Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · August 13–18, 1977
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Hurricane Doreen (1977) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1977 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on August 13, 1977, 170 mi SW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico, reached its peak of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 979 mb on August 14, 1977, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 5.0 days and travelled about 1,330 miles (2,140 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico | 73 mi | Aug 17 · 10:00 UTC | TD 31 mph |
| San Diego, California | 74 mi | Aug 17 · 19:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Oceanside, California | 72 mi | Aug 17 · 23:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Long Beach, California | 58 mi | Aug 18 · 00:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Anaheim, California | 70 mi | Aug 18 · 00:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Santa Ana, California | 67 mi | Aug 18 · 00:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Irvine, California | 64 mi | Aug 18 · 00:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Huntington Beach, California | 57 mi | Aug 18 · 00:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Garden Grove, California | 66 mi | Aug 18 · 00:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Torrance, California | 60 mi | Aug 18 · 00:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 17.6°N 106.5°W | 170 mi SW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Aug 13 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 17.9°N 106.9°W | 179 mi WSW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Aug 13 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 18.4°N 107.2°W | 182 mi WSW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Aug 13 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 18.8°N 107.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 14 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 19.1°N 108.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 14 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 19.5°N 108.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 14 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 19.9°N 108.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 14 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 979 mb | 20.3°N 109.3°W | 183 mi SSE of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Aug 15 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 21.0°N 110.0°W | 131 mi S of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Aug 15 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 21.9°N 110.2°W | 71 mi SSW of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Aug 15 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 22.7°N 110.5°W | 40 mi WSW of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Aug 15 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 979 mb | 23.6°N 110.8°W | 48 mi SW of La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Aug 16 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 25.0°N 112.0°W | 21 mi W of Ciudad Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Aug 16 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 26.4°N 113.2°W | 87 mi SW of Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Aug 16 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 27.7°N 114.5°W | 33 mi WSW of Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Aug 16 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 28.8°N 115.8°W | 120 mi S of Lázaro Cárdenas, Baja California, Mexico |
| Aug 17 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 29.9°N 116.6°W | 59 mi SW of Lázaro Cárdenas, Baja California, Mexico |
| Aug 17 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 30.7°N 117.0°W | 60 mi W of Vicente Guerrero, Baja California, Mexico |
| Aug 17 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 31.4°N 117.8°W | 78 mi WSW of Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico |
| Aug 17 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 32.2°N 118.3°W | 75 mi WSW of San Diego, California |
| Aug 18 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 33.0°N 118.6°W | 58 mi SSW of Long Beach, California |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Doreen. Its closest approach to a major city was 57 miles from Huntington Beach, California.
At its peak on August 14, 1977, Doreen was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a central pressure of 979 mb.
5.0 days, from August 13, 1977 to August 18, 1977, including 36 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,330 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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