Hurricane Georgette (1998)
Hurricane Georgette reached Category 3 in the Eastern Pacific between August 9, 1998 and August 17, 1998, with a lowest pressure of 960 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Georgette, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1998 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
- August 9, 1998 to August 17, 1998
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 960 mb (28.35 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 910 km (565 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 11.2
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- EP081998
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 18:00 | 9.0N 103.0W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Aug 10, 00:00 | 9.6N 104.0W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Aug 10, 06:00 | 9.6N 105.6W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Aug 10, 12:00 | 9.6N 107.0W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Aug 10, 18:00 | 10.2N 108.0W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Aug 11, 00:00 | 11.0N 108.9W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 11, 06:00 | 11.6N 109.5W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 11, 12:00 | 11.9N 110.1W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 11, 18:00 | 12.2N 110.5W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 00:00 | 12.6N 110.9W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 06:00 | 13.1N 111.5W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 12:00 | 13.8N 112.4W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 18:00 | 14.5N 113.5W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 00:00 | 15.2N 114.6W | 70 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 13, 06:00 | 15.7N 115.5W | 75 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 13, 12:00 | 16.3N 116.4W | 80 kt | 976 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 13, 18:00 | 16.9N 117.3W | 85 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 14, 00:00 | 17.8N 118.2W | 90 kt | 967 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 14, 06:00 | 18.8N 119.1W | 95 kt | 962 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 14, 12:00 | 19.8N 120.1W | 100 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 14, 18:00 | 20.9N 121.1W | 100 kt | 961 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 15, 00:00 | 21.8N 122.1W | 95 kt | 963 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 15, 06:00 | 22.7N 123.0W | 90 kt | 967 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 15, 12:00 | 23.4N 123.8W | 85 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 15, 18:00 | 23.9N 124.6W | 75 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 16, 00:00 | 24.3N 125.3W | 65 kt | 995 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 16, 06:00 | 24.6N 125.8W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 12:00 | 24.7N 126.1W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 18:00 | 24.8N 126.4W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 00:00 | 24.9N 126.7W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 17, 06:00 | 24.9N 127.0W | 25 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1998
- Tropical Storm AgathaEastern Pacific · 1998
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1998
- Hurricane BlasEastern Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm CeliaEastern Pacific · 1998
- Hurricane DarbyEastern Pacific · 1998
- Hurricane EstelleEastern Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm FrankEastern Pacific · 1998
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1998
- Hurricane HowardEastern Pacific · 1998
- Hurricane IsisEastern Pacific · 1998
- Tropical Storm JavierEastern Pacific · 1998
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1998
- Hurricane MadelineEastern Pacific · 1998
- Hurricane KayEastern Pacific · 1998
- Hurricane LesterEastern Pacific · 1998
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.