Storm history › East Pacific › 1997 season
Hurricane Paka (1997)
Paka was a Category 5 hurricane of the 1997 East Pacific season. It was tracked from November 28, 1997 to December 23, 1997, about 24 days, and covered 4,786 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 185 mph (295 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 1006 mb.
Its peak winds rank 2nd of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record.
- Peak wind
- 185 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 1006 mb
- Strongest
- Category 5 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 24 days
- Track length
- 4,786 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 70.2
DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5
How it compares
- Peak winds: 2nd highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Hurricane Linda (1997), Hurricane Gay (1992).
- Lowest pressure: 754th lowest of 808 East Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Terry (2021), Tropical Storm Gil (2019), Tropical Storm Octave (2019) and 1 more.
- Energy: 25% of the 1997 East Pacific season's ACE.