Hurricane Jimena (2003)

Basin

Eastern Pacific

Dates

August 28, 2003 to September 5, 2003

Peak strength

Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)

Lowest pressure

970 mb (28.64 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 194 km (121 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

9.3

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

135 nmi (250 km, 155 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)

Overall size

180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Fastest the center moved

20 kt (23 mph)

Identifier

EP102003

Radar at PHWA as it neared land, Sep 1, 12:00 UTC

The sources count different things and are not added together.

NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.

Deaths

0 (0 direct, 0 indirect)

Injuries

0

Property damage

none recorded

Crop damage

none recorded

Events recorded

10 in 4 reports from 1 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

9 high surf, 1 heavy rain.

• Tropical Storm YanyanEastern Pacific · 2003Tropical Storm50 kt · 987 mb
• Tropical Storm AndresEastern Pacific · 2003Tropical Storm50 kt · 997 mb
• Tropical Storm BlancaEastern Pacific · 2003Tropical Storm50 kt · 997 mb
• Tropical Storm CarlosEastern Pacific · 2003Tropical Storm55 kt · 996 mb
• Tropical Storm DoloresEastern Pacific · 2003Tropical Storm35 kt · 1005 mb
• Tropical Storm EnriqueEastern Pacific · 2003Tropical Storm55 kt · 993 mb
• Tropical Storm FeliciaEastern Pacific · 2003Tropical Storm45 kt · 1000 mb
• Tropical Storm GuillermoEastern Pacific · 2003Tropical Storm50 kt · 997 mb
• Tropical Storm HildaEastern Pacific · 2003Tropical Storm35 kt · 1004 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2003Tropical Depression30 kt · 1009 mb
• Hurricane IgnacioEastern Pacific · 2003Cat 290 kt · 970 mb
• Tropical Storm KevinEastern Pacific · 2003Tropical Storm35 kt · 1000 mb
• Hurricane LindaEastern Pacific · 2003Cat 165 kt · 987 mb
• Hurricane MartyEastern Pacific · 2003Cat 285 kt · 970 mb
• Hurricane NoraEastern Pacific · 2003Cat 290 kt · 969 mb
• Hurricane OlafEastern Pacific · 2003Cat 165 kt · 987 mb
• Hurricane PatriciaEastern Pacific · 2003Cat 170 kt · 984 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.

The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.

• Every advisory and discussion NHC issued while it was live
• Wikipedia article: Hurricane Jimena