Hurricane Madeline (1998)

Hurricane Madeline reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between October 9, 1998 and October 20, 1998, with a lowest pressure of 979 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Madeline, 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.

Open the live map with storms, cones and warnings

The storm

Basin: Eastern Pacific
Dates: October 9, 1998 to October 20, 1998
Peak strength: Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure: 979 mb (28.91 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 93 km (58 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 6.8
Fastest the center moved: 12 kt (14 mph)
Identifier: EP151998

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 9, 12:00	13.1N 92.5W	25 kt		Not reported
Oct 9, 18:00	13.1N 93.3W	20 kt		Not reported
Oct 10, 00:00	13.6N 93.8W	25 kt		Not reported
Oct 10, 06:00	14.0N 94.6W	25 kt		Not reported
Oct 10, 12:00	14.6N 94.9W	25 kt		Not reported
Oct 10, 18:00	15.0N 95.2W	25 kt		Not reported
Oct 11, 00:00	14.8N 95.7W	25 kt		Not reported
Oct 11, 06:00	14.7N 96.5W	25 kt		Not reported
Oct 11, 12:00	14.7N 97.6W	25 kt		Not reported
Oct 11, 18:00	14.5N 98.4W	30 kt		Not reported
Oct 12, 00:00	14.5N 99.3W	30 kt		Not reported
Oct 12, 06:00	14.6N 100.2W	35 kt		Not reported
Oct 12, 12:00	14.6N 101.0W	35 kt		Not reported
Oct 12, 18:00	14.7N 101.7W	35 kt		Not reported
Oct 13, 00:00	14.8N 102.5W	35 kt		Not reported
Oct 13, 06:00	14.9N 103.1W	35 kt		Not reported
Oct 13, 12:00	15.0N 103.8W	35 kt		Not reported
Oct 13, 18:00	15.2N 104.3W	35 kt		Not reported
Oct 14, 00:00	15.4N 104.9W	35 kt		Not reported
Oct 14, 06:00	15.6N 105.3W	35 kt		Not reported
Oct 14, 12:00	15.8N 105.8W	35 kt		Not reported
Oct 14, 18:00	16.1N 106.2W	35 kt		Not reported
Oct 15, 00:00	16.3N 106.5W	30 kt		Not reported
Oct 15, 06:00	16.7N 106.9W	30 kt		Not reported
Oct 15, 12:00	17.0N 107.1W	30 kt		Not reported
Oct 15, 18:00	17.2N 107.3W	25 kt		Not reported
Oct 16, 00:00	17.8N 107.6W	25 kt	1006 mb	Tropical depression
Oct 16, 06:00	18.4N 107.8W	30 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Oct 16, 12:00	18.9N 108.0W	40 kt	1003 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 16, 18:00	19.3N 108.1W	55 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 17, 00:00	19.5N 108.2W	55 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 17, 06:00	19.6N 108.0W	60 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 17, 12:00	19.7N 107.6W	60 kt	992 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 17, 18:00	19.9N 107.2W	65 kt	990 mb	Hurricane
Oct 18, 00:00	20.1N 106.9W	70 kt	988 mb	Hurricane
Oct 18, 06:00	20.3N 106.7W	70 kt	986 mb	Hurricane
Oct 18, 12:00	20.6N 106.6W	75 kt	985 mb	Hurricane
Oct 18, 18:00	20.9N 106.5W	75 kt	983 mb	Hurricane
Oct 19, 00:00	21.2N 106.6W	75 kt	979 mb	Hurricane
Oct 19, 06:00	21.6N 106.7W	70 kt	980 mb	Hurricane
Oct 19, 12:00	22.2N 106.9W	55 kt	987 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 19, 18:00	23.0N 107.6W	35 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 20, 00:00	23.7N 108.5W	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 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.