Hurricane Paul (1982)

Basin

Eastern Pacific

Dates

September 18, 1982 to September 30, 1982

Peak strength

Category 2, 95 kt (109 mph)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

9.2

Fastest the center moved

18 kt (21 mph)

Identifier

EP161982

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.

The Weather Prediction Center attributes 255 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 3.50 inches (89 mm).

WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.

• Tropical Storm AlettaEastern Pacific · 1982Tropical Storm55 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1982Tropical Depression30 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1982Tropical Depression25 kt
• Tropical Storm BudEastern Pacific · 1982Tropical Storm45 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1982Tropical Depression30 kt
• Tropical Storm CarlottaEastern Pacific · 1982Tropical Storm50 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1982Tropical Depression30 kt
• Hurricane DanielEastern Pacific · 1982Cat 3100 kt
• Tropical Storm EmiliaEastern Pacific · 1982Tropical Storm55 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1982Tropical Depression31 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1982Tropical Depression30 kt
• Hurricane FabioEastern Pacific · 1982Cat 170 kt
• Hurricane GilmaEastern Pacific · 1982Cat 3110 kt
• Hurricane HectorEastern Pacific · 1982Cat 165 kt
• Tropical Storm IvaEastern Pacific · 1982Tropical Storm35 kt
• Hurricane JohnEastern Pacific · 1982Cat 3100 kt
• Hurricane KristyEastern Pacific · 1982Cat 180 kt
• Tropical Storm LaneEastern Pacific · 1982Tropical Storm55 kt
• Hurricane MiriamEastern Pacific · 1982Cat 175 kt
• Tropical Storm AkoniEastern Pacific · 1982Tropical Storm45 kt
• Hurricane NormanEastern Pacific · 1982Cat 290 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1982Tropical Depression30 kt
• Tropical Storm HanaEastern Pacific · 1982Tropical Storm40 kt
• Tropical Storm EmaEastern Pacific · 1982Tropical Storm40 kt
• Hurricane OliviaEastern Pacific · 1982Cat 4125 kt
• Tropical Storm RosaEastern Pacific · 1982Tropical Storm45 kt
• Hurricane SergioEastern Pacific · 1982Cat 3110 kt
• Tropical Storm TaraEastern Pacific · 1982Tropical Storm45 kt
• Hurricane IwaEastern Pacific · 1982Cat 180 kt

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.

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.

• Wikipedia article: Hurricane Paul