All storm pages · 1970 Pacific season
Hurricane Adele 1970
Category 1 hurricane · Eastern and Central Pacific · May 30 to June 7, 1970
With a peak of 85 mph, Adele ranked the fourth-strongest of the 19 storms of the 1970 season. It produced 13% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. Its winds rose 35 mph in the 24 hours to June 1. The name Adele is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired central and eastern North Pacific names.
Strength over time
- First record (tropical storm) 345 miles south-southwest of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Hurricane 455 miles south-southwest of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
- Peak 455 miles south-southwest of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
- Last record (tropical depression) far out at sea, at 14.9°N, 130.9°W
Against every Pacific storm since 1949
In the 1970 season
Storm 1 of 19 in 1970, hurricane 1 of 5; it formed before Blanca. See the season.
Closest to land
The best-track file has no landfall records for Pacific storms of 1970, so the track itself shows where this storm went. Nearest town of 10,000 people or more: Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico, 343 miles from the center on May 30 (tropical storm stage).
Also peaked at 85 mph
Of 133 storms from other Pacific seasons, the nearest in time:
- Bernice (1969)no pressure recorded, no landfall record
- Doreen (1969)no pressure recorded, no landfall record
- Carlotta (1971)980 mb, no landfall record
- Lily (1971)no pressure recorded, no landfall record