Hurricane Enrique (1997)
Hurricane Enrique reached Category 3 in the Eastern Pacific between July 12, 1997 and July 16, 1997, with a lowest pressure of 960 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Enrique, 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 12, 1997 to July 16, 1997
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 960 mb (28.35 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1400 km (870 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 7.9
- Fastest the center moved
- 18 kt (21 mph)
- Identifier
- EP071997
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 12, 06:00 | 8.6N 111.7W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 12, 12:00 | 8.9N 113.4W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 12, 18:00 | 9.4N 114.6W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 13, 00:00 | 10.0N 115.9W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 13, 06:00 | 10.8N 117.4W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 13, 12:00 | 11.6N 118.9W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 13, 18:00 | 12.4N 120.3W | 80 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 14, 00:00 | 13.1N 121.4W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 14, 06:00 | 13.8N 122.4W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 14, 12:00 | 14.6N 123.4W | 95 kt | 965 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 14, 18:00 | 15.5N 124.5W | 100 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 15, 00:00 | 16.5N 125.6W | 90 kt | 965 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 15, 06:00 | 17.4N 126.8W | 80 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 15, 12:00 | 18.4N 128.0W | 70 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 15, 18:00 | 19.3N 129.4W | 60 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 16, 00:00 | 20.0N 130.8W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 16, 06:00 | 20.6N 132.0W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 16, 12:00 | 21.5N 133.5W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 16, 18:00 | 22.5N 134.0W | 25 kt | 1009 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 DoloresEastern 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.