The 2010 season

Hurricane Celia (2010)

Hurricane Celia reached Category 5 in the Eastern Pacific between June 18, 2010 and June 30, 2010, with a lowest pressure of 921 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Celia, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2010 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
Eastern Pacific
Dates
June 18, 2010 to June 30, 2010
Peak strength
Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)
Lowest pressure
921 mb (27.20 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 268 km (167 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
24.1
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
45 nmi (83 km, 52 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
Overall size
275 nmi (509 km, 316 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
170 kt (196 mph)
Fastest the center moved
12 kt (14 mph)
Identifier
EP042010

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jun 18, 06:0013.0N 94.4W20 kt1010 mbLow
Jun 18, 12:0013.2N 95.0W25 kt1010 mbLow
Jun 18, 18:0013.4N 95.5W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Jun 19, 00:0013.2N 96.0W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Jun 19, 06:0013.0N 96.5W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Jun 19, 12:0012.8N 97.0W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Jun 19, 18:0012.5N 97.5W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 20, 00:0012.2N 98.1W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jun 20, 06:0012.0N 98.8W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jun 20, 12:0011.8N 99.4W60 kt991 mbTropical storm
Jun 20, 18:0011.6N 100.0W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Jun 21, 00:0011.5N 100.6W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Jun 21, 06:0011.5N 101.3W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Jun 21, 12:0011.5N 102.0W70 kt984 mbHurricane
Jun 21, 18:0011.6N 102.8W75 kt980 mbHurricane
Jun 22, 00:0011.6N 103.6W80 kt977 mbHurricane
Jun 22, 06:0011.6N 104.4W85 kt973 mbHurricane
Jun 22, 12:0011.6N 105.2W85 kt973 mbHurricane
Jun 22, 18:0011.7N 106.0W85 kt973 mbHurricane
Jun 23, 00:0011.7N 106.8W80 kt977 mbHurricane
Jun 23, 06:0011.8N 107.7W75 kt980 mbHurricane
Jun 23, 12:0012.0N 108.7W85 kt973 mbHurricane
Jun 23, 18:0012.1N 109.8W95 kt966 mbHurricane
Jun 24, 00:0012.2N 111.0W90 kt970 mbHurricane
Jun 24, 06:0012.3N 112.1W90 kt970 mbHurricane
Jun 24, 12:0012.3N 113.3W100 kt962 mbHurricane
Jun 24, 18:0012.5N 114.3W115 kt948 mbHurricane
Jun 25, 00:0012.9N 115.4W140 kt921 mbHurricane
Jun 25, 06:0013.2N 116.5W140 kt921 mbHurricane
Jun 25, 12:0013.6N 117.6W125 kt938 mbHurricane
Jun 25, 18:0014.0N 118.5W110 kt953 mbHurricane
Jun 26, 00:0014.6N 119.4W100 kt962 mbHurricane
Jun 26, 06:0015.1N 120.3W90 kt970 mbHurricane
Jun 26, 12:0015.4N 121.1W85 kt973 mbHurricane
Jun 26, 18:0015.6N 121.8W70 kt984 mbHurricane
Jun 27, 00:0015.7N 122.5W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jun 27, 06:0015.8N 123.1W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jun 27, 12:0015.8N 123.5W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 27, 18:0015.6N 123.9W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 28, 00:0015.4N 124.1W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Jun 28, 06:0015.3N 124.1W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Jun 28, 12:0015.2N 124.1W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Jun 28, 18:0015.1N 123.9W30 kt1006 mbLow
Jun 29, 00:0015.2N 123.6W30 kt1006 mbLow
Jun 29, 06:0015.3N 123.5W30 kt1006 mbLow
Jun 29, 12:0015.4N 123.5W25 kt1007 mbLow
Jun 29, 18:0015.5N 123.5W25 kt1008 mbLow
Jun 30, 00:0015.7N 123.5W25 kt1008 mbLow
Jun 30, 06:0016.0N 123.4W25 kt1009 mbLow
Jun 30, 12:0016.2N 123.4W20 kt1010 mbLow

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2010

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.