Hurricane History Map

1997 Eastern and central Pacific season

26 storms formed in the Eastern and central Pacific basin in 1997, from 1 June 1997 to 23 December 1997.

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Years1997
Ocean basin

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Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

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The 1997 season in numbers

The record holds 26 storms for the 1997 Eastern and central Pacific season, of which 20 had names.21 reached tropical storm strength (34 knots or more), 11 reached hurricane strength (category 1 or more) and 9 were major (category 3 or more).

  • 26storms
  • 21tropical storm strength or more
  • 11hurricane strength or more
  • 9major (category 3 to 5)
  • 278accumulated cyclone energy

Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the squared wind speed of every position of 34 knots or more, divided by 10,000. It is approximate here because the winds are 1-minute equivalents, and it is mostly useful for comparing seasons of one basin.

Strongest storms of 1997

  • Linda (1997)9 September 1997 to 17 September 1997, peak Category 5 (160 kt), 902 hPa
  • Paka (1997)28 November 1997 to 23 December 1997, peak Category 5 (160 kt), 920 hPa
  • Guillermo (1997)30 July 1997 to 24 August 1997, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 919 hPa
  • Oliwa (1997)28 August 1997 to 19 September 1997, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 915 hPa
  • Felicia (1997)14 July 1997 to 22 July 1997, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 948 hPa

All 26 storms of 1997

StormPeak
Andres Tropical storm
Blanca Tropical storm
Unnamed storm Tropical depression
Carlos Tropical storm
Unnamed storm Tropical depression
Dolores Category 1
Enrique Category 3
Felicia Category 4
Unnamed storm Tropical depression
Guillermo Category 5
Hilda Tropical storm
Unnamed storm Tropical depression
Ignacio Tropical storm
Jimena Category 4
Oliwa Category 5
Kevin Tropical storm
Linda Category 5
Marty Tropical storm
Nora Category 4
Ella Tropical storm
Olaf Tropical storm
Pauline Category 4
Unnamed storm Tropical depression
Unnamed storm Tropical storm
Rick Category 2
Paka Category 5

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