Tropical Storm Rick (2015)
Tropical Storm Rick peaked at 35 kt in the Eastern Pacific between November 18, 2015 and November 26, 2015, with a lowest pressure of 1002 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Rick, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2015 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
- November 18, 2015 to November 26, 2015
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1002 mb (29.59 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 534 km (332 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 80 nmi (148 km, 92 mi)
- Overall size
- 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 13 kt (15 mph)
- Identifier
- EP212015
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 06:00 | 12.9N 107.1W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Nov 18, 12:00 | 12.9N 106.9W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 18, 18:00 | 12.9N 106.6W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 19, 00:00 | 13.1N 106.0W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 19, 06:00 | 13.7N 105.8W | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 19, 12:00 | 14.2N 106.1W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 19, 18:00 | 14.7N 106.8W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 20, 00:00 | 15.2N 107.8W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 20, 06:00 | 15.7N 109.0W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 20, 12:00 | 15.9N 110.1W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 20, 18:00 | 16.1N 111.1W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 21, 00:00 | 16.5N 112.1W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 21, 06:00 | 16.8N 113.3W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 21, 12:00 | 16.8N 114.4W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 21, 18:00 | 16.7N 115.5W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 22, 00:00 | 16.8N 116.5W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 22, 06:00 | 17.0N 117.5W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 22, 12:00 | 17.4N 118.2W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 22, 18:00 | 17.8N 118.9W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Nov 23, 00:00 | 18.5N 119.4W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Nov 23, 06:00 | 19.1N 120.0W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Nov 23, 12:00 | 19.6N 120.6W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Nov 23, 18:00 | 20.1N 121.1W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Nov 24, 00:00 | 20.6N 121.7W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Nov 24, 06:00 | 20.9N 122.3W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Nov 24, 12:00 | 21.1N 123.0W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Nov 24, 18:00 | 21.4N 123.7W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Nov 25, 00:00 | 21.4N 124.0W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Nov 25, 06:00 | 21.4N 124.2W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Nov 25, 12:00 | 21.3N 124.6W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Nov 25, 18:00 | 21.0N 125.0W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Nov 26, 00:00 | 20.6N 125.4W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Nov 26, 06:00 | 20.2N 126.0W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2015
- Hurricane AndresEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane BlancaEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane CarlosEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane HalolaEastern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm ElaEastern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm IuneEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane DoloresEastern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm EnriqueEastern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm FeliciaEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane GuillermoEastern Pacific · 2015
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane HildaEastern Pacific · 2015
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane KiloEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane LokeEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane IgnacioEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane JimenaEastern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm KevinEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane LindaEastern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm MaliaEastern Pacific · 2015
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm NialaEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane MartyEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane OhoEastern Pacific · 2015
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2015
- Tropical Storm NoraEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane OlafEastern Pacific · 2015
- Hurricane PatriciaEastern Pacific · 2015 · $460 million
- Hurricane SandraEastern Pacific · 2015
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.