Hurricane Carlotta (2012)
Hurricane Carlotta reached Category 2 in the Eastern Pacific between June 13, 2012 and June 17, 2012, with a lowest pressure of 973 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Carlotta, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2012 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
- June 13, 2012 to June 17, 2012
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 95 kt (109 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 973 mb (28.73 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 35 nmi (65 km, 40 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 225 nmi (417 km, 259 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 110 kt (127 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- EP032012
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 01:00 | Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico, 19 km away | 15.8N 96.9W | 90 kt (104 mph) | 976 mb |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 18:00 | 8.7N 91.5W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Jun 14, 00:00 | 9.2N 92.3W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 14, 06:00 | 9.8N 92.9W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 14, 12:00 | 10.5N 93.4W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 14, 18:00 | 11.3N 94.0W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 15, 00:00 | 12.0N 94.5W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 15, 06:00 | 12.7N 95.0W | 60 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 15, 12:00 | 13.5N 95.6W | 65 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 15, 18:00 | 14.4N 96.1W | 85 kt | 978 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 16, 00:00 | 15.6N 96.7W | 90 kt | 976 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 16, 01:00 landfall | 15.8N 96.9W | 90 kt | 976 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 16, 06:00 | 16.5N 97.9W | 70 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 16, 12:00 | 17.3N 99.0W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 16, 18:00 | 17.7N 99.6W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 17, 00:00 | 18.0N 100.1W | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Jun 17, 06:00 | 18.0N 100.3W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2012
- Tropical Storm AlettaEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane BudEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane DanielEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane EmiliaEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane FabioEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane GilmaEastern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm HectorEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane IleanaEastern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm JohnEastern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm KristyEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane LaneEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane MiriamEastern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm NormanEastern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm OliviaEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane PaulEastern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm RosaEastern Pacific · 2012
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.