Storm history › East Pacific › 1979 season
Hurricane Enrique (1979)
Enrique was a Category 4 hurricane of the 1979 East Pacific season. It was tracked from August 17, 1979 to August 24, 1979, about 7 days, and covered 1,688 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 145 mph (230 km/h).
- Peak wind
- 145 mph
- Lowest pressure
- Not recorded
- Strongest
- Category 4 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 7 days
- Track length
- 1,688 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 14.2
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 63rd highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Hurricane Karina (2026), Hurricane Kiko (2025), Hurricane Felicia (2021) and 31 more.
- Energy: 25% of the 1979 East Pacific season's ACE.