacific · 1993
- Hurricane EugeneEastern Pacific · 1993
- Hurricane KeoniEastern Pacific · 1993
- Hurricane FernandaEastern Pacific · 1993
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1993
- Hurricane GregEastern Pacific · 1993
- Hurricane HilaryEastern Pacific · 1993
- Tropical Storm IrwinEastern Pacific · 1993
- Hurricane JovaEastern Pacific · 1993
- Hurricane KennethEastern Pacific · 1993
- Hurricane LidiaEastern Pacific · 1993
- Tropical Storm MaxEastern Pacific · 1993
- Tropical Storm NormaEastern Pacific · 1993
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1993
- Tropical Storm HattieEastern Pacific · 1993
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.