Hurricane Orlene (1986)
Hurricane Orlene reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between September 21, 1986 and September 25, 1986.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Orlene, 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 21, 1986 to September 25, 1986
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1078 km (670 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.4
- Fastest the center moved
- 7 kt (8 mph)
- Identifier
- EP151986
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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 12.0N 138.7W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 12.4N 138.9W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 12.9N 139.2W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 13.2N 139.5W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 13.6N 140.0W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 14.2N 140.3W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 14.8N 140.3W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 15.4N 140.4W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 16.0N 140.7W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 16.4N 140.9W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 16.7N 141.2W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 16.9N 141.8W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 17.0N 142.3W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 17.0N 142.9W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 17.0N 143.6W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 16.9N 144.3W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 16.8N 145.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression |
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 NewtonEastern 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.