The 2013 season

Hurricane Raymond (2013)

Hurricane Raymond reached Category 3 in the Eastern Pacific between October 19, 2013 and November 1, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 951 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Raymond, 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.

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The storm

Basin
Eastern Pacific
Dates
October 19, 2013 to November 1, 2013
Peak strength
Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
Lowest pressure
951 mb (28.08 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 125 km (78 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
17.4
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
120 nmi (222 km, 138 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
220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
135 kt (155 mph)
Fastest the center moved
10 kt (12 mph)
Identifier
EP172013

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 19, 18:0013.2N 99.8W25 kt1006 mbLow
Oct 20, 00:0013.7N 100.5W30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Oct 20, 06:0014.2N 101.0W35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 12:0014.7N 101.4W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 20, 18:0015.2N 101.7W60 kt993 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 00:0015.7N 102.0W80 kt978 mbHurricane
Oct 21, 06:0016.0N 102.2W95 kt965 mbHurricane
Oct 21, 12:0016.2N 102.2W105 kt956 mbHurricane
Oct 21, 18:0016.4N 102.1W110 kt951 mbHurricane
Oct 22, 00:0016.4N 101.9W105 kt955 mbHurricane
Oct 22, 06:0016.4N 101.9W95 kt962 mbHurricane
Oct 22, 12:0016.4N 101.9W85 kt969 mbHurricane
Oct 22, 18:0016.3N 101.8W75 kt987 mbHurricane
Oct 23, 00:0016.0N 101.8W65 kt988 mbHurricane
Oct 23, 06:0015.7N 102.1W60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 12:0015.4N 102.8W55 kt995 mbTropical storm
Oct 23, 18:0015.1N 103.5W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 00:0014.9N 104.2W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 06:0014.8N 104.9W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 12:0014.8N 105.6W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 24, 18:0014.8N 106.4W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 00:0014.6N 107.2W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 06:0014.3N 107.9W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 12:0013.9N 108.5W50 kt999 mbTropical storm
Oct 25, 18:0013.4N 109.3W50 kt999 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 00:0013.1N 110.3W55 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 06:0013.0N 111.3W55 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 12:0013.0N 112.2W55 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 26, 18:0013.0N 113.0W55 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 00:0013.2N 113.9W55 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 06:0013.5N 114.8W60 kt995 mbTropical storm
Oct 27, 12:0013.8N 115.6W75 kt983 mbHurricane
Oct 27, 18:0014.2N 116.3W80 kt979 mbHurricane
Oct 28, 00:0014.8N 116.8W90 kt972 mbHurricane
Oct 28, 06:0015.4N 117.0W90 kt971 mbHurricane
Oct 28, 12:0016.0N 117.0W80 kt977 mbHurricane
Oct 28, 18:0016.4N 117.0W65 kt990 mbHurricane
Oct 29, 00:0016.8N 117.0W50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 06:0017.4N 117.0W45 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 12:0018.0N 116.9W40 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Oct 29, 18:0018.6N 116.5W40 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 30, 00:0019.0N 115.9W40 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Oct 30, 06:0019.4N 115.3W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Oct 30, 12:0019.9N 114.7W30 kt1007 mbLow
Oct 30, 18:0020.4N 114.4W30 kt1008 mbLow
Oct 31, 00:0020.7N 114.4W25 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 31, 06:0020.9N 114.6W20 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 31, 12:0021.0N 114.8W20 kt1009 mbLow
Oct 31, 18:0021.0N 115.0W20 kt1010 mbLow
Nov 1, 00:0021.0N 115.2W20 kt1010 mbLow

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 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.