Hurricane Beatriz (2023)
Hurricane Beatriz reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between June 29, 2023 and July 1, 2023, with a lowest pressure of 992 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Beatriz, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2023 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 29, 2023 to July 1, 2023
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 992 mb (29.29 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 80 nmi (148 km, 92 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
- 13 kt (15 mph)
- Identifier
- EP022023
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.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 06:00 | Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico, 5 km away | 19.2N 104.6W | 55 kt (63 mph) | 999 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 29, 00:00 | 13.2N 96.3W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Jun 29, 06:00 | 13.8N 97.3W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 29, 12:00 | 14.3N 98.2W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 29, 18:00 | 14.8N 99.0W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 00:00 | 15.4N 99.9W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 06:00 | 16.1N 100.9W | 55 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 12:00 | 16.8N 101.8W | 70 kt | 994 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 30, 18:00 | 17.5N 102.7W | 75 kt | 992 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 1, 00:00 | 18.4N 103.7W | 65 kt | 995 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 1, 06:00 landfall | 19.2N 104.6W | 55 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
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- Tropical Storm EugeneEastern Pacific · 2023
- Hurricane FernandaEastern Pacific · 2023
- Tropical Storm GregEastern Pacific · 2023
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- Hurricane JovaEastern Pacific · 2023
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2023
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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.