Hurricane Erika (1997)
Hurricane Erika reached Category 3 in the North Atlantic between September 3, 1997 and September 19, 1997, with a lowest pressure of 946 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Erika, 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
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- September 3, 1997 to September 19, 1997
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 946 mb (27.94 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 320 km (199 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 26.6
- Fastest the center moved
- 21 kt (24 mph)
- Identifier
- AL071997
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)none recorded
What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 1 states and marine areas, in the United States only. Property and crop damage as each office estimated it, which is not a national loss total.
In the United States
NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.
- Deaths
- 0 (0 direct, 0 indirect)
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- none recorded
- Crop damage
- none recorded
- Events recorded
- 4 in 4 reports from 1 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 4 |
What was recorded
4 hurricane (typhoon).
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 06:00 | 10.9N 44.1W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 3, 12:00 | 11.5N 45.5W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 3, 18:00 | 12.3N 47.1W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 4, 00:00 | 13.1N 48.5W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 4, 06:00 | 13.9N 49.9W | 50 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 4, 12:00 | 14.6N 51.7W | 55 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 4, 18:00 | 15.2N 53.7W | 65 kt | 999 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 5, 00:00 | 15.6N 55.3W | 65 kt | 998 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 5, 06:00 | 16.0N 56.4W | 65 kt | 997 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 5, 12:00 | 16.4N 57.4W | 65 kt | 996 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 5, 18:00 | 17.0N 58.3W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 6, 00:00 | 17.5N 59.2W | 65 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 6, 06:00 | 18.1N 60.0W | 70 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 6, 12:00 | 18.6N 60.9W | 70 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 6, 18:00 | 19.0N 61.7W | 75 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 00:00 | 19.4N 62.4W | 75 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 06:00 | 19.7N 62.8W | 75 kt | 978 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 12:00 | 20.2N 63.1W | 75 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 18:00 | 20.6N 63.2W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 00:00 | 21.2N 63.2W | 95 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 06:00 | 21.8N 63.2W | 100 kt | 961 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 12:00 | 22.5N 62.9W | 105 kt | 957 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 18:00 | 23.2N 62.5W | 110 kt | 952 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 9, 00:00 | 24.1N 62.0W | 110 kt | 948 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 9, 06:00 | 25.2N 61.4W | 110 kt | 946 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 9, 12:00 | 26.5N 60.8W | 110 kt | 947 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 9, 18:00 | 27.9N 60.2W | 110 kt | 951 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 00:00 | 29.3N 59.6W | 105 kt | 955 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 30.8N 58.9W | 100 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 32.2N 58.3W | 95 kt | 965 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 33.6N 57.5W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 34.8N 56.4W | 80 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 11, 06:00 | 35.7N 55.1W | 75 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 36.4N 53.6W | 70 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 37.1N 51.9W | 65 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 37.6N 49.9W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 38.0N 48.0W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 38.5N 46.2W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 38.9N 44.9W | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 39.0N 44.0W | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 38.9N 43.2W | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 38.5N 42.3W | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 38.1N 41.3W | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 37.8N 40.2W | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 37.6N 39.1W | 50 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 37.6N 37.9W | 55 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 37.8N 36.5W | 55 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 38.2N 35.0W | 60 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 38.9N 33.4W | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 39.7N 31.7W | 50 kt | 983 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 40.9N 29.9W | 50 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 42.2N 28.2W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 43.5N 26.5W | 50 kt | 987 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 45.0N 24.5W | 50 kt | 989 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 46.0N 22.5W | 55 kt | 991 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 46.8N 21.0W | 60 kt | 993 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 47.0N 20.0W | 60 kt | 994 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 46.5N 19.0W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 46.0N 20.0W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 47.2N 19.8W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 48.0N 19.0W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 48.5N 18.0W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 48.8N 17.5W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 48.9N 17.0W | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 48.9N 16.2W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 49.0N 15.3W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 49.0N 14.0W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1997
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1997
- Tropical Storm AnaNorth Atlantic · 1997
- Hurricane BillNorth Atlantic · 1997
- Tropical Storm ClaudetteNorth Atlantic · 1997
- Hurricane DannyNorth Atlantic · 1997
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1997
- Tropical Storm FabianNorth Atlantic · 1997
- Tropical Storm GraceNorth Atlantic · 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.