Hurricane Newton (1986)
Hurricane Newton reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between September 18, 1986 and September 24, 1986, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Newton, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- September 18, 1986 to September 24, 1986
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 6.0
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- EP141986
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.
Rainfall
The Weather Prediction Center attributes 2,396 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 5.88 inches (149 mm).
| Station | Total | Position |
|---|---|---|
| EDWARDSVILLE 3 NNW | 5.88 in (149 mm) | 39.10N 94.83W |
| TONGANOXIE 5 SE | 5.79 in (147 mm) | 39.03N 95.05W |
| HERMANN | 5.05 in (128 mm) | 38.70N 91.42W |
| SOUTH HAVEN | 5.02 in (128 mm) | 42.40N 86.28W |
| BLOOMINGDALE | 4.57 in (116 mm) | 42.38N 85.97W |
| HIAWATHA | 4.48 in (114 mm) | 39.85N 95.53W |
| LAWRENCE | 4.43 in (113 mm) | 38.97N 95.27W |
| SAVERTON LOCK & DAM 22 | 4.31 in (109 mm) | 39.63N 91.25W |
| LECOMPTON | 4.26 in (108 mm) | 39.05N 95.38W |
| MONROE CITY | 4.23 in (107 mm) | 39.65N 91.73W |
| FREEPORT WASTE WTR PL | 4.10 in (104 mm) | 42.30N 89.60W |
| BONNER SPRINGS | 4.07 in (103 mm) | 39.07N 94.90W |
WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 12.4N 94.5W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 12.7N 95.8W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 12.9N 97.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 13.3N 98.2W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 13.6N 99.6W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 14.1N 101.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 14.8N 102.0W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 15.3N 102.9W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 15.9N 103.8W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 16.7N 104.6W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 17.5N 105.2W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 18.5N 105.9W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 19.4N 106.4W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 20.3N 106.8W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 21.2N 107.3W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 22.0N 107.7W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 22.8N 108.4W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 23.6N 109.1W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 24.5N 109.7W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 25.2N 109.9W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 26.1N 109.9W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 26.7N 109.8W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 27.3N 109.7W | 50 kt | Tropical storm |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1986
- Hurricane AgathaEastern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm BlasEastern Pacific · 1986
- Hurricane CeliaEastern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm DarbyEastern Pacific · 1986
- Hurricane EstelleEastern Pacific · 1986
- Hurricane FrankEastern Pacific · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1986
- Hurricane GeorgetteEastern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm HowardEastern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm IsisEastern Pacific · 1986
- Hurricane JavierEastern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm KayEastern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm LesterEastern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm MadelineEastern Pacific · 1986
- Hurricane OrleneEastern Pacific · 1986
- Hurricane PaineEastern Pacific · 1986
- Hurricane RoslynEastern Pacific · 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.