Hurricane Frank (2004)
Hurricane Frank reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between August 23, 2004 and August 27, 2004, with a lowest pressure of 979 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Frank, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2004 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
- August 23, 2004 to August 27, 2004
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 979 mb (28.91 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 518 km (322 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 75 nmi (139 km, 86 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi) from the center at its widest
- Overall size
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 90 kt (104 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 12 kt (14 mph)
- Identifier
- EP082004
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 06:00 | 16.7N 110.2W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 23, 12:00 | 17.3N 111.2W | 45 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 23, 18:00 | 18.0N 112.2W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 24, 00:00 | 18.8N 113.0W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 24, 06:00 | 19.5N 113.7W | 75 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 24, 12:00 | 20.2N 114.3W | 75 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 24, 18:00 | 20.8N 115.0W | 70 kt | 983 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 25, 00:00 | 21.3N 115.6W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 25, 06:00 | 21.6N 116.2W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 25, 12:00 | 21.8N 116.9W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 25, 18:00 | 22.0N 117.6W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 26, 00:00 | 22.1N 118.3W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 26, 06:00 | 22.3N 119.0W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Aug 26, 12:00 | 22.6N 119.6W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Aug 26, 18:00 | 22.5N 120.0W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Aug 27, 00:00 | 22.3N 120.5W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Aug 27, 06:00 | 22.0N 121.0W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Aug 27, 12:00 | 21.5N 121.5W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2004
- Tropical Storm AgathaEastern Pacific · 2004
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2004
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm BlasEastern Pacific · 2004
- Hurricane CeliaEastern Pacific · 2004
- Hurricane DarbyEastern Pacific · 2004
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm EstelleEastern Pacific · 2004
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm GeorgetteEastern Pacific · 2004
- Hurricane HowardEastern Pacific · 2004
- Hurricane IsisEastern Pacific · 2004
- Hurricane JavierEastern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm KayEastern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm LesterEastern Pacific · 2004
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2004
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.