The 1994 season

Hurricane Rosa (1994)

Hurricane Rosa reached Category 2 in the Eastern Pacific between October 8, 1994 and October 15, 1994, with a lowest pressure of 974 mb, and made landfall.

Radar

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The storm

Basin
Eastern Pacific
Dates
October 8, 1994 to October 15, 1994
Peak strength
Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Lowest pressure
974 mb (28.76 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
6.2
Fastest the center moved
35 kt (40 mph)
Identifier
EP191994

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.

Landfall

Time (UTC)WherePositionWindPressure
Oct 14, 10:00Escuinapa de Hidalgo, Sinaloa, Mexico, 29 km away22.6N 105.9W90 kt (104 mph)977 mb

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 8, 12:0017.2N 113.3W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 8, 18:0017.2N 113.0W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 9, 00:0017.2N 112.8W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 9, 06:0017.2N 112.7W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 9, 12:0017.2N 112.6W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 9, 18:0017.1N 112.4W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 10, 00:0017.0N 112.1W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 10, 06:0016.8N 111.4W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 10, 12:0016.6N 110.5W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 10, 18:0016.8N 109.7W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 11, 00:0016.8N 109.3W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 11, 06:0016.9N 109.2W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 11, 12:0016.9N 108.9W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 11, 18:0016.9N 108.6W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Oct 12, 00:0017.0N 108.4W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 12, 06:0017.1N 108.3W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 12, 12:0017.2N 108.1W60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Oct 12, 18:0017.4N 108.1W65 kt985 mbHurricane
Oct 13, 00:0017.6N 108.1W70 kt982 mbHurricane
Oct 13, 06:0017.9N 108.1W75 kt979 mbHurricane
Oct 13, 12:0018.4N 108.0W80 kt978 mbHurricane
Oct 13, 18:0018.8N 107.9W85 kt977 mbHurricane
Oct 14, 00:0019.8N 107.5W90 kt975 mbHurricane
Oct 14, 06:0021.2N 106.8W90 kt974 mbHurricane
Oct 14, 10:00 landfall22.6N 105.9W90 kt977 mbHurricane
Oct 14, 12:0023.0N 105.5W75 kt980 mbHurricane
Oct 14, 18:0025.3N 103.8W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 00:0028.0N 101.5W25 kt1010 mbTropical 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.