Hurricane Octave (1989)

Basin

Eastern Pacific

Dates

September 8, 1989 to September 16, 1989

Peak strength

Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)

Lowest pressure

948 mb (27.99 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 278 km (173 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

12.2

Fastest the center moved

13 kt (15 mph)

Identifier

EP181989

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 WinonaEastern Pacific · 1989Tropical Storm55 kt · 1000 mb
• Tropical Storm AdolphEastern Pacific · 1989Tropical Storm55 kt · 994 mb
• Hurricane BarbaraEastern Pacific · 1989Cat 170 kt · 984 mb
• Hurricane CosmeEastern Pacific · 1989Cat 175 kt · 979 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1989Tropical Depression30 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1989Tropical Depression30 kt
• Hurricane DaliliaEastern Pacific · 1989Cat 180 kt · 977 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1989Tropical Depression30 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1989Tropical Depression30 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1989Tropical Depression30 kt
• Tropical Storm ErickEastern Pacific · 1989Tropical Storm35 kt · 1005 mb
• Tropical Storm FlossieEastern Pacific · 1989Tropical Storm35 kt · 1004 mb
• Hurricane GilEastern Pacific · 1989Cat 175 kt · 979 mb
• Hurricane IsmaelEastern Pacific · 1989Cat 3105 kt · 955 mb
• Tropical Storm HenrietteEastern Pacific · 1989Tropical Storm45 kt · 1000 mb
• Tropical Storm JulietteEastern Pacific · 1989Tropical Storm55 kt · 992 mb
• Hurricane KikoEastern Pacific · 1989Cat 3105 kt · 955 mb
• Hurricane LorenaEastern Pacific · 1989Cat 165 kt · 989 mb
• Tropical Storm ManuelEastern Pacific · 1989Tropical Storm40 kt · 1002 mb
• Tropical Storm NardaEastern Pacific · 1989Tropical Storm45 kt · 1000 mb
• Tropical Storm PriscillaEastern Pacific · 1989Tropical Storm55 kt · 993 mb
• Hurricane RaymondEastern Pacific · 1989Cat 4125 kt · 935 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1989Tropical Depression30 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1989Tropical Depression30 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1989Tropical Depression20 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1989Tropical Depression30 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.

• Wikipedia article: Hurricane Octave