Hurricane Jova (1987)

Basin

Eastern Pacific

Dates

August 13, 1987 to August 22, 1987

Peak strength

Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)

Landfall

No; closest approach 575 km (357 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

9.5

Fastest the center moved

20 kt (23 mph)

Identifier

EP101987

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.

• Tropical Storm AdrianEastern Pacific · 1987Tropical Storm40 kt
• Tropical Storm BeatrizEastern Pacific · 1987Tropical Storm45 kt
• Tropical Storm CalvinEastern Pacific · 1987Tropical Storm55 kt
• Tropical Storm DoraEastern Pacific · 1987Tropical Storm50 kt
• Hurricane WynneEastern Pacific · 1987Cat 4125 kt · 920 mb
• Hurricane EugeneEastern Pacific · 1987Cat 285 kt
• Tropical Storm FernandaEastern Pacific · 1987Tropical Storm55 kt
• Hurricane GregEastern Pacific · 1987Cat 170 kt
• Hurricane HilaryEastern Pacific · 1987Cat 3105 kt
• Tropical Storm IrwinEastern Pacific · 1987Tropical Storm55 kt
• Tropical Storm OkaEastern Pacific · 1987Tropical Storm50 kt
• Tropical Storm KnutEastern Pacific · 1987Tropical Storm35 kt
• Hurricane LidiaEastern Pacific · 1987Cat 175 kt
• Hurricane MaxEastern Pacific · 1987Cat 4135 kt
• Hurricane NormaEastern Pacific · 1987Cat 165 kt
• Hurricane OtisEastern Pacific · 1987Cat 3100 kt
• Hurricane PekeEastern Pacific · 1987Cat 3100 kt · 950 mb
• Tropical Storm PilarEastern Pacific · 1987Tropical Storm35 kt
• Hurricane RamonEastern Pacific · 1987Cat 4120 kt
• Tropical Storm SelmaEastern Pacific · 1987Tropical Storm35 kt

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.

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.