Hurricane Dolores (1997)
Hurricane Dolores reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between July 5, 1997 and July 12, 1997, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Dolores, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1997 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 5, 1997 to July 12, 1997
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 975 mb (28.79 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 906 km (563 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 8.4
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- EP061997
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 12:00 | 12.5N 109.6W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 5, 18:00 | 13.0N 110.5W | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 6, 00:00 | 13.3N 111.6W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 6, 06:00 | 13.5N 112.7W | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 6, 12:00 | 13.8N 113.8W | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 6, 18:00 | 14.2N 115.1W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 7, 00:00 | 14.5N 116.3W | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 7, 06:00 | 14.8N 117.5W | 60 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 7, 12:00 | 15.1N 118.7W | 65 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 7, 18:00 | 15.4N 119.9W | 70 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 8, 00:00 | 15.7N 121.2W | 75 kt | 981 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 8, 06:00 | 16.0N 122.3W | 75 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 8, 12:00 | 16.4N 123.7W | 75 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 8, 18:00 | 16.8N 125.0W | 75 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 9, 00:00 | 17.2N 126.3W | 75 kt | 978 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 9, 06:00 | 17.5N 127.5W | 80 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 9, 12:00 | 17.7N 128.7W | 75 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 9, 18:00 | 17.8N 130.0W | 70 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 10, 00:00 | 18.3N 131.3W | 65 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 10, 06:00 | 18.6N 132.6W | 60 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 10, 12:00 | 18.7N 134.1W | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 10, 18:00 | 18.9N 135.5W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 11, 00:00 | 19.3N 136.9W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 11, 06:00 | 19.6N 138.0W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 11, 12:00 | 20.2N 138.9W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 11, 18:00 | 21.0N 140.0W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 12, 00:00 | 21.8N 141.2W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 12, 06:00 | 22.2N 142.7W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 12, 12:00 | 22.7N 144.1W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 12, 18:00 | 23.2N 145.2W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1997
- Tropical Storm AndresEastern Pacific · 1997
- Tropical Storm BlancaEastern Pacific · 1997
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1997
- Tropical Storm CarlosEastern Pacific · 1997
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1997
- Hurricane EnriqueEastern Pacific · 1997
- Hurricane FeliciaEastern Pacific · 1997
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1997
- Hurricane GuillermoEastern Pacific · 1997
- Tropical Storm HildaEastern Pacific · 1997
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1997
- Tropical Storm IgnacioEastern Pacific · 1997
- Hurricane JimenaEastern Pacific · 1997
- Hurricane OliwaEastern Pacific · 1997
- Tropical Storm KevinEastern Pacific · 1997
- Hurricane LindaEastern Pacific · 1997
- Tropical Storm MartyEastern Pacific · 1997
- Hurricane NoraEastern Pacific · 1997
- Tropical Storm EllaEastern Pacific · 1997
- Tropical Storm OlafEastern Pacific · 1997
- Hurricane PaulineEastern Pacific · 1997
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1997
- Unnamed tropical stormEastern Pacific · 1997
- Hurricane RickEastern Pacific · 1997
- Hurricane PakaEastern Pacific · 1997
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.