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EASTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

2021 Pacific hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 19 storms · 9 May 2021–10 Nov 2021

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY94.5
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2021 Pacific hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 19 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: 9 May–11 May, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormBlanca: 30 May–3 Jun, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormCarlos: 12 Jun–16 Jun, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormDolores: 18 Jun–20 Jun, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormEnrique: 25 Jun–30 Jun, peak 80 kt, Category 1Felicia: 14 Jul–20 Jul, peak 125 kt, Category 4Guillermo: 17 Jul–19 Jul, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormJimena: 30 Jul–6 Aug, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormHilda: 30 Jul–6 Aug, peak 75 kt, Category 1Ignacio: 1 Aug–3 Aug, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormKevin: 7 Aug–12 Aug, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormLinda: 10 Aug–19 Aug, peak 115 kt, Category 4Marty: 23 Aug–24 Aug, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormNora: 25 Aug–30 Aug, peak 75 kt, Category 1Olaf: 7 Sep–11 Sep, peak 90 kt, Category 2Pamela: 10 Oct–13 Oct, peak 65 kt, Category 1Rick: 22 Oct–25 Oct, peak 90 kt, Category 2Terry: 4 Nov–10 Nov, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormSandra: 7 Nov–9 Nov, peak 35 kt, Tropical storm

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2021 Pacific hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Andres–35Tropical storm1005560
Blanca–50Tropical storm9981,020
Carlos–45Tropical storm1003970
Dolores–60Tropical storm989560
Enrique–80Cat 1972820
Felicia–125Cat 49452,240
Guillermo–50Tropical storm9991,280
Hilda–75Cat 19851,510
Jimena–35Tropical storm10041,820
Ignacio–35Tropical storm1004720
Kevin–55Tropical storm9941,950
Linda–115Cat 49533,610
Marty–40Tropical storm10021,150
Nora–75Cat 19761,200
Olaf–90Cat 2975750
Pamela–65Cat 1987990
Rick–90Cat 2977440
Terry–35Tropical storm10061,930
Sandra–35Tropical storm1005650

19 storms with an IBTrACS 2021 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 9 May 2021, last 10 Nov 2021.

Tropical storms19

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

Hurricanes8

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)2

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 50

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormFelicia

125 kt · 144 mph / 232 km/h

Lowest pressure945 hPa

Felicia, 17 Jul 2021

Longest track record14.8 days

Linda, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2021 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 2021 Pacific hurricane season?

The archive records 8 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 19 tropical storms, with 2 major hurricanes reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 2021 Pacific hurricane season?

Felicia, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 125 kt (Category 4) on 17 Jul 2021, 12:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 945 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2021?

None. No storm in the 2021 Pacific hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale in the archive.

When did the 2021 Pacific hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 9 May 2021 and the last on 10 Nov 2021, from 19 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 2021 Pacific hurricane season?

Enrique, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 26 Jun 2021, 09:00 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 2021 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