Hurricane Linda (2021)
Hurricane Linda reached Category 4 in the Eastern Pacific between August 9, 2021 and August 24, 2021, with a lowest pressure of 953 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
- August 9, 2021 to August 24, 2021
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 953 mb (28.14 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 30 km (19 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 25.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 100 nmi (185 km, 115 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 140 kt (161 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- EP122021
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
- 17 in 2 reports from 1 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 0 | 0 | 17 |
What was recorded
13 high surf, 4 heavy rain.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 12:00 | 12.1N 98.2W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Aug 9, 18:00 | 12.3N 99.1W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Aug 10, 00:00 | 12.5N 99.8W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Aug 10, 06:00 | 12.9N 100.6W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 10, 12:00 | 13.4N 101.5W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 18:00 | 13.9N 102.3W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 00:00 | 14.1N 103.2W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 06:00 | 14.1N 104.2W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 12:00 | 13.8N 105.1W | 55 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 18:00 | 13.7N 105.7W | 55 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 00:00 | 13.8N 106.2W | 55 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 06:00 | 14.1N 106.8W | 60 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 12:00 | 14.5N 107.4W | 65 kt | 991 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 12, 18:00 | 15.0N 108.2W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 13, 00:00 | 15.5N 109.2W | 70 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 13, 06:00 | 16.0N 110.1W | 80 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 13, 12:00 | 16.6N 111.2W | 90 kt | 972 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 13, 18:00 | 17.2N 112.3W | 100 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 14, 00:00 | 17.7N 113.3W | 105 kt | 964 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 14, 06:00 | 18.2N 114.3W | 105 kt | 962 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 14, 12:00 | 18.6N 115.5W | 115 kt | 953 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 14, 18:00 | 18.9N 116.5W | 115 kt | 953 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 15, 00:00 | 19.2N 117.7W | 110 kt | 957 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 15, 06:00 | 19.2N 118.7W | 105 kt | 961 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 15, 12:00 | 19.1N 119.7W | 100 kt | 965 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 15, 18:00 | 18.9N 120.7W | 95 kt | 969 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 16, 00:00 | 18.7N 121.6W | 95 kt | 969 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 16, 06:00 | 18.3N 122.5W | 90 kt | 972 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 16, 12:00 | 18.0N 123.3W | 90 kt | 972 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 16, 18:00 | 17.8N 124.1W | 85 kt | 974 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 17, 00:00 | 17.7N 125.0W | 80 kt | 978 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 17, 06:00 | 17.6N 126.0W | 75 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 17, 12:00 | 17.5N 126.9W | 80 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 17, 18:00 | 17.6N 127.8W | 85 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 18, 00:00 | 17.7N 129.0W | 90 kt | 974 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 18, 06:00 | 17.9N 130.1W | 90 kt | 972 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 18, 12:00 | 18.1N 131.3W | 95 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 18, 18:00 | 18.5N 132.5W | 90 kt | 974 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 19, 00:00 | 19.0N 134.0W | 80 kt | 981 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 19, 06:00 | 19.4N 135.5W | 70 kt | 989 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 19, 12:00 | 19.6N 137.0W | 55 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 18:00 | 19.6N 138.7W | 45 kt | 1003 mb | Low |
| Aug 20, 00:00 | 19.8N 140.3W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Aug 20, 06:00 | 19.9N 141.8W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Aug 20, 12:00 | 20.0N 143.3W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Aug 20, 18:00 | 19.9N 144.7W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Aug 21, 00:00 | 19.9N 146.1W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Aug 21, 06:00 | 19.9N 147.3W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Aug 21, 12:00 | 20.0N 148.1W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Aug 21, 18:00 | 20.3N 148.9W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Aug 22, 00:00 | 20.6N 149.7W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Aug 22, 06:00 | 20.7N 150.7W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Aug 22, 12:00 | 20.9N 151.7W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Aug 22, 18:00 | 21.0N 152.7W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Aug 23, 00:00 | 21.0N 153.8W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Aug 23, 06:00 | 21.0N 154.8W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Aug 23, 12:00 | 21.0N 155.5W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Aug 23, 18:00 | 21.2N 156.2W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Aug 24, 00:00 | 21.1N 157.4W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Aug 24, 06:00 | 20.8N 158.7W | 25 kt | 1011 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.