Hurricane Nora (2003)

Basin

Eastern Pacific

Dates

October 1, 2003 to October 9, 2003

Peak strength

Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)

Lowest pressure

969 mb (28.61 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

8.8

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

100 nmi (185 km, 115 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)

Overall size

200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Fastest the center moved

18 kt (21 mph)

Identifier

EP142003

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 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
• Hurricane JimenaEastern 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 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 Nora