Hurricane Olivia (1994)
Hurricane Olivia reached Category 4 in the Eastern Pacific between September 22, 1994 and September 29, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 923 mb.
Radar
Reflectivity now over Hurricane Olivia. 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 22, 1994 to September 29, 1994
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 923 mb (27.26 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 797 km (495 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 16.5
- Fastest the center moved
- 11 kt (13 mph)
- Identifier
- EP171994
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 22, 06:00 | 12.5N 108.8W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 12.7N 109.6W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 12.9N 110.5W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 13.1N 111.1W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 13.5N 111.9W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 14.0N 112.9W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 14.3N 113.9W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 14.6N 114.9W | 60 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 14.8N 115.9W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 15.1N 116.9W | 80 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 15.6N 117.7W | 95 kt | 958 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 16.3N 118.5W | 105 kt | 946 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 17.1N 119.2W | 120 kt | 935 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 17.8N 119.8W | 130 kt | 923 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 18.7N 120.0W | 125 kt | 924 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 19.5N 120.0W | 115 kt | 932 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 20.3N 119.7W | 110 kt | 945 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 20.8N 119.6W | 105 kt | 950 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 21.0N 119.4W | 100 kt | 958 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 21.1N 119.3W | 85 kt | 968 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 21.1N 119.1W | 80 kt | 976 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 21.0N 118.8W | 75 kt | 978 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 21.1N 119.3W | 60 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 21.3N 119.7W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 21.5N 120.3W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 21.6N 121.2W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 21.8N 122.2W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 22.0N 122.9W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 22.0N 123.7W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 22.1N 124.3W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 22.1N 125.1W | 20 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
- Hurricane LaneEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm MeleEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Depression LaneEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm MiriamEastern Pacific · 1994
- Tropical Storm NormanEastern 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.