The 2020 season

Hurricane Douglas (2020)

Hurricane Douglas reached Category 4 in the Eastern Pacific between July 20, 2020 and July 30, 2020, with a lowest pressure of 954 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Douglas, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2020 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 20, 2020 to July 30, 2020
Peak strength
Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
Lowest pressure
954 mb (28.17 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 56 km (35 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
20.8
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
130 nmi (241 km, 150 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
35 nmi (65 km, 40 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
Overall size
210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
140 kt (161 mph)
Fastest the center moved
21 kt (24 mph)
Identifier
EP082020

Radar at PHMO as it neared land, Jul 27, 00:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

The sources count different things and are not added together.

National Hurricane Center

0 direct deathsnone recorded in the United States

The season table in NHC’s report archive, final report. Direct deaths are those caused by the storm’s own wind, water or surge, anywhere in the world.

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 March 2026.

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

State by state

State or marine areaDeathsInjuriesDamageEvents
Hawaii0012

What was recorded

10 high surf, 2 heavy rain.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 20, 00:0014.7N 118.8W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Jul 20, 06:0014.3N 119.1W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Jul 20, 12:0013.9N 119.4W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Jul 20, 18:0013.5N 120.0W35 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 00:0013.3N 121.0W40 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 06:0013.0N 122.3W50 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 12:0012.6N 123.6W55 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 18:0012.2N 124.8W55 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 00:0012.1N 126.1W55 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 06:0011.8N 127.5W55 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 12:0011.6N 128.9W60 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 18:0011.9N 130.3W70 kt989 mbHurricane
Jul 23, 00:0012.3N 131.8W80 kt981 mbHurricane
Jul 23, 06:0012.8N 133.3W100 kt967 mbHurricane
Jul 23, 12:0013.3N 134.9W105 kt964 mbHurricane
Jul 23, 18:0013.8N 136.5W110 kt959 mbHurricane
Jul 24, 00:0014.6N 138.0W115 kt954 mbHurricane
Jul 24, 06:0015.3N 139.5W115 kt954 mbHurricane
Jul 24, 12:0016.1N 141.1W105 kt962 mbHurricane
Jul 24, 18:0016.7N 142.7W100 kt967 mbHurricane
Jul 25, 00:0017.5N 144.3W100 kt967 mbHurricane
Jul 25, 06:0018.2N 145.9W95 kt972 mbHurricane
Jul 25, 12:0018.7N 147.6W90 kt975 mbHurricane
Jul 25, 18:0019.1N 149.2W85 kt982 mbHurricane
Jul 26, 00:0019.7N 150.7W80 kt982 mbHurricane
Jul 26, 06:0020.1N 152.1W80 kt983 mbHurricane
Jul 26, 12:0020.5N 153.6W80 kt983 mbHurricane
Jul 26, 18:0021.0N 155.1W75 kt987 mbHurricane
Jul 27, 00:0021.7N 156.6W75 kt989 mbHurricane
Jul 27, 06:0022.3N 158.1W80 kt987 mbHurricane
Jul 27, 12:0022.7N 159.7W80 kt987 mbHurricane
Jul 27, 18:0022.8N 161.4W70 kt992 mbHurricane
Jul 28, 00:0022.9N 162.8W60 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 06:0023.2N 164.2W50 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 12:0023.8N 165.7W45 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Jul 28, 18:0024.2N 167.7W40 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 00:0024.4N 169.9W40 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 06:0024.6N 172.1W35 kt1010 mbTropical storm
Jul 29, 12:0024.6N 174.4W30 kt1012 mbLow
Jul 29, 18:0024.8N 176.4W30 kt1013 mbLow
Jul 30, 00:0025.0N 178.1W30 kt1013 mbLow

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2020

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.