The 2017 season

Hurricane Eugene (2017)

Hurricane Eugene reached Category 3 in the Eastern Pacific between July 7, 2017 and July 14, 2017, with a lowest pressure of 966 mb.

Radar

Reflectivity now over Hurricane Eugene. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

The storm

Basin
Eastern Pacific
Dates
July 7, 2017 to July 14, 2017
Peak strength
Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
Lowest pressure
966 mb (28.53 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 814 km (506 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
8.1
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
110 nmi (204 km, 127 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
Overall size
220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
120 kt (138 mph)
Fastest the center moved
10 kt (12 mph)
Identifier
EP052017

Deaths and damage

The sources count different things and are not added together.

NOAA Storm Events

0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)none recorded

What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 1 states and marine areas, in the United States only. Property and crop damage as each office estimated it, which is not a national loss total.

In the United States

NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled May 2026.

Deaths
0 (0 direct, 0 indirect)
Injuries
0
Property damage
none recorded
Crop damage
none recorded
Events recorded
3 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas

State by state

State or marine areaDeathsInjuriesDamageEvents
California003

What was recorded

2 high surf, 1 rip current.

What forecast offices wrote

From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.

Huntington Beach Lifeguards rescued 200 plus people from rip currents over the weekend. Strong rip currents continued into the workweek, but rescue numbers are unavailable.

Orange County Coastal, California · Rip Current · Jul 8, 14:00 UTC

South facing beaches were impacted by elevated surf over a period of 5 days. Huntington Beach Lifeguards reported sets to 7 ft over the 5 day period. Surf peaked on the 12th with 10 ft sets. Newport Beach also reported sets to 7 ft.

Orange County Coastal, California · High Surf · Jul 9, 14:00 UTC

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 7, 12:0011.2N 110.0W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Jul 7, 18:0011.6N 110.8W35 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Jul 8, 00:0012.1N 111.3W35 kt1007 mbTropical storm
Jul 8, 06:0012.7N 111.9W40 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 8, 12:0013.2N 112.5W50 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 8, 18:0013.6N 113.0W60 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 9, 00:0014.1N 113.4W70 kt989 mbHurricane
Jul 9, 06:0014.8N 113.8W85 kt976 mbHurricane
Jul 9, 12:0015.5N 114.4W95 kt969 mbHurricane
Jul 9, 18:0016.3N 115.0W100 kt966 mbHurricane
Jul 10, 00:0017.1N 115.6W90 kt971 mbHurricane
Jul 10, 06:0017.7N 116.2W85 kt976 mbHurricane
Jul 10, 12:0018.3N 116.9W75 kt981 mbHurricane
Jul 10, 18:0019.0N 117.5W70 kt984 mbHurricane
Jul 11, 00:0019.6N 118.0W60 kt991 mbTropical storm
Jul 11, 06:0020.3N 118.6W55 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jul 11, 12:0020.9N 119.2W50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 11, 18:0021.5N 119.8W45 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Jul 12, 00:0022.0N 120.3W40 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 12, 06:0022.6N 120.8W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Jul 12, 12:0023.2N 121.5W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Jul 12, 18:0023.7N 122.2W30 kt1006 mbLow
Jul 13, 00:0024.2N 122.9W30 kt1006 mbLow
Jul 13, 06:0024.7N 123.6W25 kt1007 mbLow
Jul 13, 12:0025.1N 124.2W25 kt1008 mbLow
Jul 13, 18:0025.5N 124.9W20 kt1009 mbLow
Jul 14, 00:0026.0N 125.7W20 kt1009 mbLow
Jul 14, 06:0026.5N 126.5W20 kt1009 mbLow

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2017

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.