Hurricane Hector (2000)
Hurricane Hector reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between August 10, 2000 and August 16, 2000, with a lowest pressure of 983 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Hector, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2000 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 10, 2000 to August 16, 2000
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 983 mb (29.03 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 33 km (21 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 5.2
- Fastest the center moved
- 15 kt (17 mph)
- Identifier
- EP102000
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 10, 06:00 | 18.0N 103.5W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Aug 10, 12:00 | 18.0N 105.0W | 25 kt | Not reported | |
| Aug 10, 18:00 | 17.8N 106.6W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 11, 00:00 | 17.7N 108.1W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 11, 06:00 | 17.9N 109.2W | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 11, 12:00 | 18.1N 110.4W | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 11, 18:00 | 18.3N 111.7W | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 12, 00:00 | 18.5N 112.9W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 06:00 | 18.5N 114.1W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 12:00 | 18.4N 115.1W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 12, 18:00 | 18.2N 115.8W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 00:00 | 18.1N 116.5W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 06:00 | 18.2N 117.2W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 12:00 | 18.2N 117.7W | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 13, 18:00 | 18.3N 118.1W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 14, 00:00 | 18.4N 118.4W | 65 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 14, 06:00 | 18.7N 118.9W | 65 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 14, 12:00 | 19.1N 119.3W | 70 kt | 983 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 14, 18:00 | 19.5N 119.9W | 70 kt | 984 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 15, 00:00 | 20.0N 120.5W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 15, 06:00 | 20.3N 121.2W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 12:00 | 20.3N 122.1W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 15, 18:00 | 20.2N 123.0W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 00:00 | 20.0N 123.9W | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 16, 06:00 | 20.0N 125.0W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 16, 12:00 | 20.0N 126.6W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 16, 18:00 | 20.0N 128.0W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2000
- Hurricane AlettaEastern Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm BudEastern Pacific · 2000
- Hurricane CarlottaEastern Pacific · 2000
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm UpanaEastern Pacific · 2000
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2000
- Hurricane DanielEastern Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm EmiliaEastern Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm ChanchuEastern Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm FabioEastern Pacific · 2000
- Hurricane GilmaEastern Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm IleanaEastern Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm JohnEastern Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm KristyEastern Pacific · 2000
- Hurricane LaneEastern Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm MiriamEastern Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm NormanEastern Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm OliviaEastern Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm PaulEastern Pacific · 2000
- Tropical Storm RosaEastern Pacific · 2000
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.