Tropical Storm Octave (1983)

Basin

Eastern Pacific

Dates

September 27, 1983 to October 2, 1983

Peak strength

Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)

Landfall

No; closest approach 460 km (286 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

1.2

Fastest the center moved

14 kt (16 mph)

Identifier

EP151983

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 357 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 11.00 inches (279 mm).

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

• Hurricane AdolphEastern Pacific · 1983Cat 295 kt
• Hurricane BarbaraEastern Pacific · 1983Cat 4115 kt
• Tropical Storm CosmeEastern Pacific · 1983Tropical Storm35 kt
• Tropical Storm DaliliaEastern Pacific · 1983Tropical Storm60 kt
• Tropical Storm ErickEastern Pacific · 1983Tropical Storm55 kt
• Tropical Storm FlossieEastern Pacific · 1983Tropical Storm50 kt
• Hurricane GilEastern Pacific · 1983Cat 180 kt
• Hurricane HenrietteEastern Pacific · 1983Cat 4115 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1983Tropical Depression30 kt
• Hurricane IsmaelEastern Pacific · 1983Cat 285 kt
• Tropical Storm JulietteEastern Pacific · 1983Tropical Storm50 kt
• Hurricane EllenEastern Pacific · 1983Cat 4125 kt · 925 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1983Tropical Depression30 kt
• Hurricane KikoEastern Pacific · 1983Cat 4125 kt
• Hurricane LorenaEastern Pacific · 1983Cat 3100 kt
• Hurricane ManuelEastern Pacific · 1983Cat 3100 kt
• Tropical Storm NardaEastern Pacific · 1983Tropical Storm60 kt
• Hurricane PriscillaEastern Pacific · 1983Cat 3100 kt
• Hurricane RaymondEastern Pacific · 1983Cat 4125 kt
• Tropical Storm SoniaEastern Pacific · 1983Tropical Storm40 kt
• Hurricane TicoEastern Pacific · 1983Cat 4115 kt
• Tropical Storm VelmaEastern Pacific · 1983Tropical Storm35 kt
• Hurricane WinnieEastern Pacific · 1983Cat 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: Tropical Storm Octave