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Hurricane Dora 2023
Category 4 hurricane · Eastern and Central Pacific · July 31 to August 17, 2023
Dora produced 53.0 units of accumulated cyclone energy (ACE), the fifth-most of any eastern and central Pacific storm since 1949. Its hurricane-force winds extended 63 miles from the center, tied for the sixth-widest hurricane-force field of the 201 eastern and central Pacific hurricanes measured this way since 2004. It held major-hurricane strength (Category 3 or higher) for 198 hours, the third-longest spell among eastern and central Pacific hurricanes. The name Dora is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired central and eastern North Pacific names.
Strength over time
- First record (low) 240 miles south-southwest of Petatlán, Guerrero, Mexico
- Tropical storm 265 miles south-southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico
- Hurricane 460 miles west-southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico
- Major hurricane 665 miles southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico
- Peak, 150 mph far out at sea, at 13.2°N, 135.6°W; lowest pressure 939 mb
- Last record (subtropical depression) far out at sea, at 28.7°N, 168.0°E
Against every Pacific storm since 1949
More from the record
Its best track runs 6,776 miles from first to last position, the third-longest path in the eastern and central Pacific database.
In the 2023 season
Storm 5 of 20 in 2023, hurricane 4 of 10; it formed after Four and before Eugene. Dora ranks third by peak wind in the season. See the season.
Closest to land
Nearest town of 10,000 people or more: Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico, 238 miles from the center on July 31 (depression stage).
Storms within 150 miles of Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico
Also peaked at 150 mph
Of 16 storms from other Pacific seasons, the nearest in time:
- Norman (2018)937 mb, no landfall record
- Rosa (2018)936 mb, landfall in Baja California
- Seymour (2016)940 mb, no landfall record
- Olaf (2015)938 mb, no landfall record