Hurricane Lidia (1993)

Basin

Eastern Pacific

Dates

September 8, 1993 to September 14, 1993

Peak strength

Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)

Lowest pressure

930 mb (27.46 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

14.3

Fastest the center moved

32 kt (37 mph)

Identifier

EP131993

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.

Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.

The Weather Prediction Center attributes 815 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 7.03 inches (179 mm).

WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.

• Hurricane AdrianEastern Pacific · 1993Cat 175 kt · 979 mb
• Tropical Storm BeatrizEastern Pacific · 1993Tropical Storm55 kt · 995 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1993Tropical Depression30 kt
• Hurricane CalvinEastern Pacific · 1993Cat 295 kt · 966 mb
• Hurricane DoraEastern Pacific · 1993Cat 4115 kt · 945 mb
• Hurricane EugeneEastern Pacific · 1993Cat 3110 kt · 948 mb
• Hurricane KeoniEastern Pacific · 1993Cat 4115 kt · 940 mb
• Hurricane FernandaEastern Pacific · 1993Cat 4125 kt · 934 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1993Tropical Depression25 kt
• Hurricane GregEastern Pacific · 1993Cat 4115 kt · 948 mb
• Hurricane HilaryEastern Pacific · 1993Cat 3105 kt · 957 mb
• Tropical Storm IrwinEastern Pacific · 1993Tropical Storm60 kt · 999 mb
• Hurricane JovaEastern Pacific · 1993Cat 4115 kt · 948 mb
• Hurricane KennethEastern Pacific · 1993Cat 4130 kt · 932 mb
• Tropical Storm MaxEastern Pacific · 1993Tropical Storm40 kt · 1000 mb
• Tropical Storm NormaEastern Pacific · 1993Tropical Storm45 kt · 1000 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1993Tropical Depression30 kt
• Tropical Storm HattieEastern Pacific · 1993Tropical Storm50 kt · 980 mb

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 Lidia