Tropical Storm Olaf (1997)

Basin

Eastern Pacific

Dates

September 26, 1997 to October 12, 1997

Peak strength

Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)

Lowest pressure

989 mb (29.21 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

2.4

Fastest the center moved

14 kt (16 mph)

Identifier

EP171997

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.

• Tropical Storm AndresEastern Pacific · 1997Tropical Storm45 kt · 998 mb
• Tropical Storm BlancaEastern Pacific · 1997Tropical Storm40 kt · 1002 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1997Tropical Depression30 kt
• Tropical Storm CarlosEastern Pacific · 1997Tropical Storm45 kt · 996 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1997Tropical Depression30 kt
• Hurricane DoloresEastern Pacific · 1997Cat 180 kt · 975 mb
• Hurricane EnriqueEastern Pacific · 1997Cat 3100 kt · 960 mb
• Hurricane FeliciaEastern Pacific · 1997Cat 4115 kt · 948 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1997Tropical Depression25 kt
• Hurricane GuillermoEastern Pacific · 1997Cat 5140 kt · 919 mb
• Tropical Storm HildaEastern Pacific · 1997Tropical Storm45 kt · 1000 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1997Tropical Depression30 kt
• Tropical Storm IgnacioEastern Pacific · 1997Tropical Storm35 kt · 1005 mb
• Hurricane JimenaEastern Pacific · 1997Cat 4120 kt · 942 mb
• Hurricane OliwaEastern Pacific · 1997Cat 5140 kt · 915 mb
• Tropical Storm KevinEastern Pacific · 1997Tropical Storm50 kt · 994 mb
• Hurricane LindaEastern Pacific · 1997Cat 5160 kt · 902 mb
• Tropical Storm MartyEastern Pacific · 1997Tropical Storm40 kt · 1002 mb
• Hurricane NoraEastern Pacific · 1997Cat 4115 kt · 950 mb
• Tropical Storm EllaEastern Pacific · 1997Tropical Storm40 kt
• Hurricane PaulineEastern Pacific · 1997Cat 4115 kt · 948 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1997Tropical Depression25 kt
• Unnamed tropical stormEastern Pacific · 1997Tropical Storm35 kt
• Hurricane RickEastern Pacific · 1997Cat 285 kt · 973 mb
• Hurricane PakaEastern Pacific · 1997Cat 5160 kt · 920 mb

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.

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.

• Tropical cyclone report, National Hurricane Center
• Wikipedia article: Tropical Storm Olaf