recorded of rain, the first measurable precipitation in 164 days; this tied the record for the longest duration without rainfall at the station, previously set in 1915 and 1924. Moisture from Linda extended into the Upper Midwest, contributing to a record daily rainfall total of in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Records With an estimated minimum central pressure of , Hurricane Linda became the most intense Pacific hurricane since reliable records began in the 1966 season. Until Hurricane Patricia of 2015, Linda was also believed to have been the strongest since overall records began in the basin in 1949. The previous most intense hurricane was Hurricane Ava in 1973, which had a confirmed minimum pressure of . Since no observations recorded the pressure during Linda's peak, its peak intensity was estimated. As such, Ava remained the strongest directly-measured hurricane in the basin at the time. See also Other tropical cyclones named Linda List of California hurricanes List of Pacific hurricanes Timeline of the 1997 Pacific hurricane season References Linda Linda (1997) Linda (1997) Linda (1997) 1997 in California 1997 in Mexico Hurricanes in Baja California Hurricanes in the Revillagigedo Islands