Hurricane Frank (2016)
Hurricane Frank reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between July 21, 2016 and July 30, 2016, with a lowest pressure of 979 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Frank, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2016 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 21, 2016 to July 30, 2016
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 979 mb (28.91 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 315 km (196 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 8.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 80 nmi (148 km, 92 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
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 90 kt (104 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- EP072016
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 21, 06:00 | 13.2N 101.5W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 21, 12:00 | 14.0N 102.5W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 18:00 | 14.8N 103.6W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 00:00 | 15.6N 104.7W | 45 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 06:00 | 16.4N 105.8W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 12:00 | 17.2N 106.9W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 18:00 | 17.7N 107.8W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 00:00 | 18.0N 108.5W | 55 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 06:00 | 18.3N 109.1W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 12:00 | 18.6N 109.7W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 18:00 | 19.0N 110.3W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 00:00 | 19.3N 110.8W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 06:00 | 19.6N 111.4W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 12:00 | 19.8N 111.9W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 18:00 | 19.9N 112.3W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 00:00 | 20.1N 112.8W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 06:00 | 20.2N 113.2W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 12:00 | 20.3N 113.7W | 50 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 18:00 | 20.5N 114.2W | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 00:00 | 20.7N 114.7W | 50 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 06:00 | 20.9N 115.4W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 12:00 | 21.1N 116.2W | 65 kt | 989 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 26, 18:00 | 21.3N 117.2W | 70 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 27, 00:00 | 21.6N 118.2W | 75 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 27, 06:00 | 22.0N 119.2W | 75 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 27, 12:00 | 22.4N 120.3W | 60 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 27, 18:00 | 22.9N 121.4W | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 00:00 | 23.2N 122.4W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 06:00 | 23.4N 123.3W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 12:00 | 23.6N 124.1W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Jul 28, 18:00 | 24.0N 124.6W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Jul 29, 00:00 | 24.1N 125.1W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Jul 29, 06:00 | 24.2N 125.6W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Jul 29, 12:00 | 24.2N 126.0W | 20 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
| Jul 29, 18:00 | 24.1N 126.4W | 20 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
| Jul 30, 00:00 | 23.8N 126.7W | 20 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
| Jul 30, 06:00 | 23.6N 127.0W | 20 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
| Jul 30, 12:00 | 23.4N 127.3W | 20 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
| Jul 30, 18:00 | 23.2N 127.7W | 20 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2016
- Hurricane PaliEastern Pacific · 2016
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm AgathaEastern Pacific · 2016
- Hurricane BlasEastern Pacific · 2016
- Hurricane CeliaEastern Pacific · 2016
- Hurricane DarbyEastern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm EstelleEastern Pacific · 2016
- Hurricane GeorgetteEastern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm HowardEastern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm IvetteEastern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm JavierEastern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm KayEastern Pacific · 2016
- Hurricane LesterEastern Pacific · 2016
- Hurricane MadelineEastern Pacific · 2016
- Hurricane NewtonEastern Pacific · 2016
- Hurricane OrleneEastern Pacific · 2016
- Hurricane PaineEastern Pacific · 2016
- Hurricane UlikaEastern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm RoslynEastern Pacific · 2016
- Hurricane SongdaEastern Pacific · 2016
- Hurricane SeymourEastern Pacific · 2016
- Tropical Storm TinaEastern Pacific · 2016
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.