Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · August 25–30, 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
Hurricane Jimena (1997) was a Category 4 hurricane of the 1997 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on August 25, 1997, reached its peak of 138 mph (222 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 942 mb on August 28, 1997, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 74 mph in 24 hours (to 132 mph on August 27, 1997). The storm lasted 4.5 days and travelled about 956 miles (1,538 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 10.9°N 133.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 11.0°N 133.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 11.3°N 134.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1001 mb | 11.5°N 134.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 11.9°N 135.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 990 mb | 12.1°N 135.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 980 mb | 12.4°N 135.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 06:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 968 mb | 12.9°N 135.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 12:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 948 mb | 13.6°N 135.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 18:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 948 mb | 14.4°N 136.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 00:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 948 mb | 15.1°N 136.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 06:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 948 mb | 16.2°N 136.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 12:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 948 mb | 17.4°N 137.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 15:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | 942 mb | 18.0°N 137.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 18:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 948 mb | 18.6°N 137.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 00:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 960 mb | 19.6°N 138.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 980 mb | 20.2°N 138.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 999 mb | 20.5°N 139.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 20.6°N 140.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 20.5°N 141.2°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Jimena.
At its peak on August 28, 1997, Jimena was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 138 mph (222 km/h) and a central pressure of 942 mb.
4.5 days, from August 25, 1997 to August 30, 1997, including 54 hours at hurricane strength (48 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 956 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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