Hurricane Barbara (1989)
Hurricane Barbara reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between June 13, 1989 and June 22, 1989, with a lowest pressure of 984 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Barbara, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1989 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
- June 13, 1989 to June 22, 1989
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 984 mb (29.06 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 571 km (355 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.0
- Fastest the center moved
- 10 kt (12 mph)
- Identifier
- EP021989
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 18:00 | 11.2N 104.9W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Jun 14, 00:00 | 11.4N 105.1W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Jun 14, 06:00 | 11.5N 105.6W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Jun 14, 12:00 | 11.4N 106.5W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Jun 14, 18:00 | 11.3N 107.5W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Jun 15, 00:00 | 11.2N 108.1W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Jun 15, 06:00 | 11.6N 108.2W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Jun 15, 12:00 | 12.3N 107.8W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Jun 15, 18:00 | 12.9N 107.4W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 16, 00:00 | 13.5N 107.1W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 16, 06:00 | 13.7N 106.9W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 16, 12:00 | 13.8N 106.9W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 16, 18:00 | 14.0N 107.1W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 17, 00:00 | 14.3N 107.3W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 17, 06:00 | 14.6N 107.6W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 17, 12:00 | 15.1N 108.0W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 17, 18:00 | 15.5N 108.6W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 18, 00:00 | 15.9N 109.4W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 18, 06:00 | 16.2N 110.3W | 70 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 18, 12:00 | 16.4N 111.1W | 70 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 18, 18:00 | 16.7N 111.9W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 19, 00:00 | 17.0N 112.7W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 06:00 | 17.3N 113.4W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 12:00 | 17.4N 114.0W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 19, 18:00 | 17.4N 114.4W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 20, 00:00 | 17.6N 115.0W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 20, 06:00 | 17.7N 115.3W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 20, 12:00 | 17.8N 116.1W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 20, 18:00 | 17.8N 116.7W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 21, 00:00 | 17.7N 117.3W | 20 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 21, 06:00 | 17.6N 117.7W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Jun 21, 12:00 | 17.5N 118.2W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Jun 21, 18:00 | 17.3N 118.8W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Jun 22, 00:00 | 17.2N 119.3W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Jun 22, 06:00 | 17.0N 119.8W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Jun 22, 12:00 | 16.8N 120.3W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Jun 22, 18:00 | 16.7N 120.8W | 25 kt | Not reported |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1989
- Tropical Storm WinonaEastern Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm AdolphEastern Pacific · 1989
- Hurricane CosmeEastern Pacific · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1989
- Hurricane DaliliaEastern Pacific · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm ErickEastern Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm FlossieEastern Pacific · 1989
- Hurricane GilEastern Pacific · 1989
- Hurricane IsmaelEastern Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm HenrietteEastern Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm JulietteEastern Pacific · 1989
- Hurricane KikoEastern Pacific · 1989
- Hurricane LorenaEastern Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm ManuelEastern Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm NardaEastern Pacific · 1989
- Hurricane OctaveEastern Pacific · 1989
- Tropical Storm PriscillaEastern Pacific · 1989
- Hurricane RaymondEastern Pacific · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1989
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1989
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.