season. 1800 UTC – Hurricane Nora strengthens into a Category 2 hurricane. September 19 1200 UTC – Hurricane Nora weakens into a Category 1 hurricane. September 21 0600 UTC – Hurricane Nora re-strengthens into a Category 2 hurricane. 1200 UTC – Hurricane Nora rapidly strengthens into a Category 4 hurricane and the sixth major hurricane of the season. 1800 UTC – Hurricane Nora weakens into a Category 3 hurricane. September 23 0000 UTC – Hurricane Nora weakens into a Category 2 hurricane. 1200 UTC – Hurricane Nora weakens into a Category 1 hurricane. September 25 0630 UTC – Hurricane Nora makes landfall near Punta Eugenia, Mexico on the Baja Peninsula with winds of 85 mph (135 km/h). 1100 UTC – Hurricane Nora makes its final landfall near San Fernando, Mexico with winds of 80 mph (130 km/h). 1800 UTC – Hurricane Nora weakens into a tropical storm. September 26 0000 UTC – Tropical Storm Nora rapidly dissipates into a tropical depression. 0600 UTC – The final advisory for dissipating Tropical Depression Nora is issued. 1200 UTC – Tropical Depression Seventeen-E forms 300 miles (555 km) south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec. 1800 UTC – Tropical Depression Seventeen-E strengthens into Tropical Storm Olaf. September 29 0000 UTC – Tropical Storm Olaf weakens into a tropical depression and makes landfall near Salina Cruz, Mexico with winds of 35 mph (55 km/h). October October 5 1200 UTC – Tropical Depression Eighteen-E forms 200 miles (370 km) south of Puerto Angel, Mexico. October 6 0600 UTC – Tropical Depression Eighteen-E strengthens into Tropical Storm Pauline. 1200 UTC – Tropical Depression Three-C forms southeast of the Hawaiian Islands. October 7 0000 UTC – Tropical Storm Pauline strengthens into the eighth hurricane of the season. 0600 UTC – Hurricane Pauline strengthens into the seventh and final major hurricane of the season. 1200 UTC – Hurricane Pauline strengthens into a Category 4 hurricane. 1200 UTC – Tropical Depression Three-C dissipates. 1800 UTC – Hurricane Pauline weakens into a Category 3 hurricane. October 8 1800 UTC – Hurricane Pauline regains Category 4 hurricane status. October 9 0000 UTC- Hurricane Pauline abruptly weakens and makes landfall in Mexico with winds of 110 mph (175 km/h). 0600 UTC – Hurricane Pauline weakens into a Category 1 hurricane. 1200 UTC – Hurricane Pauline weakens into a tropical storm. October 10 0600 UTC – Tropical Storm Pauline weakens into a tropical depression. 1200 UTC – Tropical Depression Pauline dissipates. October 12 1800 UTC – Tropical Depression Olaf makes landfall near Manzanillo, Mexico with winds of 30 mph (50 km/h) and dissipates. October 31 0600 UTC – Tropical Depression Four-C forms southeast of the Hawaiian Islands. November November 1 0600 UTC – Tropical Depression Four-C dissipates. November 7 0000 UTC – Tropical Depression Nineteen-E forms 500 miles (925 km) south-southwest of Acapulco, Mexico. November 8 1200 UTC – Tropical Depression Nineteen-E strengthens into Tropical Storm Rick. November 9 0600 UTC – Tropical Storm Rick strengthens into the ninth and final hurricane of the season. 1200 UTC – Hurricane Rick strengthens into a Category 2 hurricane. 1800 UTC – Hurricane Rick weakens into a Category 1 hurricane. November 10 0100 UTC – Hurricane Rick makes landfall near Puerto Escondido, Mexico with winds of 85 mph (135 km/h). 1200 UTC – Hurricane Rick weakens into a tropical storm. 1800 UTC – Tropical Storm Rick weakens into a tropical depression. November 11 0000 UTC – Tropical Depression Rick dissipates. November 30 The 1997 central and eastern Pacific hurricane seasons officially end. December December 2 1200 UTC – Tropical Depression Five-C forms out of season near the