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EASTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

2003 Pacific hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 16 storms · 19 May 2003–26 Oct 2003

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY47.3
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2003 Pacific hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 16 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: 19 May–25 May, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormBlanca: 17 Jun–22 Jun, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormCarlos: 26 Jun–27 Jun, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormDolores: 6 Jul–8 Jul, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormEnrique: 10 Jul–13 Jul, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormFelicia: 17 Jul–23 Jul, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormGuillermo: 7 Aug–12 Aug, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormHilda: 9 Aug–13 Aug, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 11 Aug–16 Aug, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionIgnacio: 22 Aug–27 Aug, peak 90 kt, Category 2Kevin: 3 Sep–6 Sep, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormLinda: 13 Sep–17 Sep, peak 65 kt, Category 1Marty: 18 Sep–24 Sep, peak 85 kt, Category 2Nora: 1 Oct–9 Oct, peak 90 kt, Category 2Olaf: 3 Oct–8 Oct, peak 65 kt, Category 1Patricia: 20 Oct–26 Oct, peak 70 kt, Category 1

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2003 Pacific hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Andres–50Tropical storm9972,370
Blanca–50Tropical storm997510
Carlos–55Tropical storm996430
Dolores–35Tropical storm1005630
Enrique–55Tropical storm9931,500
Felicia–45Tropical storm10002,290
Guillermo–50Tropical storm9971,520
Hilda–35Tropical storm10041,190
Unnamed–30Tropical depression10091,620
Ignacio–90Cat 2970540
Kevin–35Tropical storm1000970
Linda–65Cat 19871,060
Marty–85Cat 29701,200
Nora–90Cat 29691,040
Olaf–65Cat 1987790
Patricia–70Cat 1984990

16 storms with an IBTrACS 2003 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 19 May 2003, last 26 Oct 2003.

Tropical storms15

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

Hurricanes6

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)0

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 50

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormIgnacio

90 kt · 104 mph / 167 km/h

Lowest pressure969 hPa

Nora, 4 Oct 2003

Longest track record9.5 days

Linda, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2003 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 2003 Pacific hurricane season?

The archive records 6 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 15 tropical storms, with 0 major hurricanes reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 2003 Pacific hurricane season?

Ignacio, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 90 kt (Category 2) on 24 Aug 2003, 12:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 970 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2003?

None. No storm in the 2003 Pacific hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale in the archive.

When did the 2003 Pacific hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 19 May 2003 and the last on 26 Oct 2003, from 16 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 2003 Pacific hurricane season?

Ignacio, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 24 Aug 2003, 03:00 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 2003 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