Hurricane Jimena (1997)
Hurricane Jimena reached Category 4 in the Eastern Pacific between August 25, 1997 and August 30, 1997, with a lowest pressure of 942 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Jimena, 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 25, 1997 to August 30, 1997
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 942 mb (27.82 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1424 km (885 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 11.8
- Fastest the center moved
- 13 kt (15 mph)
- Identifier
- EP121997
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 25, 12:00 | 10.9N 133.1W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 25, 18:00 | 11.0N 133.8W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 26, 00:00 | 11.3N 134.3W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 26, 06:00 | 11.5N 134.8W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 26, 12:00 | 11.9N 135.2W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 26, 18:00 | 12.1N 135.5W | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 27, 00:00 | 12.4N 135.6W | 75 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 27, 06:00 | 12.9N 135.8W | 100 kt | 968 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 27, 12:00 | 13.6N 135.9W | 115 kt | 948 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 27, 18:00 | 14.4N 136.1W | 115 kt | 948 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 28, 00:00 | 15.1N 136.3W | 115 kt | 948 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 28, 06:00 | 16.2N 136.7W | 115 kt | 948 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 28, 12:00 | 17.4N 137.1W | 115 kt | 948 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 28, 18:00 | 18.6N 137.7W | 115 kt | 948 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 29, 00:00 | 19.6N 138.2W | 100 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 29, 06:00 | 20.2N 138.8W | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 29, 12:00 | 20.5N 139.7W | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 29, 18:00 | 20.6N 140.5W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 30, 00:00 | 20.5N 141.2W | 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 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 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.