Hurricane Howard (1998)

Basin

Eastern Pacific

Dates

August 18, 1998 to August 30, 1998

Peak strength

Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)

Lowest pressure

932 mb (27.52 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 298 km (185 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

29.3

Fastest the center moved

16 kt (18 mph)

Identifier

EP091998

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

• Tropical Storm AgathaEastern Pacific · 1998Tropical Storm55 kt · 993 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1998Tropical Depression30 kt
• Hurricane BlasEastern Pacific · 1998Cat 4120 kt · 943 mb
• Tropical Storm CeliaEastern Pacific · 1998Tropical Storm50 kt · 997 mb
• Hurricane DarbyEastern Pacific · 1998Cat 3100 kt · 958 mb
• Hurricane EstelleEastern Pacific · 1998Cat 4115 kt · 948 mb
• Tropical Storm FrankEastern Pacific · 1998Tropical Storm40 kt · 1001 mb
• Hurricane GeorgetteEastern Pacific · 1998Cat 3100 kt · 960 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1998Tropical Depression30 kt
• Hurricane IsisEastern Pacific · 1998Cat 165 kt · 988 mb
• Tropical Storm JavierEastern Pacific · 1998Tropical Storm50 kt · 995 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1998Tropical Depression30 kt
• Hurricane MadelineEastern Pacific · 1998Cat 175 kt · 979 mb
• Hurricane KayEastern Pacific · 1998Cat 165 kt · 987 mb
• Hurricane LesterEastern Pacific · 1998Cat 3100 kt · 965 mb

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.

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