Tropical Storm Hilda (1997)
Tropical Storm Hilda peaked at 45 kt in the Eastern Pacific between August 10, 1997 and August 15, 1997, with a lowest pressure of 1000 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Hilda, 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
- August 10, 1997 to August 15, 1997
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1000 mb (29.53 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1310 km (814 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.7
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- EP101997
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 00:00 | 10.5N 114.4W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 10, 06:00 | 11.0N 114.4W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 10, 12:00 | 11.5N 114.5W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 10, 18:00 | 11.9N 114.8W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 11, 00:00 | 12.2N 115.2W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 11, 06:00 | 12.4N 115.6W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 11, 12:00 | 12.7N 116.1W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 11, 18:00 | 12.9N 116.8W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 00:00 | 13.0N 117.6W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 06:00 | 13.1N 118.4W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 12:00 | 13.1N 119.3W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 18:00 | 13.3N 120.3W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 00:00 | 13.8N 121.2W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 06:00 | 14.1N 122.1W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 12:00 | 14.3N 122.8W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 18:00 | 14.6N 123.6W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 14, 00:00 | 15.2N 124.9W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 14, 06:00 | 15.6N 126.2W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 14, 12:00 | 16.1N 127.6W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 14, 18:00 | 16.5N 129.0W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 15, 00:00 | 17.2N 130.2W | 25 kt | 1007 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 EnriqueEastern Pacific · 1997
- Hurricane FeliciaEastern Pacific · 1997
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1997
- Hurricane GuillermoEastern 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.