Tropical Storm Irwin (2023)
Tropical Storm Irwin peaked at 40 kt in the Eastern Pacific between August 26, 2023 and September 3, 2023, with a lowest pressure of 998 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Irwin, 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
- August 26, 2023 to September 3, 2023
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 998 mb (29.47 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1171 km (728 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 80 nmi (148 km, 92 mi)
- Overall size
- 320 nmi (593 km, 368 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- EP102023
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 18:00 | 15.5N 117.9W | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 27, 00:00 | 15.9N 118.6W | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 27, 06:00 | 16.3N 119.3W | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 27, 12:00 | 16.6N 120.0W | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 27, 18:00 | 17.0N 121.0W | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 28, 00:00 | 17.2N 121.9W | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 28, 06:00 | 17.5N 122.6W | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 28, 12:00 | 17.9N 123.2W | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 28, 18:00 | 18.5N 123.8W | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 29, 00:00 | 19.1N 125.0W | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 29, 06:00 | 19.5N 126.4W | 40 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 29, 12:00 | 19.7N 128.1W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Low |
| Aug 29, 18:00 | 19.3N 129.6W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Low |
| Aug 30, 00:00 | 18.9N 131.0W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Low |
| Aug 30, 06:00 | 18.8N 132.3W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Aug 30, 12:00 | 19.0N 133.5W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Aug 30, 18:00 | 19.1N 134.5W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Aug 31, 00:00 | 19.1N 135.4W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Aug 31, 06:00 | 19.1N 136.4W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Aug 31, 12:00 | 19.1N 137.2W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Aug 31, 18:00 | 19.1N 137.9W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Sep 1, 00:00 | 19.0N 138.5W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Sep 1, 06:00 | 18.8N 139.0W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Sep 1, 12:00 | 18.5N 139.3W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Sep 1, 18:00 | 18.1N 139.7W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Sep 2, 00:00 | 17.7N 140.1W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Sep 2, 06:00 | 17.3N 140.5W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Sep 2, 12:00 | 16.9N 140.8W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Sep 2, 18:00 | 16.5N 141.1W | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Sep 3, 00:00 | 16.2N 141.4W | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
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- Tropical Storm EugeneEastern Pacific · 2023
- Hurricane FernandaEastern Pacific · 2023
- Tropical Storm GregEastern Pacific · 2023
- Hurricane HilaryEastern Pacific · 2023 · 3 deaths · $900 million
- Hurricane JovaEastern Pacific · 2023
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2023
- Tropical Storm KennethEastern Pacific · 2023
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2023
- Hurricane LidiaEastern Pacific · 2023 · 3 deaths
- Tropical Storm MaxEastern Pacific · 2023 · 2 deaths
- Hurricane NormaEastern Pacific · 2023
- Hurricane OtisEastern Pacific · 2023 · 52 deaths
- Tropical Storm PilarEastern Pacific · 2023 · 4 deaths
- Tropical Storm RamonEastern Pacific · 2023
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.