The 1994 season

Hurricane Li (1994)

Hurricane Li reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between July 30, 1994 and August 18, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Li, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1994 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
July 30, 1994 to August 18, 1994
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
994 mb (29.35 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 718 km (446 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
6.3
Fastest the center moved
18 kt (21 mph)
Identifier
EP081994

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
Jul 30, 18:0011.4N 120.4W25 ktNot reported
Jul 31, 00:0011.7N 121.4W25 ktNot reported
Jul 31, 06:0012.1N 122.6W25 ktNot reported
Jul 31, 12:0012.5N 123.8W25 ktNot reported
Jul 31, 18:0013.1N 125.2W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 1, 00:0012.9N 126.9W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 1, 06:0012.7N 128.6W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 1, 12:0012.6N 130.3W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 1, 18:0012.5N 132.0W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 2, 00:0012.4N 133.6W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 2, 06:0012.2N 135.0W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 2, 12:0012.1N 136.5W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 2, 18:0011.8N 137.9W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 3, 00:0011.5N 139.1W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 3, 06:0011.1N 140.0W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 3, 12:0011.0N 140.8W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 3, 18:0010.9N 142.0W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 4, 00:0010.7N 143.5W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 4, 06:0010.5N 145.1W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 4, 12:0010.3N 146.4W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 4, 18:0010.1N 147.8W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 5, 00:009.7N 149.2W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 5, 06:009.7N 150.9W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 5, 12:009.9N 152.7W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 5, 18:0010.5N 154.2W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 6, 00:0011.0N 155.3W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 6, 06:0011.6N 155.9W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 6, 12:0012.2N 156.5W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 6, 18:0012.6N 157.5W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 7, 00:0013.0N 158.4W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 7, 06:0013.4N 159.2W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 7, 12:0013.5N 160.0W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 7, 18:0013.5N 161.2W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 8, 00:0013.5N 162.3W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 8, 06:0013.5N 163.5W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 8, 12:0013.5N 164.8W40 ktTropical storm
Aug 8, 18:0013.5N 166.3W45 ktTropical storm
Aug 9, 00:0013.6N 167.5W50 ktTropical storm
Aug 9, 06:0013.6N 168.2W50 ktTropical storm
Aug 9, 12:0013.6N 169.1W45 ktTropical storm
Aug 9, 18:0013.6N 170.0W45 ktTropical storm
Aug 10, 00:0013.5N 171.0W45 ktTropical storm
Aug 10, 06:0013.6N 171.6W45 ktTropical storm
Aug 10, 12:0013.7N 172.2W45 ktTropical storm
Aug 10, 18:0013.9N 172.7W50 ktTropical storm
Aug 11, 00:0013.9N 173.3W50 ktTropical storm
Aug 11, 06:0013.8N 174.2W45 ktTropical storm
Aug 11, 12:0013.6N 175.1W45 ktTropical storm
Aug 11, 18:0013.3N 176.0W50 ktTropical storm
Aug 12, 00:0013.0N 176.9W55 ktTropical storm
Aug 12, 06:0012.7N 177.9W60 ktTropical storm
Aug 12, 12:0012.6N 178.9W65 ktHurricane
Aug 12, 18:0012.6N 179.9W60 ktTropical storm
Aug 13, 00:0012.9N 178.9E55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 06:0013.3N 177.9E50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 12:0013.8N 177.0E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 13, 18:0014.2N 176.1E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 00:0014.7N 175.1E40 kt996 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 06:0015.1N 174.2E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 12:0015.6N 173.3E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Aug 14, 18:0016.0N 172.5E35 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 00:0016.5N 171.7E35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 06:0017.0N 170.9E35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 12:0017.5N 170.3E35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Aug 15, 18:0017.9N 169.8E30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 16, 00:0018.1N 169.5E30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 16, 06:0018.3N 169.2E30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 16, 12:0018.5N 169.0E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 16, 18:0018.7N 168.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 17, 00:0018.8N 168.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 17, 06:0019.0N 168.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 17, 12:0019.1N 169.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 17, 18:0019.2N 169.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Aug 18, 00:0019.3N 170.2E20 ktTropical depression

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 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.