Hurricane Iwa (1982)
Hurricane Iwa reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between November 19, 1982 and November 25, 1982.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Iwa, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1982 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- November 19, 1982 to November 25, 1982
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 53 km (33 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 7.8
- Fastest the center moved
- 31 kt (36 mph)
- Identifier
- CP041982
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 12:00 | 9.7N 166.6W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 19, 18:00 | 9.7N 166.6W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 20, 00:00 | 10.9N 166.8W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 20, 06:00 | 10.8N 166.6W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 20, 12:00 | 11.4N 166.5W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 20, 18:00 | 12.1N 165.6W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 21, 00:00 | 12.7N 164.5W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 21, 06:00 | 12.9N 164.0W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 21, 12:00 | 13.3N 163.8W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 21, 18:00 | 13.6N 163.6W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 22, 00:00 | 14.0N 163.6W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 22, 06:00 | 14.4N 163.5W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 22, 12:00 | 14.5N 163.6W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 22, 18:00 | 15.0N 163.7W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 23, 00:00 | 16.2N 164.0W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Nov 23, 06:00 | 17.6N 164.2W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Nov 23, 12:00 | 18.7N 163.8W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Nov 23, 18:00 | 20.1N 162.9W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Nov 24, 00:00 | 21.5N 161.4W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Nov 24, 06:00 | 23.3N 158.4W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Nov 24, 12:00 | 24.5N 156.0W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Nov 24, 18:00 | 25.5N 153.9W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Nov 25, 00:00 | 26.7N 151.7W | 45 kt | Tropical storm |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1982
- Tropical Storm AlettaEastern Pacific · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm BudEastern Pacific · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm CarlottaEastern Pacific · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1982
- Hurricane DanielEastern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm EmiliaEastern Pacific · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1982
- Hurricane FabioEastern Pacific · 1982
- Hurricane GilmaEastern Pacific · 1982
- Hurricane HectorEastern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm IvaEastern Pacific · 1982
- Hurricane JohnEastern Pacific · 1982
- Hurricane KristyEastern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm LaneEastern Pacific · 1982
- Hurricane MiriamEastern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm AkoniEastern Pacific · 1982
- Hurricane NormanEastern Pacific · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm HanaEastern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm EmaEastern Pacific · 1982
- Hurricane OliviaEastern Pacific · 1982
- Hurricane PaulEastern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm RosaEastern Pacific · 1982
- Hurricane SergioEastern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm TaraEastern Pacific · 1982
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.