Hurricane Octave (2001)
Hurricane Octave reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between October 31, 2001 and November 3, 2001, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- October 31, 2001 to November 3, 2001
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 980 mb (28.94 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1804 km (1121 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.9
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 75 nmi (139 km, 86 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
- EP172001
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 31, 00:00 | 12.1N 122.8W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 31, 06:00 | 12.5N 123.9W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 31, 12:00 | 13.0N 124.8W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 31, 18:00 | 13.4N 125.8W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 1, 00:00 | 14.1N 126.8W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 1, 06:00 | 14.6N 127.7W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 1, 12:00 | 15.1N 128.2W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 1, 18:00 | 15.8N 128.4W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 2, 00:00 | 16.5N 128.6W | 75 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 2, 06:00 | 17.0N 128.8W | 75 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 2, 12:00 | 17.5N 129.2W | 65 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Nov 2, 18:00 | 17.9N 129.5W | 60 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 3, 00:00 | 18.3N 130.2W | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 3, 06:00 | 18.5N 131.0W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 3, 12:00 | 18.7N 131.8W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 3, 18:00 | 18.8N 132.5W | 30 kt | 1009 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
- Hurricane KikoEastern Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical stormEastern Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm LorenaEastern Pacific · 2001
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2001
- Tropical Storm ManuelEastern Pacific · 2001
- Hurricane NardaEastern 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.