Hurricane Darby (2004)
Hurricane Darby reached Category 3 in the Eastern Pacific between July 26, 2004 and August 1, 2004, with a lowest pressure of 957 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Darby, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2004 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
- July 26, 2004 to August 1, 2004
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 957 mb (28.26 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1159 km (720 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 9.0
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi) from the center at its widest
- Overall size
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 130 kt (150 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 15 kt (17 mph)
- Identifier
- EP052004
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)none recorded
What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 1 states and marine areas, in the United States only. Property and crop damage as each office estimated it, which is not a national loss total.
In the United States
NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.
- Deaths
- 0 (0 direct, 0 indirect)
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- none recorded
- Crop damage
- none recorded
- Events recorded
- 13 in 6 reports from 1 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 0 | 0 | 13 |
What was recorded
8 high surf, 3 heavy rain, 2 flash flood.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 12:00 | 12.2N 112.8W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 26, 18:00 | 12.3N 114.2W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 27, 00:00 | 12.5N 115.5W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 27, 06:00 | 12.9N 116.8W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 27, 12:00 | 13.2N 118.0W | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 27, 18:00 | 13.6N 119.1W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 00:00 | 14.1N 120.5W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 28, 06:00 | 14.6N 121.7W | 70 kt | 983 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 28, 12:00 | 15.2N 122.8W | 80 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 28, 18:00 | 15.8N 124.0W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 29, 00:00 | 16.3N 125.2W | 95 kt | 964 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 29, 06:00 | 16.8N 126.2W | 105 kt | 957 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 29, 12:00 | 17.4N 127.2W | 100 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 29, 18:00 | 17.8N 128.2W | 95 kt | 964 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 30, 00:00 | 18.1N 129.2W | 75 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 30, 06:00 | 18.3N 130.3W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 30, 12:00 | 18.4N 131.7W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 30, 18:00 | 18.6N 133.2W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 31, 00:00 | 18.7N 134.6W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 31, 06:00 | 18.8N 136.0W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 31, 12:00 | 18.8N 137.3W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 31, 18:00 | 18.9N 138.8W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 1, 00:00 | 19.0N 140.4W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 1, 06:00 | 19.3N 142.0W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2004
- Tropical Storm AgathaEastern Pacific · 2004
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2004
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm BlasEastern Pacific · 2004
- Hurricane CeliaEastern Pacific · 2004
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm EstelleEastern Pacific · 2004
- Hurricane FrankEastern Pacific · 2004
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm GeorgetteEastern Pacific · 2004
- Hurricane HowardEastern Pacific · 2004
- Hurricane IsisEastern Pacific · 2004
- Hurricane JavierEastern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm KayEastern Pacific · 2004
- Tropical Storm LesterEastern Pacific · 2004
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2004
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.