Storm history › East Pacific › 1979 season
Hurricane Dolores (1979)
Dolores was a Category 3 hurricane of the 1979 East Pacific season. It was tracked from July 17, 1979 to July 23, 1979, about 7 days, and covered 2,077 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 120 mph (195 km/h).
- Peak wind
- 120 mph
- Lowest pressure
- Not recorded
- Strongest
- Category 3 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 7 days
- Track length
- 2,077 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 10.7
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 216th highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Hurricane Rachel (2026), Hurricane Trudy (2026), Hurricane Flossie (2025) and 21 more.
- Energy: 19% of the 1979 East Pacific season's ACE.