The 2017 season

Hurricane Irwin (2017)

Hurricane Irwin reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between July 22, 2017 and August 3, 2017, with a lowest pressure of 979 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Irwin, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2017 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
July 22, 2017 to August 3, 2017
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
979 mb (28.91 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 925 km (575 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
11.1
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
80 nmi (148 km, 92 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
Overall size
180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
100 kt (115 mph)
Fastest the center moved
12 kt (14 mph)
Identifier
EP102017

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 22, 06:0014.1N 111.7W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Jul 22, 12:0014.3N 112.4W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Jul 22, 18:0014.5N 113.2W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Jul 23, 00:0014.6N 114.0W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Jul 23, 06:0014.7N 114.8W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 12:0014.8N 115.5W35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 18:0014.8N 116.2W40 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 00:0014.8N 116.7W45 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 06:0014.8N 117.0W50 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 12:0014.9N 117.3W55 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 18:0015.0N 117.6W60 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 00:0015.2N 118.1W65 kt990 mbHurricane
Jul 25, 06:0015.4N 118.6W70 kt986 mbHurricane
Jul 25, 12:0015.6N 119.2W75 kt983 mbHurricane
Jul 25, 18:0015.8N 119.8W80 kt979 mbHurricane
Jul 26, 00:0015.9N 120.5W80 kt979 mbHurricane
Jul 26, 06:0015.8N 121.2W70 kt987 mbHurricane
Jul 26, 12:0015.6N 121.8W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 18:0015.3N 122.5W50 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 00:0015.0N 123.0W50 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 06:0014.9N 123.5W50 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 12:0014.9N 123.9W50 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 18:0014.9N 124.2W50 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 00:0014.9N 124.4W50 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 06:0014.9N 124.6W50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 12:0014.8N 124.7W50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 18:0014.7N 124.7W50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 00:0014.7N 124.6W50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 06:0014.8N 124.5W50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 12:0015.0N 124.4W50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 18:0015.4N 124.4W50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 00:0016.0N 124.5W55 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 06:0016.7N 124.7W55 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 12:0017.4N 124.9W55 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 30, 18:0018.3N 125.4W55 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 00:0019.2N 126.0W55 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 06:0020.2N 126.5W50 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 12:0021.2N 127.0W50 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Jul 31, 18:0022.2N 127.5W50 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 00:0023.3N 128.0W45 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 06:0024.4N 128.5W45 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 12:0025.5N 129.0W35 kt1008 mbTropical storm
Aug 1, 18:0026.4N 129.5W30 kt1008 mbLow
Aug 2, 00:0027.3N 130.1W30 kt1009 mbLow
Aug 2, 06:0027.9N 130.8W30 kt1009 mbLow
Aug 2, 12:0028.3N 131.4W25 kt1010 mbLow
Aug 2, 18:0028.4N 131.6W20 kt1011 mbLow
Aug 3, 00:0028.4N 131.6W20 kt1012 mbLow
Aug 3, 06:0028.4N 131.6W15 kt1013 mbLow
Aug 3, 12:0028.4N 131.3W15 kt1013 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.