Hurricane Felicia (2021)
Hurricane Felicia reached Category 4 in the Eastern Pacific between July 14, 2021 and July 22, 2021, with a lowest pressure of 945 mb.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Hurricane Felicia. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- July 14, 2021 to July 22, 2021
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 945 mb (27.91 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 888 km (552 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 21.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 50 nmi (93 km, 58 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
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 150 kt (173 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 17 kt (20 mph)
- Identifier
- EP062021
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.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 00:00 | 13.5N 110.6W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 14, 06:00 | 13.9N 112.2W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 14, 12:00 | 14.2N 113.5W | 45 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 14, 18:00 | 14.6N 114.8W | 55 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 15, 00:00 | 14.9N 116.0W | 60 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 15, 06:00 | 15.1N 117.1W | 70 kt | 992 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 15, 12:00 | 15.2N 118.1W | 80 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 15, 18:00 | 15.3N 119.0W | 90 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 16, 00:00 | 15.3N 119.8W | 95 kt | 971 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 16, 06:00 | 15.2N 120.5W | 100 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 16, 12:00 | 15.1N 121.2W | 110 kt | 959 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 16, 18:00 | 14.9N 122.0W | 115 kt | 954 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 17, 00:00 | 14.7N 122.8W | 115 kt | 953 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 17, 06:00 | 14.6N 123.5W | 120 kt | 950 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 17, 12:00 | 14.5N 124.2W | 125 kt | 945 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 17, 18:00 | 14.7N 124.9W | 125 kt | 945 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 18, 00:00 | 15.0N 125.7W | 120 kt | 948 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 18, 06:00 | 15.3N 126.6W | 120 kt | 950 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 18, 12:00 | 15.6N 127.6W | 115 kt | 954 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 18, 18:00 | 15.9N 128.5W | 110 kt | 959 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 19, 00:00 | 16.2N 129.5W | 95 kt | 971 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 19, 06:00 | 16.3N 130.5W | 80 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 19, 12:00 | 16.3N 131.7W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 19, 18:00 | 16.2N 132.8W | 55 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 20, 00:00 | 16.1N 134.1W | 45 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 20, 06:00 | 16.0N 135.6W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 20, 12:00 | 15.8N 137.1W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 20, 18:00 | 15.5N 138.6W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Jul 21, 00:00 | 15.1N 140.2W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Jul 21, 06:00 | 14.9N 141.6W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Jul 21, 12:00 | 14.6N 143.0W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Jul 21, 18:00 | 14.3N 144.4W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Jul 22, 00:00 | 14.0N 145.7W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Jul 22, 06:00 | 13.7N 147.0W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Jul 22, 12:00 | 13.3N 148.2W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
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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.