Hurricane Douglas (2002)
Hurricane Douglas reached Category 2 in the Eastern Pacific between July 20, 2002 and July 27, 2002, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Douglas, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2002 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
- July 20, 2002 to July 27, 2002
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb (28.64 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 511 km (318 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 9.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 225 nmi (417 km, 259 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
- Overall size
- 210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 20 kt (23 mph)
- Identifier
- EP052002
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 12:00 | 13.2N 106.4W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 20, 18:00 | 13.7N 106.8W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 00:00 | 14.5N 107.2W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 06:00 | 15.3N 107.6W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 12:00 | 16.1N 108.4W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 18:00 | 16.6N 109.5W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 00:00 | 17.0N 110.3W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 22, 06:00 | 17.1N 111.1W | 75 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 22, 12:00 | 17.2N 112.0W | 85 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 22, 18:00 | 17.2N 112.7W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 23, 00:00 | 17.3N 113.4W | 90 kt | 971 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 23, 06:00 | 17.4N 114.0W | 90 kt | 972 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 23, 12:00 | 17.6N 114.7W | 85 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 23, 18:00 | 18.2N 115.7W | 80 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 24, 00:00 | 18.8N 117.0W | 80 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 24, 06:00 | 19.4N 118.4W | 70 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 24, 12:00 | 20.0N 120.0W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 24, 18:00 | 20.5N 121.8W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 00:00 | 20.7N 123.8W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 06:00 | 20.9N 125.7W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 12:00 | 20.8N 127.6W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 18:00 | 20.8N 129.4W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 00:00 | 21.0N 131.3W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 26, 06:00 | 21.2N 133.4W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 26, 12:00 | 21.4N 135.3W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 26, 18:00 | 21.6N 137.3W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Jul 27, 00:00 | 21.6N 139.3W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2002
- Hurricane AlmaEastern Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm BorisEastern Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm CristinaEastern Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Depression KalmaegiEastern Pacific · 2002
- Hurricane ElidaEastern Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2002
- Hurricane FaustoEastern Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm AlikaEastern Pacific · 2002
- Hurricane EleEastern Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm GenevieveEastern Pacific · 2002
- Hurricane HernanEastern Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm IselleEastern Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm JulioEastern Pacific · 2002
- Hurricane KennaEastern Pacific · 2002
- Tropical Storm LowellEastern Pacific · 2002
- Hurricane HukoEastern Pacific · 2002
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2002
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.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.