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Hurricane Nora (1997)

Eastern Pacific storm, 09/16/1997 to 09/26/1997. Peak: Category 4.

Peak strength
Category 4
Peak winds
132 mph
115 knots
Lowest pressure
950 mb
Duration
10 days

Storm track

43 positions from NOAA's best-track data, colored by strength at each point

  • Depression
  • Tropical storm
  • Cat 1
  • Cat 2
  • Cat 3
  • Cat 4
  • Cat 5

Counties along the track

Strongest estimated winds near each county, tropical storm force (39 mph) or more

All track points (43)
Time (UTC)PositionStatusWindPressure
09/16/1997 13:00 UTC12.7°N, 101.7°WTropical depression29 mph1,004 mb
09/16/1997 19:00 UTC13.2°N, 101.9°WTropical depression35 mph1,003 mb
09/17/1997 01:00 UTC13.6°N, 102.1°WTropical storm40 mph1,001 mb
09/17/1997 07:00 UTC13.9°N, 102.3°WTropical storm46 mph1,000 mb
09/17/1997 13:00 UTC14.0°N, 102.4°WTropical storm46 mph998 mb
09/17/1997 19:00 UTC14.1°N, 102.5°WTropical storm58 mph996 mb
09/18/1997 01:00 UTC14.3°N, 102.7°WTropical storm63 mph994 mb
09/18/1997 07:00 UTC14.3°N, 102.9°WTropical storm63 mph990 mb
09/18/1997 13:00 UTC14.3°N, 103.2°WTropical storm69 mph990 mb
09/18/1997 19:00 UTC14.1°N, 103.5°WHurricane86 mph980 mb
09/19/1997 01:00 UTC14.1°N, 103.7°WHurricane104 mph970 mb
09/19/1997 07:00 UTC14.3°N, 103.9°WHurricane104 mph972 mb
09/19/1997 13:00 UTC14.4°N, 104.0°WHurricane98 mph973 mb
09/19/1997 19:00 UTC14.5°N, 104.1°WHurricane92 mph974 mb
09/20/1997 01:00 UTC14.6°N, 104.2°WHurricane92 mph976 mb
09/20/1997 07:00 UTC14.8°N, 104.5°WHurricane81 mph978 mb
09/20/1997 13:00 UTC15.1°N, 104.9°WHurricane81 mph982 mb
09/20/1997 19:00 UTC15.4°N, 105.5°WHurricane75 mph987 mb
09/21/1997 01:00 UTC15.6°N, 106.2°WHurricane81 mph985 mb
09/21/1997 07:00 UTC15.8°N, 106.7°WHurricane86 mph979 mb
09/21/1997 13:00 UTC16.1°N, 107.3°WHurricane109 mph970 mb
09/21/1997 19:00 UTC16.6°N, 108.0°WHurricane132 mph950 mb
09/22/1997 01:00 UTC17.2°N, 108.9°WHurricane127 mph951 mb
09/22/1997 07:00 UTC17.7°N, 109.7°WHurricane127 mph952 mb
09/22/1997 13:00 UTC18.0°N, 110.5°WHurricane127 mph953 mb
09/22/1997 19:00 UTC18.5°N, 111.2°WHurricane127 mph955 mb
09/23/1997 01:00 UTC18.9°N, 111.8°WHurricane121 mph957 mb
09/23/1997 07:00 UTC19.3°N, 112.3°WHurricane109 mph961 mb
09/23/1997 13:00 UTC19.8°N, 112.9°WHurricane104 mph973 mb
09/23/1997 19:00 UTC20.2°N, 113.3°WHurricane92 mph983 mb
09/24/1997 01:00 UTC20.7°N, 113.7°WHurricane81 mph980 mb
09/24/1997 07:00 UTC21.5°N, 114.1°WHurricane86 mph979 mb
09/24/1997 13:00 UTC22.3°N, 114.5°WHurricane86 mph979 mb
09/24/1997 19:00 UTC23.2°N, 114.8°WHurricane86 mph979 mb
09/25/1997 01:00 UTC24.2°N, 114.8°WHurricane86 mph979 mb
09/25/1997 07:00 UTC25.8°N, 114.8°WHurricane86 mph979 mb
09/25/1997 13:00 UTC27.5°N, 114.8°WHurricane86 mph981 mb
09/25/1997 13:30 UTC27.6°N, 114.8°WHurricane (landfall)86 mph981 mb
09/25/1997 18:00 UTC29.3°N, 114.8°WHurricane (landfall)81 mph983 mb
09/25/1997 19:00 UTC29.5°N, 114.8°WHurricane75 mph984 mb
09/26/1997 01:00 UTC31.7°N, 114.9°WTropical storm63 mph990 mb
09/26/1997 07:00 UTC34.0°N, 114.7°WTropical depression35 mph997 mb
09/26/1997 13:00 UTC36.1°N, 114.1°WTropical depression29 mph1,004 mb

Source: NOAA National Hurricane Center, HURDAT2 best-track data · Positions every 6 hours plus landfall and peak times; winds are 1-minute sustained