With warm sea surface temperatures and minimal vertical shear, the winds increased from on July 22 and July 23. The wind speed briefly reached an estimated on July 24, although Dalila quickly weakened back to a strong tropical storm. The storm passed directly over Socorro Island on July 25. By July 27, most of the associated deep convection dissipated as the storm moved over colder water. Reduced to a swirl of low clouds, Dalila dissipated as a tropical cyclone on July 28, while located about west of the southern tip of Baja California.