Hurricane Patricia (2003)
Hurricane Patricia reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between October 20, 2003 and October 26, 2003, with a lowest pressure of 984 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Patricia, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2003 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
- October 20, 2003 to October 26, 2003
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 984 mb (29.06 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 711 km (442 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.5
- 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
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 12 kt (14 mph)
- Identifier
- EP162003
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 12:00 | 10.0N 100.3W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 20, 18:00 | 10.3N 101.2W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 21, 00:00 | 10.6N 101.9W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 21, 06:00 | 10.9N 102.6W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 21, 12:00 | 11.3N 103.4W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 21, 18:00 | 11.6N 104.2W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 22, 00:00 | 11.7N 105.0W | 70 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 22, 06:00 | 11.9N 105.8W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 22, 12:00 | 12.0N 106.7W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 22, 18:00 | 12.2N 107.8W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 23, 00:00 | 12.4N 108.6W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 23, 06:00 | 12.8N 109.5W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 23, 12:00 | 13.2N 110.7W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 23, 18:00 | 13.3N 111.7W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 00:00 | 13.6N 112.3W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 06:00 | 13.7N 112.6W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 12:00 | 13.9N 112.9W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 18:00 | 14.3N 113.2W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 00:00 | 14.6N 113.5W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 06:00 | 14.9N 113.8W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 12:00 | 15.2N 114.1W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 25, 18:00 | 15.5N 114.4W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 26, 00:00 | 15.7N 114.7W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 26, 06:00 | 15.8N 115.1W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Oct 26, 12:00 | 15.8N 115.5W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2003
- Tropical Storm YanyanEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm AndresEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm BlancaEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm CarlosEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm DoloresEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm EnriqueEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm FeliciaEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm GuillermoEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm HildaEastern Pacific · 2003
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2003
- Hurricane IgnacioEastern Pacific · 2003
- Hurricane JimenaEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm KevinEastern Pacific · 2003
- Hurricane LindaEastern Pacific · 2003
- Hurricane MartyEastern Pacific · 2003
- Hurricane NoraEastern Pacific · 2003
- Hurricane OlafEastern Pacific · 2003
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.