Hurricane Norma (2017)
Hurricane Norma reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between September 14, 2017 and September 22, 2017, with a lowest pressure of 985 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
- September 14, 2017 to September 22, 2017
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb (29.09 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 226 km (140 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 80 nmi (148 km, 92 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
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
- Overall size
- 230 nmi (426 km, 265 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 6 kt (7 mph)
- Identifier
- EP172017
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 16.4N 109.5W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 16.9N 109.4W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 17.4N 109.3W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 17.9N 109.4W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 18.3N 109.5W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 18.6N 109.7W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 18.8N 110.0W | 60 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 18.9N 110.1W | 65 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 19.0N 110.2W | 65 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 19.2N 110.2W | 60 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 19.5N 110.2W | 55 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 19.8N 110.2W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 20.2N 110.3W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 20.6N 110.5W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 21.0N 110.8W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 21.1N 111.2W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 21.2N 111.6W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 21.3N 112.0W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 21.4N 112.5W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 21.4N 113.1W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 21.4N 113.6W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 21.5N 114.2W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 21.7N 114.8W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 21.9N 115.4W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 22.0N 116.0W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 22.1N 116.6W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 22.1N 117.2W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 22.1N 117.5W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 22.4N 117.5W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 22.5N 117.3W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 22.6N 117.0W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 22.5N 116.5W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 22.3N 116.0W | 20 kt | 1010 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
- Hurricane KennethEastern Pacific · 2017
- Tropical Storm LidiaEastern Pacific · 2017
- Hurricane OtisEastern Pacific · 2017
- Hurricane MaxEastern 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.