Hurricane Max (1987)
Hurricane Max reached Category 4 in the Eastern Pacific between September 9, 1987 and September 16, 1987.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Max, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1987 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 9, 1987 to September 16, 1987
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 135 kt (155 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 577 km (359 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 21.3
- Fastest the center moved
- 18 kt (21 mph)
- Identifier
- EP131987
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 9, 12:00 | 11.3N 100.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 9, 18:00 | 11.2N 101.3W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 10, 00:00 | 11.1N 102.7W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 11.1N 104.0W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 11.2N 105.1W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 11.3N 106.3W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 11.5N 107.3W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 11, 06:00 | 11.8N 108.4W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 12.2N 109.3W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 12.6N 110.1W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 13.1N 111.3W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 13.5N 112.0W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 13.9N 113.9W | 105 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 14.2N 115.0W | 115 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 14.6N 116.0W | 125 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 15.1N 116.8W | 135 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 15.9N 117.5W | 135 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 16.7N 118.1W | 135 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 17.5N 118.6W | 135 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 18.0N 119.0W | 115 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 18.7N 119.2W | 105 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 19.4N 119.6W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 19.9N 120.1W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 20.4N 120.5W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 20.8N 121.0W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 21.3N 121.7W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 21.6N 122.5W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 21.7N 123.1W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 21.8N 123.4W | 25 kt | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1987
- Tropical Storm AdrianEastern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm BeatrizEastern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm CalvinEastern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm DoraEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane WynneEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane EugeneEastern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm FernandaEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane GregEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane HilaryEastern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm IrwinEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane JovaEastern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm OkaEastern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm KnutEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane LidiaEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane NormaEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane OtisEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane PekeEastern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm PilarEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane RamonEastern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm SelmaEastern Pacific · 1987
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.