2003 season

Hurricane Erika (2003)

Aug 14, 6:00 PM UTC – Aug 17, 12:00 AM UTC (2.3 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
75 mph (65 kt)
Lowest pressure
986 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall

Landfalls

  • Aug 16, 10:30 AM UTC · 25.3°N 97.4°W · Hurricane · 75 mph · 986 mb
Every track point (11)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
2003-08-14 18:00TS26.4°N 83.3°W351011
2003-08-15 00:00TS26.6°N 85.7°W401008
2003-08-15 06:00TS26.4°N 88.3°W401008
2003-08-15 12:00TS26.1°N 90.5°W451007
2003-08-15 18:00TS26.0°N 92.5°W501001
2003-08-16 00:00TS25.9°N 94.4°W55995
2003-08-16 06:00TS25.6°N 96.2°W60988
2003-08-16 10:30HU25.3°N 97.4°W65986Landfall
2003-08-16 12:00HU25.2°N 97.6°W65988
2003-08-16 18:00TS24.8°N 98.9°W351003
2003-08-17 00:00TD24.7°N 100.3°W251008

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), its post-season reanalysis; values can differ from the advisories issued at the time. Source: hurdat2-1851-2025-092326.txt, hurdat2-nepac-1949-2025-092926.txt.