Hurricane Fausto (1996)
Hurricane Fausto reached Category 3 in the Eastern Pacific between September 10, 1996 and September 14, 1996, with a lowest pressure of 955 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Fausto, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1996 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- September 10, 1996 to September 14, 1996
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 955 mb (28.20 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 9.6
- Fastest the center moved
- 21 kt (24 mph)
- Identifier
- EP091996
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)none recorded
What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 5 states and marine areas, in the United States only. Property and crop damage as each office estimated it, which is not a national loss total.
Landfalls
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 20:00 | La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 63 km away | 23.6N 110.5W | 75 kt (86 mph) | 980 mb |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico, 61 km away | 25.7N 109.6W | 65 kt (75 mph) | 990 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.
In the United States
NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.
- Deaths
- 0 (0 direct, 0 indirect)
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- none recorded
- Crop damage
- none recorded
- Events recorded
- 27 in 8 reports from 5 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| New Jersey | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Connecticut | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Texas | 0 | 0 | 3 |
What was recorded
20 heavy rain, 6 flash flood, 1 flood.
What forecast offices wrote
From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.
Widespread flash flooding occurred over the southern half of Eddy County. In Carlsbad many streets were flooded, and in Black River Village there were two feet of water in some parts of town.
Eddy, New Mexico · Flash Flood · Sep 12, 13:00 UTC
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 00:00 | 14.3N 101.9W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 14.8N 102.7W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 15.2N 103.5W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 15.8N 104.3W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 16.4N 105.1W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 06:00 | 17.1N 106.2W | 55 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 17.8N 107.3W | 65 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 18.4N 108.2W | 80 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 19.1N 108.9W | 95 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 19.8N 109.5W | 105 kt | 955 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 20.5N 110.0W | 105 kt | 955 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 21.1N 110.4W | 100 kt | 958 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 21.6N 110.6W | 90 kt | 962 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 22.1N 110.7W | 85 kt | 968 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 22.6N 110.7W | 80 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 23.3N 110.6W | 75 kt | 978 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 13, 20:00 landfall | 23.6N 110.5W | 75 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 24.4N 110.2W | 70 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 14, 06:00 landfall | 25.7N 109.6W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 27.3N 109.0W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 28.0N 107.0W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1996
- Unnamed tropical stormEastern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1996
- Hurricane AlmaEastern Pacific · 1996
- Hurricane BorisEastern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm CristinaEastern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1996
- Hurricane DouglasEastern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm ElidaEastern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1996
- Hurricane YatesEastern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm GenevieveEastern Pacific · 1996
- Hurricane HernanEastern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1996
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.