Tropical Storm Dolores (2021)
Tropical Storm Dolores peaked at 60 kt in the Eastern Pacific between June 17, 2021 and June 20, 2021, with a lowest pressure of 989 mb, and made landfall. It killed 3 people directly, by the National Hurricane Center’s count.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Dolores, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2021 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
- June 17, 2021 to June 20, 2021
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 989 mb (29.21 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.3
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 140 nmi (259 km, 161 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 21 kt (24 mph)
- Identifier
- EP042021
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
National Hurricane Center
3 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.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 15:00 | Tecomán, Colima, Mexico, 40 km away | 18.6N 103.7W | 60 kt (69 mph) | 989 mb |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 18:00 | 14.0N 99.7W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Jun 18, 00:00 | 14.2N 100.4W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Jun 18, 06:00 | 14.4N 101.1W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 18, 12:00 | 14.7N 101.7W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 18, 18:00 | 15.3N 102.2W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 00:00 | 16.0N 102.6W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 06:00 | 16.8N 103.1W | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 12:00 | 17.9N 103.5W | 60 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 15:00 landfall | 18.6N 103.7W | 60 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 18:00 | 19.4N 103.9W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 20, 00:00 | 21.4N 104.1W | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2021
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- Tropical Storm BlancaEastern Pacific · 2021
- Tropical Storm CarlosEastern Pacific · 2021
- Hurricane EnriqueEastern Pacific · 2021 · 2 deaths
- Hurricane FeliciaEastern Pacific · 2021
- Tropical Storm GuillermoEastern Pacific · 2021
- Tropical Storm JimenaEastern Pacific · 2021
- Hurricane HildaEastern Pacific · 2021
- Tropical Storm IgnacioEastern Pacific · 2021
- Tropical Storm KevinEastern Pacific · 2021
- Tropical Storm OmaisEastern Pacific · 2021
- Hurricane LindaEastern Pacific · 2021
- Tropical Storm MartyEastern Pacific · 2021
- Hurricane NoraEastern Pacific · 2021 · 3 deaths
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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.