Hurricane Paine (1986)
Hurricane Paine reached Category 2 in the Eastern Pacific between September 28, 1986 and October 2, 1986, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Paine, 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 28, 1986 to October 2, 1986
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.7
- Fastest the center moved
- 26 kt (30 mph)
- Identifier
- EP161986
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 1,360 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 11.35 inches (288 mm).
| Station | Total | Position |
|---|---|---|
| FORT SCOTT | 11.35 in (288 mm) | 37.85N 94.72W |
| PONCA CITY MUNI AP | 10.84 in (275 mm) | 36.73N 97.10W |
| WELLINGTON | 10.39 in (264 mm) | 34.85N 100.22W |
| MCCAMEY | 10.20 in (259 mm) | 31.13N 102.20W |
| ENID | 10.09 in (256 mm) | 36.42N 97.87W |
| HALE | 10.07 in (256 mm) | 37.22N 96.05W |
| NEWKIRK 1 NW | 10.00 in (254 mm) | 36.88N 97.07W |
| TRUMAN DAM & RESERVOIR | 9.82 in (249 mm) | 38.25N 93.40W |
| SEDAN | 9.51 in (242 mm) | 37.13N 96.18W |
| WALNUT 3 S | 9.38 in (238 mm) | 37.55N 95.07W |
| GALESBURG | 9.27 in (235 mm) | 37.47N 95.35W |
| ELK CITY LAKE | 9.25 in (235 mm) | 37.28N 95.78W |
WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 11.5N 93.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 11.5N 94.6W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 11.6N 96.2W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 11.8N 97.9W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 12.4N 99.4W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 13.0N 100.7W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 13.7N 102.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 14.5N 103.3W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 30, 00:00 | 15.4N 104.5W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 30, 06:00 | 16.3N 105.6W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 30, 12:00 | 17.2N 106.6W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 30, 18:00 | 18.0N 107.3W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 1, 00:00 | 18.9N 108.0W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 1, 06:00 | 19.7N 108.7W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 1, 12:00 | 20.5N 109.1W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 1, 18:00 | 21.5N 109.2W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 2, 00:00 | 22.5N 109.1W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 2, 06:00 | 23.7N 108.9W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 2, 12:00 | 25.1N 108.6W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 2, 18:00 | 27.2N 107.3W | 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 OrleneEastern 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.