Hurricane Kiko (2001)
Hurricane Kiko reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between September 21, 2001 and September 25, 2001, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Kiko, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2001 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 21, 2001 to September 25, 2001
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb (29.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1037 km (644 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.0
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi) from the center at its widest
- Overall size
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 12 kt (14 mph)
- Identifier
- EP122001
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 21, 18:00 | 15.6N 116.1W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 15.9N 117.2W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 16.3N 118.3W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 17.0N 119.2W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 17.7N 120.2W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 18.0N 121.2W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 18.1N 122.2W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 18.2N 123.3W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 18.3N 124.4W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 18.6N 125.1W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 19.0N 125.6W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 19.1N 126.2W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 19.2N 126.7W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 19.2N 127.2W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 19.2N 127.9W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 19.2N 128.6W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 19.2N 129.3W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2001
- Hurricane AdolphEastern Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm BarbaraEastern Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm CosmeEastern Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm ErickEastern Pacific · 2001
- Hurricane DalilaEastern Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2001
- Hurricane FlossieEastern Pacific · 2001
- Hurricane GilEastern Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm HenrietteEastern Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm IvoEastern Pacific · 2001
- Hurricane JulietteEastern Pacific · 2001 · 12 deaths · $400 million
- Unnamed tropical stormEastern Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm LorenaEastern Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm ManuelEastern Pacific · 2001
- Hurricane NardaEastern Pacific · 2001
- Hurricane OctaveEastern Pacific · 2001
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.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.