Hurricane Kay (1998)
Hurricane Kay reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between October 11, 1998 and October 17, 1998, with a lowest pressure of 987 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Kay, 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
- October 11, 1998 to October 17, 1998
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 987 mb (29.15 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1139 km (708 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.2
- Fastest the center moved
- 10 kt (12 mph)
- Identifier
- EP131998
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 00:00 | 13.0N 117.2W | 20 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 11, 06:00 | 12.4N 117.6W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 11, 12:00 | 13.0N 117.2W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 11, 18:00 | 13.6N 116.9W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 12, 00:00 | 14.1N 116.9W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 12, 06:00 | 14.6N 117.0W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 12, 12:00 | 15.1N 117.2W | 30 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 12, 18:00 | 15.5N 117.5W | 30 kt | Not reported | |
| Oct 13, 00:00 | 15.8N 117.9W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 13, 06:00 | 15.9N 118.2W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 12:00 | 16.0N 118.5W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 18:00 | 16.0N 118.5W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 14, 00:00 | 16.0N 119.2W | 65 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 14, 06:00 | 15.9N 119.9W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 12:00 | 15.4N 120.5W | 45 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 18:00 | 14.8N 120.8W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 00:00 | 14.2N 121.0W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 06:00 | 13.8N 121.3W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 15, 12:00 | 13.6N 121.6W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 15, 18:00 | 13.3N 121.6W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 16, 00:00 | 13.0N 121.3W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 16, 06:00 | 12.6N 121.0W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 16, 12:00 | 12.0N 121.0W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 16, 18:00 | 11.5N 120.5W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 17, 00:00 | 11.5N 120.0W | 25 kt | 1009 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
- Tropical Storm JavierEastern Pacific · 1998
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1998
- Hurricane MadelineEastern 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.