Tropical Storm Norma (1993)
Tropical Storm Norma peaked at 45 kt in the Eastern Pacific between October 2, 1993 and October 6, 1993, with a lowest pressure of 1000 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Norma, 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
- October 2, 1993 to October 6, 1993
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1000 mb (29.53 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 750 km (466 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.0
- Fastest the center moved
- 12 kt (14 mph)
- Identifier
- EP161993
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 2, 18:00 | 13.4N 111.2W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 3, 00:00 | 14.2N 111.8W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 3, 06:00 | 14.9N 112.5W | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 3, 12:00 | 15.7N 113.2W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 3, 18:00 | 16.7N 113.8W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 00:00 | 17.5N 114.4W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 06:00 | 18.0N 115.0W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 12:00 | 18.1N 115.7W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 4, 18:00 | 18.1N 116.5W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 00:00 | 18.2N 117.1W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 5, 06:00 | 18.5N 117.5W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 5, 12:00 | 19.0N 117.8W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 5, 18:00 | 19.7N 118.0W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 6, 00:00 | 20.4N 118.1W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 6, 06:00 | 20.9N 118.3W | 30 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 6, 12:00 | 21.3N 118.5W | 25 kt | 1013 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 6, 18:00 | 21.6N 118.7W | 25 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 DoraEastern 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
- 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.