Hurricane Erick (2013)
Hurricane Erick reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between July 4, 2013 and July 9, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 983 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Erick, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2013 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
- July 4, 2013 to July 9, 2013
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 983 mb (29.03 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 84 km (52 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 5.2
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 160 nmi (296 km, 184 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 85 kt (98 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 11 kt (13 mph)
- Identifier
- EP052013
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 12:00 | 13.2N 98.2W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 4, 18:00 | 13.8N 98.9W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 5, 00:00 | 14.4N 99.8W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 5, 06:00 | 15.0N 100.8W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 5, 12:00 | 15.5N 101.6W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 5, 18:00 | 16.0N 102.2W | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 6, 00:00 | 16.4N 102.7W | 60 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 6, 06:00 | 16.9N 103.3W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 6, 12:00 | 17.4N 104.0W | 70 kt | 983 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 6, 18:00 | 17.9N 104.6W | 70 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 7, 00:00 | 18.5N 105.3W | 70 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 7, 06:00 | 19.1N 106.1W | 70 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 7, 12:00 | 19.7N 106.9W | 65 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 7, 18:00 | 20.1N 107.7W | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 8, 00:00 | 20.6N 108.4W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 8, 06:00 | 21.1N 109.0W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 8, 12:00 | 21.7N 109.7W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 8, 18:00 | 22.3N 110.5W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 9, 00:00 | 22.9N 111.2W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 9, 06:00 | 23.6N 112.0W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Jul 9, 12:00 | 24.1N 112.8W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
| Jul 9, 18:00 | 24.7N 113.5W | 25 kt | 1013 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2013
- Tropical Storm AlvinEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane BarbaraEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane CosmeEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane DalilaEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm FlossieEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane GilEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane HenrietteEastern Pacific · 2013
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm UnalaEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane PewaEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm IvoEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm JulietteEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane KikoEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm LorenaEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane ManuelEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm NardaEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm OctaveEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm PriscillaEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane RaymondEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm SoniaEastern Pacific · 2013
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.