Hurricane Barbara (1995)

Hurricane Barbara reached Category 4 in the Eastern Pacific between July 7, 1995 and July 18, 1995, with a lowest pressure of 940 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Barbara, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1995 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 7, 1995 to July 18, 1995
Peak strength: Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
Lowest pressure: 940 mb (27.76 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 708 km (440 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 29.8
Fastest the center moved: 16 kt (18 mph)
Identifier: EP031995

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Jul 7, 18:00	11.3N 103.2W	30 kt	1009 mb	Tropical depression
Jul 8, 00:00	11.7N 104.8W	30 kt	1008 mb	Tropical depression
Jul 8, 06:00	12.0N 106.2W	35 kt	1005 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 8, 12:00	12.2N 107.2W	35 kt	1004 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 8, 18:00	12.3N 108.2W	45 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 9, 00:00	12.5N 109.1W	55 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 9, 06:00	12.7N 110.2W	65 kt	995 mb	Hurricane
Jul 9, 12:00	12.9N 111.1W	70 kt	990 mb	Hurricane
Jul 9, 18:00	13.1N 112.0W	80 kt	980 mb	Hurricane
Jul 10, 00:00	13.3N 112.8W	90 kt	970 mb	Hurricane
Jul 10, 06:00	13.4N 113.5W	105 kt	960 mb	Hurricane
Jul 10, 12:00	13.5N 114.2W	115 kt	948 mb	Hurricane
Jul 10, 18:00	13.6N 114.8W	115 kt	946 mb	Hurricane
Jul 11, 00:00	13.7N 115.3W	115 kt	945 mb	Hurricane
Jul 11, 06:00	13.8N 115.9W	115 kt	945 mb	Hurricane
Jul 11, 12:00	13.9N 116.5W	100 kt	947 mb	Hurricane
Jul 11, 18:00	14.0N 117.1W	100 kt	950 mb	Hurricane
Jul 12, 00:00	14.1N 117.8W	100 kt	955 mb	Hurricane
Jul 12, 06:00	14.3N 118.6W	100 kt	960 mb	Hurricane
Jul 12, 12:00	14.3N 119.4W	100 kt	965 mb	Hurricane
Jul 12, 18:00	14.3N 120.3W	100 kt	969 mb	Hurricane
Jul 13, 00:00	14.2N 121.3W	110 kt	950 mb	Hurricane
Jul 13, 06:00	14.2N 122.3W	115 kt	948 mb	Hurricane
Jul 13, 12:00	14.1N 123.3W	115 kt	947 mb	Hurricane
Jul 13, 18:00	14.2N 124.5W	120 kt	943 mb	Hurricane
Jul 14, 00:00	14.3N 125.6W	120 kt	940 mb	Hurricane
Jul 14, 06:00	14.4N 127.1W	120 kt	941 mb	Hurricane
Jul 14, 12:00	14.7N 128.5W	115 kt	943 mb	Hurricane
Jul 14, 18:00	15.0N 130.0W	110 kt	950 mb	Hurricane
Jul 15, 00:00	15.2N 131.4W	100 kt	960 mb	Hurricane
Jul 15, 06:00	15.4N 132.9W	90 kt	970 mb	Hurricane
Jul 15, 12:00	15.6N 134.3W	75 kt	980 mb	Hurricane
Jul 15, 18:00	15.7N 135.6W	65 kt	988 mb	Hurricane
Jul 16, 00:00	15.7N 136.7W	55 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 16, 06:00	15.8N 137.7W	45 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 16, 12:00	15.9N 138.6W	40 kt	1005 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 16, 18:00	16.0N 139.5W	40 kt	1005 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 17, 00:00	16.3N 140.5W	30 kt	1009 mb	Tropical depression
Jul 17, 06:00	16.5N 141.5W	30 kt	1009 mb	Tropical depression
Jul 17, 12:00	16.8N 142.4W	30 kt	1009 mb	Tropical depression
Jul 17, 18:00	17.1N 143.4W	30 kt	1009 mb	Tropical depression
Jul 18, 00:00	17.3N 144.4W	25 kt	1009 mb	Tropical depression

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1995

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.

Tropical cyclone report, National Hurricane Center