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
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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 area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 12:00 | 11.2N 110.0W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 7, 18:00 | 11.6N 110.8W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 8, 00:00 | 12.1N 111.3W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 8, 06:00 | 12.7N 111.9W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 8, 12:00 | 13.2N 112.5W | 50 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 8, 18:00 | 13.6N 113.0W | 60 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 9, 00:00 | 14.1N 113.4W | 70 kt | 989 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 9, 06:00 | 14.8N 113.8W | 85 kt | 976 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 9, 12:00 | 15.5N 114.4W | 95 kt | 969 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 9, 18:00 | 16.3N 115.0W | 100 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 10, 00:00 | 17.1N 115.6W | 90 kt | 971 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 10, 06:00 | 17.7N 116.2W | 85 kt | 976 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 10, 12:00 | 18.3N 116.9W | 75 kt | 981 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 10, 18:00 | 19.0N 117.5W | 70 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 11, 00:00 | 19.6N 118.0W | 60 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 11, 06:00 | 20.3N 118.6W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 11, 12:00 | 20.9N 119.2W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 11, 18:00 | 21.5N 119.8W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 12, 00:00 | 22.0N 120.3W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 12, 06:00 | 22.6N 120.8W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 12, 12:00 | 23.2N 121.5W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 12, 18:00 | 23.7N 122.2W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Jul 13, 00:00 | 24.2N 122.9W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Jul 13, 06:00 | 24.7N 123.6W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Jul 13, 12:00 | 25.1N 124.2W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Jul 13, 18:00 | 25.5N 124.9W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Jul 14, 00:00 | 26.0N 125.7W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Jul 14, 06:00 | 26.5N 126.5W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2017
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- Tropical Storm BeatrizEastern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm CalvinEastern Pacific · 2017
- Hurricane DoraEastern Pacific · 2017
- Hurricane FernandaEastern Pacific · 2017
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm GregEastern Pacific · 2017
- Hurricane HilaryEastern Pacific · 2017
- Hurricane IrwinEastern Pacific · 2017
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm JovaEastern Pacific · 2017
- Hurricane KennethEastern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm LidiaEastern Pacific · 2017
- Hurricane OtisEastern Pacific · 2017
- Hurricane MaxEastern Pacific · 2017
- Hurricane NormaEastern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm PilarEastern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm RamonEastern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm SelmaEastern Pacific · 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.