Hurricane Rick (1997)
Hurricane Rick reached Category 2 in the Eastern Pacific between November 7, 1997 and November 10, 1997, with a lowest pressure of 973 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Rick, 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
- November 7, 1997 to November 10, 1997
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 973 mb (28.73 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.5
- Fastest the center moved
- 17 kt (20 mph)
- Identifier
- EP191997
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 01:00 | Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico, 5 km away | 15.9N 97.1W | 75 kt (86 mph) | 981 mb |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 00:00 | 9.0N 102.5W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 7, 06:00 | 9.5N 102.9W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 7, 12:00 | 10.0N 103.2W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 7, 18:00 | 10.7N 103.5W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 8, 00:00 | 11.4N 103.7W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 8, 06:00 | 12.1N 103.7W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 8, 12:00 | 12.7N 103.5W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 8, 18:00 | 13.3N 102.9W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 9, 00:00 | 14.2N 102.0W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 9, 06:00 | 14.9N 100.9W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 9, 12:00 | 15.3N 99.8W | 85 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 9, 18:00 | 15.6N 98.6W | 80 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 10, 00:00 | 15.8N 97.5W | 75 kt | 981 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 10, 01:00 landfall | 15.9N 97.1W | 75 kt | 981 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 10, 06:00 | 15.9N 96.0W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 10, 12:00 | 16.3N 94.5W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 10, 18:00 | 17.0N 93.0W | 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 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 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 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.