Hurricane Lane (1994)
Hurricane Lane reached Category 4 in the Eastern Pacific between September 3, 1994 and September 10, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 948 mb.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Hurricane Lane. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- September 3, 1994 to September 10, 1994
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 948 mb (27.99 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 413 km (257 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 12.7
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- EP141994
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 18:00 | 17.7N 108.6W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 4, 00:00 | 18.0N 109.8W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 4, 06:00 | 18.2N 110.8W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 4, 12:00 | 18.5N 111.9W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 4, 18:00 | 18.3N 113.0W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 5, 00:00 | 18.2N 114.1W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 5, 06:00 | 18.2N 115.5W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 5, 12:00 | 18.1N 116.8W | 60 kt | 986 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 5, 18:00 | 18.0N 118.3W | 70 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 6, 00:00 | 18.0N 119.7W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 6, 06:00 | 18.0N 121.1W | 100 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 6, 12:00 | 18.1N 122.5W | 110 kt | 952 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 6, 18:00 | 18.4N 123.9W | 115 kt | 949 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 00:00 | 18.6N 125.2W | 115 kt | 948 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 06:00 | 19.0N 126.5W | 115 kt | 949 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 12:00 | 19.4N 127.7W | 105 kt | 955 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 18:00 | 19.7N 129.0W | 95 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 00:00 | 20.1N 130.2W | 80 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 06:00 | 20.5N 131.5W | 65 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 12:00 | 20.9N 132.7W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 8, 18:00 | 21.1N 133.9W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 9, 00:00 | 21.3N 135.1W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 9, 06:00 | 21.4N 136.4W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 9, 12:00 | 21.4N 137.7W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 9, 18:00 | 21.5N 138.9W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 10, 00:00 | 21.4N 140.0W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 21.3N 141.4W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 21.2N 142.9W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1994
- Tropical Storm AlettaEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm BudEastern Pacific · 1994
- Hurricane CarlottaEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm DanielEastern Pacific · 1994
- Hurricane EmiliaEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm FabioEastern Pacific · 1994
- Hurricane GilmaEastern Pacific · 1994
- Hurricane LiEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm HectorEastern Pacific · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1994
- Hurricane JohnEastern Pacific · 1994
- Hurricane IleanaEastern Pacific · 1994
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1994
- Hurricane KristyEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm MeleEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Depression LaneEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm MiriamEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm NormanEastern Pacific · 1994
- Hurricane OliviaEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm PaulEastern Pacific · 1994
- Hurricane RosaEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm NonaEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm YuriEastern Pacific · 1994
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.