The 1986 season

Hurricane Agatha (1986)

Hurricane Agatha reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between May 22, 1986 and May 29, 1986.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Agatha, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1986 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
May 22, 1986 to May 29, 1986
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Landfall
No; closest approach 92 km (57 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
3.5
Fastest the center moved
10 kt (12 mph)
Identifier
EP011986

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
May 22, 00:0012.6N 107.5W25 ktTropical depression
May 22, 06:0012.2N 107.4W25 ktTropical depression
May 22, 12:0011.8N 107.2W25 ktTropical depression
May 22, 18:0011.5N 106.8W25 ktTropical depression
May 23, 00:0011.3N 106.4W25 ktTropical depression
May 23, 06:0011.0N 106.1W25 ktTropical depression
May 23, 12:0010.7N 105.6W25 ktTropical depression
May 23, 18:0010.5N 105.2W30 ktTropical depression
May 24, 00:0010.3N 105.1W30 ktTropical depression
May 24, 06:0010.3N 105.4W35 ktTropical storm
May 24, 12:0010.7N 105.0W35 ktTropical storm
May 24, 18:0011.5N 104.8W40 ktTropical storm
May 25, 00:0012.4N 104.7W45 ktTropical storm
May 25, 06:0013.2N 104.5W45 ktTropical storm
May 25, 12:0014.1N 104.3W45 ktTropical storm
May 25, 18:0015.0N 104.0W50 ktTropical storm
May 26, 00:0015.8N 103.6W65 ktHurricane
May 26, 06:0016.5N 103.0W65 ktHurricane
May 26, 12:0016.6N 102.2W65 ktHurricane
May 26, 18:0016.3N 101.5W55 ktTropical storm
May 27, 00:0016.0N 100.8W50 ktTropical storm
May 27, 06:0015.8N 100.0W40 ktTropical storm
May 27, 12:0015.5N 99.2W30 ktTropical depression
May 27, 18:0015.3N 98.4W30 ktTropical depression
May 28, 00:0015.0N 97.7W30 ktTropical depression
May 28, 06:0014.7N 97.3W30 ktTropical depression
May 28, 12:0014.4N 97.0W30 ktTropical depression
May 28, 18:0014.1N 96.8W35 ktTropical storm
May 29, 00:0014.0N 96.4W35 ktTropical storm
May 29, 06:0013.9N 96.0W25 ktTropical depression
May 29, 12:0013.9N 95.5W25 ktTropical depression

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1986

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.