Hurricane Gilma (1994)

Basin

Eastern Pacific

Dates

July 21, 1994 to July 31, 1994

Peak strength

Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)

Lowest pressure

920 mb (27.17 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 753 km (468 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

24.6

Fastest the center moved

22 kt (25 mph)

Identifier

EP071994

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 AlettaEastern Pacific · 1994Tropical Storm45 kt · 999 mb
• Tropical Storm BudEastern Pacific · 1994Tropical Storm40 kt · 1003 mb
• Hurricane CarlottaEastern Pacific · 1994Cat 290 kt · 967 mb
• Tropical Storm DanielEastern Pacific · 1994Tropical Storm55 kt · 993 mb
• Hurricane EmiliaEastern Pacific · 1994Cat 5140 kt · 926 mb
• Tropical Storm FabioEastern Pacific · 1994Tropical Storm40 kt · 1002 mb
• Hurricane LiEastern Pacific · 1994Cat 165 kt · 994 mb
• Tropical Storm HectorEastern Pacific · 1994Tropical Storm55 kt · 993 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1994Tropical Depression30 kt
• Hurricane JohnEastern Pacific · 1994Cat 5150 kt · 929 mb
• Hurricane IleanaEastern Pacific · 1994Cat 165 kt · 986 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1994Tropical Depression30 kt
• Hurricane KristyEastern Pacific · 1994Cat 290 kt · 992 mb
• Hurricane LaneEastern Pacific · 1994Cat 4115 kt · 948 mb
• Tropical Storm MeleEastern Pacific · 1994Tropical Storm35 kt
• Tropical Depression LaneEastern Pacific · 1994Tropical Depression25 kt · 1010 mb
• Tropical Storm MiriamEastern Pacific · 1994Tropical Storm40 kt · 1002 mb
• Tropical Storm NormanEastern Pacific · 1994Tropical Storm35 kt · 1004 mb
• Hurricane OliviaEastern Pacific · 1994Cat 4130 kt · 923 mb
• Tropical Storm PaulEastern Pacific · 1994Tropical Storm40 kt · 1003 mb
• Hurricane RosaEastern Pacific · 1994Cat 290 kt · 974 mb
• Tropical Storm NonaEastern Pacific · 1994Tropical Storm35 kt
• Tropical Storm YuriEastern Pacific · 1994Tropical Storm35 kt · 996 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 Gilma