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EASTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

1997 Pacific hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 23 storms · 1 Jun 1997–10 Nov 1997

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY163.2
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1997 Pacific hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 23 storms, colored by the wind category at each observation. Hover or focus a storm in the table to highlight its track.UNITED STATESMEXICOCUBACHINAJAPANPHILIPPINESINDIAGulf of MexicoAtlantic OceanPacific OceanPhilippine SeaArabian SeaBay of BengalAndres: 1 Jun–7 Jun, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormBlanca: 9 Jun–12 Jun, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 21 Jun–24 Jun, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionCarlos: 25 Jun–28 Jun, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 29 Jun–4 Jul, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionDolores: 5 Jul–12 Jul, peak 80 kt, Category 1Enrique: 12 Jul–16 Jul, peak 100 kt, Category 3Felicia: 14 Jul–22 Jul, peak 115 kt, Category 4Unnamed: 26 Jul–27 Jul, peak 25 kt, Tropical depressionGuillermo: 30 Jul–15 Aug, peak 140 kt, Category 5Hilda: 10 Aug–15 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 15 Aug–18 Aug, no US-agency windIgnacio: 17 Aug–19 Aug, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormJimena: 25 Aug–30 Aug, peak 120 kt, Category 4Kevin: 3 Sep–7 Sep, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormLinda: 9 Sep–17 Sep, peak 160 kt, Category 5Marty: 12 Sep–16 Sep, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormNora: 16 Sep–26 Sep, peak 115 kt, Category 4Olaf: 26 Sep–12 Oct, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormPauline: 5 Oct–10 Oct, peak 115 kt, Category 4Unnamed: 5 Oct–7 Oct, peak 25 kt, Tropical depressionUnnamed: 30 Oct–1 Nov, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionRick: 7 Nov–10 Nov, peak 85 kt, Category 2

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 1997 Pacific hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Andres–45Tropical storm998910
Blanca–40Tropical storm1002840
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—660
Carlos–45Tropical storm996650
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—850
Dolores–80Cat 19752,160
Enrique–100Cat 39601,570
Felicia–115Cat 49482,480
Unnamed–25Tropical depression—390
Guillermo–140Cat 59196,680
Hilda–45Tropical storm10001,060
Unnamed–—Unclassified—810
Ignacio–35Tropical storm10051,040
Jimena–120Cat 4942840
Kevin–50Tropical storm994870
Linda–160Cat 59021,540
Marty–40Tropical storm1002330
Nora–115Cat 49501,830
Olaf–60Tropical storm9892,810
Pauline–115Cat 4948830
Unnamed–25Tropical depression—860
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—1,170
Rick–85Cat 2973930

23 storms with an IBTrACS 1997 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 1 Jun 1997, last 10 Nov 1997.

Tropical storms17

Tropical-stage US-agency wind of 34 kt or more

Hurricanes9

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)7

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 52

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormLinda

160 kt · 184 mph / 296 km/h

Lowest pressure902 hPa

Linda, 12 Sept 1997

Longest track record24.5 days

Guillermo, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind1

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 1997 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 1997 Pacific hurricane season?

The archive records 9 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 17 tropical storms, with 7 major hurricanes reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 1997 Pacific hurricane season?

Linda, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 160 kt (Category 5) on 12 Sept 1997, 06:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 902 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 1997?

2 storms in the 1997 Pacific hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Guillermo, Linda.

When did the 1997 Pacific hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 1 Jun 1997 and the last on 10 Nov 1997, from 23 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 1997 Pacific hurricane season?

Dolores, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 7 Jul 1997, 12:00 UTC.

METHODOLOGY

Data sources and limitations

The map and totals are generated from NOAA’s IBTrACS v04r01 archive. A storm belongs to this page when the archive lists it in the Eastern Pacific basin for the 1997 season, so a December storm whose track ends in January stays with its season. Storms that cross between basins appear on the page of their archive basin only.

Counts use US-agency one-minute winds during the tropical stage: 34 kt for a tropical storm, 64 kt for hurricane strength and 96 kt for major intensity, on the Saffir–Simpson scale in every basin. Local agencies classify storms differently, and official season summaries can differ from the archive. Accumulated cyclone energy sums squared winds at six-hourly synoptic times, counting observations in the calendar year. Storms with no US-agency wind are mapped but cannot enter the counts.

The map frame is the same for every Eastern Pacific season, so a track that leaves it is cut at the edge. Lines show each storm’s center, not its size, rainfall or flood extent. Coastlines use Natural Earth’s 1:10m land data.

Archive retrieved

NOAA IBTrACS archive · Field documentation

Sources & methodology