The 1991 season

Hurricane Kevin (1991)

Hurricane Kevin reached Category 4 in the Eastern Pacific between September 25, 1991 and October 12, 1991, with a lowest pressure of 935 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Kevin, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1991 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
Eastern Pacific
Dates
September 25, 1991 to October 12, 1991
Peak strength
Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
Lowest pressure
935 mb (27.61 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 336 km (209 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
52.1
Fastest the center moved
13 kt (15 mph)
Identifier
EP131991

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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 25, 00:0012.2N 96.2W25 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Sep 25, 06:0012.3N 97.0W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Sep 25, 12:0012.3N 97.7W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Sep 25, 18:0012.4N 98.3W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Sep 26, 00:0012.7N 98.7W45 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Sep 26, 06:0013.0N 99.2W50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 26, 12:0013.3N 99.9W60 kt991 mbTropical storm
Sep 26, 18:0013.5N 100.6W70 kt985 mbHurricane
Sep 27, 00:0013.5N 101.2W80 kt975 mbHurricane
Sep 27, 06:0013.7N 101.7W90 kt968 mbHurricane
Sep 27, 12:0013.9N 102.1W95 kt965 mbHurricane
Sep 27, 18:0014.3N 102.6W90 kt968 mbHurricane
Sep 28, 00:0014.7N 103.2W90 kt969 mbHurricane
Sep 28, 06:0014.9N 103.8W90 kt970 mbHurricane
Sep 28, 12:0015.0N 104.3W90 kt969 mbHurricane
Sep 28, 18:0015.2N 104.5W95 kt963 mbHurricane
Sep 29, 00:0015.5N 104.9W100 kt960 mbHurricane
Sep 29, 06:0015.9N 105.4W105 kt957 mbHurricane
Sep 29, 12:0016.2N 106.0W110 kt951 mbHurricane
Sep 29, 18:0016.5N 106.7W115 kt948 mbHurricane
Sep 30, 00:0016.8N 107.6W115 kt947 mbHurricane
Sep 30, 06:0017.0N 108.5W115 kt946 mbHurricane
Sep 30, 12:0017.3N 109.6W120 kt943 mbHurricane
Sep 30, 18:0017.5N 110.8W120 kt938 mbHurricane
Oct 1, 00:0017.6N 112.0W125 kt935 mbHurricane
Oct 1, 06:0017.8N 113.1W120 kt937 mbHurricane
Oct 1, 12:0017.9N 114.2W120 kt942 mbHurricane
Oct 1, 18:0018.0N 115.2W115 kt946 mbHurricane
Oct 2, 00:0018.1N 116.3W115 kt947 mbHurricane
Oct 2, 06:0018.0N 117.3W115 kt948 mbHurricane
Oct 2, 12:0017.7N 118.3W115 kt949 mbHurricane
Oct 2, 18:0017.2N 119.2W110 kt951 mbHurricane
Oct 3, 00:0016.6N 120.1W105 kt955 mbHurricane
Oct 3, 06:0016.1N 121.0W105 kt957 mbHurricane
Oct 3, 12:0015.6N 122.1W100 kt959 mbHurricane
Oct 3, 18:0015.2N 123.2W100 kt960 mbHurricane
Oct 4, 00:0014.9N 124.3W95 kt962 mbHurricane
Oct 4, 06:0014.7N 125.4W90 kt967 mbHurricane
Oct 4, 12:0014.6N 126.6W90 kt969 mbHurricane
Oct 4, 18:0014.7N 127.8W90 kt970 mbHurricane
Oct 5, 00:0014.8N 128.9W85 kt971 mbHurricane
Oct 5, 06:0014.9N 129.9W80 kt974 mbHurricane
Oct 5, 12:0015.1N 131.0W80 kt976 mbHurricane
Oct 5, 18:0015.3N 131.8W80 kt978 mbHurricane
Oct 6, 00:0015.5N 132.5W75 kt979 mbHurricane
Oct 6, 06:0015.7N 133.1W80 kt977 mbHurricane
Oct 6, 12:0016.0N 133.5W85 kt972 mbHurricane
Oct 6, 18:0016.3N 133.8W90 kt969 mbHurricane
Oct 7, 00:0016.6N 134.1W95 kt965 mbHurricane
Oct 7, 06:0017.0N 134.5W95 kt962 mbHurricane
Oct 7, 12:0017.4N 134.9W100 kt960 mbHurricane
Oct 7, 18:0017.8N 135.4W100 kt960 mbHurricane
Oct 8, 00:0018.1N 135.9W100 kt960 mbHurricane
Oct 8, 06:0018.5N 136.5W95 kt963 mbHurricane
Oct 8, 12:0018.9N 137.3W90 kt966 mbHurricane
Oct 8, 18:0019.4N 138.1W85 kt970 mbHurricane
Oct 9, 00:0019.9N 139.0W80 kt975 mbHurricane
Oct 9, 06:0020.4N 140.0W75 kt980 mbHurricane
Oct 9, 12:0021.0N 141.0W65 kt984 mbHurricane
Oct 9, 18:0021.7N 141.8W60 kt988 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 00:0022.7N 142.7W50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 06:0023.1N 142.9W45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 12:0023.8N 143.6W45 kt999 mbTropical storm
Oct 10, 18:0024.3N 144.1W45 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Oct 11, 00:0024.5N 144.4W35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Oct 11, 06:0024.7N 144.6W30 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Oct 11, 12:0024.8N 145.0W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Oct 11, 18:0025.0N 145.4W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Oct 12, 00:0025.4N 146.6W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 12, 06:0025.5N 147.5W25 kt1009 mbExtratropical

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1991

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.