Tropical Storm Javier (1998)
Tropical Storm Javier peaked at 50 kt in the Eastern Pacific between September 5, 1998 and September 14, 1998, with a lowest pressure of 995 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Javier, 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
- September 5, 1998 to September 14, 1998
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 995 mb (29.38 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.9
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- EP111998
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 18:00 | 16.2N 103.7W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 6, 00:00 | 16.7N 105.0W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 6, 06:00 | 17.2N 106.2W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Sep 6, 12:00 | 17.8N 106.8W | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 6, 18:00 | 18.3N 107.5W | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 7, 00:00 | 18.8N 108.3W | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 7, 06:00 | 19.2N 109.1W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 7, 12:00 | 19.6N 109.7W | 30 kt | 999 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 7, 18:00 | 20.2N 110.5W | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 8, 00:00 | 20.5N 111.6W | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 8, 06:00 | 20.6N 111.9W | 40 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 8, 12:00 | 20.8N 112.2W | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 8, 18:00 | 20.8N 111.9W | 40 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 9, 00:00 | 20.8N 111.5W | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 9, 06:00 | 20.5N 111.5W | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 9, 12:00 | 20.8N 111.5W | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 9, 18:00 | 20.9N 111.7W | 30 kt | 999 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 10, 00:00 | 21.1N 111.0W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 21.0N 110.8W | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 20.8N 110.6W | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 20.6N 110.3W | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 20.3N 110.1W | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 11, 06:00 | 20.1N 109.8W | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 19.8N 109.6W | 25 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 19.2N 109.2W | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 18.6N 108.7W | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 18.2N 108.2W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 17.9N 107.6W | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 18.0N 106.9W | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 18.4N 106.4W | 40 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 18.8N 106.1W | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 19.3N 105.8W | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 19.8N 105.6W | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 20.0N 105.5W | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 20.2N 105.3W | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 20.5N 105.2W | 30 kt | 1002 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
- Hurricane GeorgetteEastern Pacific · 1998
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1998
- Hurricane HowardEastern Pacific · 1998
- Hurricane IsisEastern 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.