The 2022 season

Hurricane Estelle (2022)

Hurricane Estelle reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between July 15, 2022 and July 24, 2022, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Estelle, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2022 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 15, 2022 to July 24, 2022
Peak strength
Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure
985 mb (29.09 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 431 km (268 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
7.5
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
100 nmi (185 km, 115 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
20 nmi (37 km, 23 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
90 kt (104 mph)
Fastest the center moved
14 kt (16 mph)
Identifier
EP062022

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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 15, 12:0012.0N 99.9W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Jul 15, 18:0012.5N 100.7W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Jul 16, 00:0013.0N 101.6W35 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Jul 16, 06:0013.4N 102.5W45 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Jul 16, 12:0013.8N 103.3W55 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 16, 18:0014.1N 103.9W60 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jul 17, 00:0014.5N 104.6W65 kt991 mbHurricane
Jul 17, 06:0014.9N 105.4W70 kt988 mbHurricane
Jul 17, 12:0015.3N 106.4W75 kt985 mbHurricane
Jul 17, 18:0015.9N 107.4W75 kt985 mbHurricane
Jul 18, 00:0016.6N 108.3W70 kt986 mbHurricane
Jul 18, 06:0017.3N 109.3W70 kt986 mbHurricane
Jul 18, 12:0017.8N 110.6W70 kt986 mbHurricane
Jul 18, 18:0018.1N 111.9W70 kt986 mbHurricane
Jul 19, 00:0018.2N 113.1W65 kt988 mbHurricane
Jul 19, 06:0018.4N 114.2W60 kt991 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 12:0018.8N 115.2W55 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jul 19, 18:0019.3N 116.3W55 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 00:0019.9N 117.4W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 06:0020.4N 118.8W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 12:0020.9N 120.2W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 20, 18:0021.3N 121.6W45 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 00:0021.7N 122.8W40 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 21, 06:0022.1N 123.9W35 kt1007 mbLow
Jul 21, 12:0022.3N 125.0W30 kt1007 mbLow
Jul 21, 18:0022.3N 126.0W30 kt1008 mbLow
Jul 22, 00:0022.4N 126.9W25 kt1009 mbLow
Jul 22, 06:0022.7N 127.6W25 kt1009 mbLow
Jul 22, 12:0022.9N 128.3W25 kt1009 mbLow
Jul 22, 18:0023.0N 129.0W25 kt1009 mbLow
Jul 23, 00:0023.0N 129.6W25 kt1009 mbLow
Jul 23, 06:0023.1N 130.4W20 kt1010 mbLow
Jul 23, 12:0023.4N 131.0W20 kt1010 mbLow
Jul 23, 18:0023.7N 131.4W20 kt1010 mbLow
Jul 24, 00:0024.0N 131.8W20 kt1010 mbLow

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2022

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.