The 1996 season

Tropical Storm Genevieve (1996)

Tropical Storm Genevieve peaked at 45 kt in the Eastern Pacific between September 27, 1996 and October 9, 1996, with a lowest pressure of 999 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Genevieve, 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.

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The storm

Basin
Eastern Pacific
Dates
September 27, 1996 to October 9, 1996
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
Lowest pressure
999 mb (29.50 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 625 km (388 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
3.1
Fastest the center moved
11 kt (13 mph)
Identifier
EP101996

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 27, 18:0016.3N 110.0W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Sep 28, 00:0016.2N 111.0W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Sep 28, 06:0015.9N 111.9W40 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 28, 12:0015.7N 112.7W40 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Sep 28, 18:0015.4N 113.6W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 29, 00:0015.2N 114.5W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 29, 06:0015.1N 115.2W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 29, 12:0015.1N 115.8W45 kt999 mbTropical storm
Sep 29, 18:0015.3N 116.3W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 00:0015.5N 116.5W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 06:0015.6N 116.6W40 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 12:0015.7N 116.7W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Sep 30, 18:0015.8N 116.9W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Oct 1, 00:0016.0N 117.0W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Oct 1, 06:0016.1N 117.1W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Oct 1, 12:0016.2N 117.2W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Oct 1, 18:0016.3N 117.4W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 2, 00:0016.4N 117.6W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 2, 06:0016.3N 118.1W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 2, 12:0015.9N 118.7W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 2, 18:0015.3N 119.3W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 3, 00:0015.0N 120.0W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 3, 06:0015.1N 120.1W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 3, 12:0015.3N 120.2W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 3, 18:0015.4N 120.1W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 4, 00:0015.5N 120.0W20 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Oct 4, 06:0015.5N 119.8W20 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Oct 4, 12:0015.4N 119.7W20 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Oct 4, 18:0015.4N 119.5W25 kt1010 mbTropical depression
Oct 5, 00:0015.3N 119.3W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 5, 06:0015.4N 119.0W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 5, 12:0015.5N 118.7W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 5, 18:0015.6N 118.3W30 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Oct 6, 00:0015.7N 118.0W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Oct 6, 06:0015.9N 117.8W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Oct 6, 12:0016.1N 117.6W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Oct 6, 18:0016.3N 117.5W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Oct 7, 00:0016.6N 117.5W40 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Oct 7, 06:0016.8N 117.6W40 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 7, 12:0017.0N 117.7W40 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Oct 7, 18:0017.1N 117.9W40 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 00:0017.0N 118.2W35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 06:0016.6N 118.6W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 12:0016.1N 119.1W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Oct 8, 18:0015.4N 119.9W25 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Oct 9, 00:0014.8N 120.8W25 kt1008 mbTropical depression

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 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.