The 1986 season

Hurricane Georgette (1986)

Hurricane Georgette reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between August 2, 1986 and August 16, 1986, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Georgette, 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
August 2, 1986 to August 16, 1986
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
970 mb (28.64 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 881 km (547 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
6.8
Fastest the center moved
34 kt (39 mph)
Identifier
EP071986

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
Aug 2, 00:009.0N 234.0ETropical storm
Aug 2, 06:008.9N 231.9ETropical storm
Aug 2, 12:008.9N 230.2ETropical storm
Aug 2, 18:008.9N 229.1ETropical storm
Aug 3, 00:009.0N 133.3W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 3, 06:009.0N 134.7W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 3, 12:008.9N 136.5W35 ktTropical storm
Aug 3, 18:008.9N 138.1W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 4, 00:008.7N 140.0W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 4, 06:008.7N 142.6W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 4, 12:008.7N 145.4W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 4, 18:008.9N 149.0W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 5, 00:009.5N 152.0W20 ktLow
Aug 5, 06:0010.1N 154.4W20 ktLow
Aug 5, 12:0010.7N 156.6W20 ktLow
Aug 5, 18:0011.1N 158.8W20 ktLow
Aug 6, 00:0010.8N 161.0W20 ktLow
Aug 6, 06:0010.4N 163.0W20 ktLow
Aug 6, 12:009.9N 165.0W20 ktLow
Aug 6, 18:009.7N 167.5W20 ktLow
Aug 7, 00:009.5N 170.0W20 ktLow
Aug 7, 06:009.9N 172.0W20 ktLow
Aug 7, 12:0010.4N 174.0W20 ktLow
Aug 7, 18:0010.8N 176.0W20 ktLow
Aug 8, 00:0011.3N 177.8W20 ktLow
Aug 8, 06:0012.1N 179.4W20 ktLow
Aug 8, 12:0012.9N 179.3E1006 mbTropical storm
Aug 8, 18:0013.6N 178.3E1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 00:0014.2N 177.3E1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 06:0014.6N 176.3E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 12:0014.9N 175.1E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 9, 18:0015.1N 173.9E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 00:0015.3N 172.7E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 06:0015.4N 171.7E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 12:0015.6N 170.9E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 10, 18:0015.7N 170.4E65 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 00:0015.9N 170.0E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 06:0016.0N 169.7E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 12:0016.2N 169.5E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 11, 18:0016.5N 169.4E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 00:0016.7N 169.4E65 kt970 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 06:0017.1N 169.1E60 kt975 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 12:0017.5N 168.5E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Aug 12, 18:0018.2N 167.9E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 00:0019.0N 167.3E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 06:0019.7N 166.3E50 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 12:0020.5N 164.3E45 kt992 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 18:0020.8N 162.1E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 00:0021.2N 159.9E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 06:0022.0N 157.4E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 12:0022.4N 154.8E35 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 18:0021.7N 151.8E35 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 00:0020.0N 152.0E35 kt985 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 06:0019.1N 153.2E30 kt990 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 12:0019.2N 155.6E30 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 18:0020.3N 157.0E25 ktTropical storm
Aug 16, 00:0021.6N 158.0E25 ktTropical storm
Aug 16, 06:0023.0N 158.2E25 ktTropical storm
Aug 16, 12:0024.9N 156.9E20 ktTropical storm
Aug 16, 18:0026.8N 155.2E20 ktNot reported

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.