Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · August 17–20, 1997
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
Tropical Storm Ignacio (1997) was a tropical storm of the 1997 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on August 17, 1997, reached its peak of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1005 mb on August 17, 1997, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 3.3 days and travelled about 1,200 miles (1,931 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Maria, California | 60 mi | Aug 20 · 06:00 UTC | TD 23 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 17 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 18.7°N 117.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 17 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 19.6°N 118.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 17 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 20.4°N 119.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 17 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 21.2°N 120.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 18 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 22.1°N 120.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 18 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 23.2°N 121.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 18 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 24.5°N 121.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 18 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 25.9°N 121.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 19 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 27.2°N 121.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 19 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 28.6°N 121.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 19 12:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 30.0°N 121.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 19 18:00 | TD extratropical | 23 mph | 1010 mb | 31.7°N 121.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 20 00:00 | TD extratropical | 23 mph | 1010 mb | 33.3°N 121.6°W | 113 mi SW of Lompoc, California |
| Aug 20 06:00 | TD extratropical | 23 mph | 1012 mb | 35.0°N 121.5°W | 43 mi WSW of Los Osos, California |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Ignacio. Its closest approach to a major city was 60 miles from Santa Maria, California.
At its peak on August 17, 1997, Ignacio was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a central pressure of 1005 mb.
3.3 days, from August 17, 1997 to August 20, 1997. It travelled about 1,200 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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