The 1982 season

Hurricane Sergio (1982)

Hurricane Sergio reached Category 3 in the Eastern Pacific between October 14, 1982 and October 23, 1982.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Sergio, 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.

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The storm

Basin
Eastern Pacific
Dates
October 14, 1982 to October 23, 1982
Peak strength
Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
Landfall
No; closest approach 522 km (324 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
22.5
Fastest the center moved
16 kt (18 mph)
Identifier
EP181982

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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 14, 00:009.1N 91.5W30 ktTropical depression
Oct 14, 06:009.3N 92.4W35 ktTropical storm
Oct 14, 12:009.6N 93.3W40 ktTropical storm
Oct 14, 18:009.8N 94.2W50 ktTropical storm
Oct 15, 00:0010.0N 95.1W65 ktHurricane
Oct 15, 06:0010.1N 96.3W70 ktHurricane
Oct 15, 12:0010.3N 97.5W75 ktHurricane
Oct 15, 18:0010.5N 98.7W80 ktHurricane
Oct 16, 00:0010.8N 99.7W85 ktHurricane
Oct 16, 06:0011.2N 100.9W85 ktHurricane
Oct 16, 12:0011.7N 102.0W95 ktHurricane
Oct 16, 18:0012.0N 103.4W90 ktHurricane
Oct 17, 00:0012.4N 104.7W100 ktHurricane
Oct 17, 06:0012.9N 106.0W100 ktHurricane
Oct 17, 12:0013.3N 107.4W100 ktHurricane
Oct 17, 18:0013.7N 108.6W110 ktHurricane
Oct 18, 00:0014.3N 109.8W110 ktHurricane
Oct 18, 06:0014.7N 110.7W110 ktHurricane
Oct 18, 12:0015.3N 111.5W105 ktHurricane
Oct 18, 18:0015.9N 112.3W100 ktHurricane
Oct 19, 00:0016.3N 113.1W95 ktHurricane
Oct 19, 06:0016.6N 113.8W90 ktHurricane
Oct 19, 12:0016.7N 114.5W95 ktHurricane
Oct 19, 18:0016.7N 115.3W85 ktHurricane
Oct 20, 00:0016.6N 116.0W75 ktHurricane
Oct 20, 06:0016.6N 116.9W75 ktHurricane
Oct 20, 12:0016.6N 117.8W75 ktHurricane
Oct 20, 18:0016.7N 118.7W75 ktHurricane
Oct 21, 00:0016.7N 119.7W75 ktHurricane
Oct 21, 06:0016.7N 121.3W70 ktHurricane
Oct 21, 12:0016.7N 122.9W70 ktHurricane
Oct 21, 18:0016.8N 124.5W50 ktTropical storm
Oct 22, 00:0017.0N 126.0W45 ktTropical storm
Oct 22, 06:0017.3N 127.4W35 ktTropical storm
Oct 22, 12:0017.4N 128.4W35 ktTropical storm
Oct 22, 18:0017.6N 129.5W35 ktTropical storm
Oct 23, 00:0017.9N 130.6W30 ktTropical depression
Oct 23, 06:0018.3N 131.6W25 ktTropical depression
Oct 23, 12:0018.6N 132.6W25 ktTropical depression
Oct 23, 18:0018.8N 133.3W25 ktTropical depression

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 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.