Hurricane History Map

2017 Eastern and central Pacific season

20 storms formed in the Eastern and central Pacific basin in 2017, from 9 May 2017 to 28 October 2017.

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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 2017 season in numbers

The record holds 20 storms for the 2017 Eastern and central Pacific season, of which 18 had names.18 reached tropical storm strength (34 knots or more), 9 reached hurricane strength (category 1 or more) and 4 were major (category 3 or more).

  • 20storms
  • 18tropical storm strength or more
  • 9hurricane strength or more
  • 4major (category 3 to 5)
  • 101accumulated 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 2017

  • Fernanda (2017)11 July 2017 to 23 July 2017, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 948 hPa
  • Kenneth (2017)17 August 2017 to 27 August 2017, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 951 hPa
  • Eugene (2017)7 July 2017 to 14 July 2017, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 966 hPa
  • Otis (2017)11 September 2017 to 21 September 2017, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 965 hPa
  • Hilary (2017)20 July 2017 to 1 August 2017, peak Category 2 (95 kt), 969 hPa

All 20 storms of 2017

StormPeak
Adrian Tropical storm
Beatriz Tropical storm
Calvin Tropical storm
Dora Category 2
Eugene Category 3
Fernanda Category 4
Unnamed storm Tropical depression
Greg Tropical storm
Hilary Category 2
Irwin Category 1
Unnamed storm Tropical depression
Jova Tropical storm
Kenneth Category 4
Lidia Tropical storm
Otis Category 3
Max Category 1
Norma Category 1
Pilar Tropical storm
Ramon Tropical storm
Selma Tropical storm

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