Hurricane Kenneth (2017)
Hurricane Kenneth reached Category 4 in the Eastern Pacific between August 17, 2017 and August 27, 2017, with a lowest pressure of 951 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Kenneth, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- August 17, 2017 to August 27, 2017
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 951 mb (28.08 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 973 km (605 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 10.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 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
- 140 kt (161 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 15 kt (17 mph)
- Identifier
- EP132017
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 12:00 | 13.2N 111.4W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Aug 17, 18:00 | 13.5N 112.4W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Aug 18, 00:00 | 13.9N 113.4W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Aug 18, 06:00 | 14.2N 114.6W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 18, 12:00 | 14.5N 115.9W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 18, 18:00 | 14.7N 117.2W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 19, 00:00 | 14.9N 118.5W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 06:00 | 15.1N 119.9W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 12:00 | 15.3N 121.4W | 45 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 18:00 | 15.5N 122.9W | 50 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 00:00 | 15.7N 124.3W | 55 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 06:00 | 15.9N 125.6W | 60 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 12:00 | 16.1N 126.8W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 20, 18:00 | 16.3N 127.8W | 80 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 21, 00:00 | 16.5N 128.8W | 95 kt | 967 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 21, 06:00 | 16.9N 129.7W | 115 kt | 951 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 21, 12:00 | 17.5N 130.5W | 115 kt | 951 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 21, 18:00 | 18.1N 131.2W | 105 kt | 959 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 22, 00:00 | 18.8N 131.8W | 95 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 22, 06:00 | 19.5N 132.4W | 85 kt | 974 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 22, 12:00 | 20.3N 132.9W | 75 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 22, 18:00 | 21.2N 133.4W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 23, 00:00 | 22.2N 133.8W | 60 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 23, 06:00 | 23.2N 134.2W | 50 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 23, 12:00 | 24.1N 134.8W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Low |
| Aug 23, 18:00 | 24.9N 135.4W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Low |
| Aug 24, 00:00 | 25.6N 136.0W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Aug 24, 06:00 | 26.3N 136.5W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Aug 24, 12:00 | 27.0N 136.7W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Aug 24, 18:00 | 27.6N 136.6W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Aug 25, 00:00 | 28.0N 136.3W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Aug 25, 06:00 | 28.1N 135.9W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Aug 25, 12:00 | 28.2N 135.5W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Aug 25, 18:00 | 28.4N 135.1W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Aug 26, 00:00 | 28.7N 134.9W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Aug 26, 06:00 | 28.9N 135.0W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Aug 26, 12:00 | 29.0N 135.2W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Aug 26, 18:00 | 29.1N 135.4W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
| Aug 27, 00:00 | 29.2N 135.5W | 20 kt | 1012 mb | Low |
| Aug 27, 06:00 | 29.3N 135.6W | 20 kt | 1013 mb | Low |
| Aug 27, 12:00 | 29.3N 135.7W | 15 kt | 1015 mb | Low |
| Aug 27, 18:00 | 29.2N 135.8W | 15 kt | 1017 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2017
- Tropical Storm AdrianEastern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm BeatrizEastern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm CalvinEastern Pacific · 2017
- Hurricane DoraEastern Pacific · 2017
- Hurricane EugeneEastern 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
- 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.