Hurricane Ele (2002)

Basin

Eastern Pacific

Dates

August 25, 2002 to September 12, 2002

Peak strength

Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)

Lowest pressure

927 mb (27.37 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 534 km (332 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

38.6

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)

Overall size

247 nmi (457 km, 284 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Fastest the center moved

34 kt (39 mph)

Identifier

CP022002

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

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• Tropical Storm BorisEastern Pacific · 2002Tropical Storm50 kt · 997 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2002Tropical Depression30 kt · 1006 mb
• Tropical Storm CristinaEastern Pacific · 2002Tropical Storm55 kt · 994 mb
• Tropical Depression KalmaegiEastern Pacific · 2002Tropical Depression30 kt · 1000 mb
• Hurricane DouglasEastern Pacific · 2002Cat 290 kt · 970 mb
• Hurricane ElidaEastern Pacific · 2002Cat 5140 kt · 921 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2002Tropical Depression30 kt · 1008 mb
• Hurricane FaustoEastern Pacific · 2002Cat 4125 kt · 936 mb
• Tropical Storm AlikaEastern Pacific · 2002Tropical Storm55 kt · 995 mb
• Tropical Storm GenevieveEastern Pacific · 2002Tropical Storm60 kt · 989 mb
• Hurricane HernanEastern Pacific · 2002Cat 5140 kt · 921 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2002Tropical Depression30 kt · 1006 mb
• Tropical Storm IselleEastern Pacific · 2002Tropical Storm60 kt · 990 mb
• Tropical Storm JulioEastern Pacific · 2002Tropical Storm40 kt · 1000 mb
• Hurricane KennaEastern Pacific · 2002Cat 5145 kt · 913 mb
• Tropical Storm LowellEastern Pacific · 2002Tropical Storm45 kt · 1002 mb
• Hurricane HukoEastern Pacific · 2002Cat 175 kt · 967 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2002Tropical Depression30 kt · 1006 mb

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.

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.