The 2006 season

Hurricane Daniel (2006)

Hurricane Daniel reached Category 4 in the Eastern Pacific between July 16, 2006 and July 28, 2006, with a lowest pressure of 933 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Daniel, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2006 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
Eastern Pacific
Dates
July 16, 2006 to July 28, 2006
Peak strength
Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)
Lowest pressure
933 mb (27.55 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 368 km (229 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
29.6
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
Overall size
240 nmi (444 km, 276 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
160 kt (184 mph)
Fastest the center moved
17 kt (20 mph)
Identifier
EP052006

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 16, 18:0012.3N 108.0W25 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Jul 17, 00:0012.4N 109.2W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Jul 17, 06:0012.4N 110.4W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Jul 17, 12:0012.3N 111.6W35 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Jul 17, 18:0012.3N 112.6W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 18, 00:0012.2N 113.6W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 18, 06:0012.2N 114.8W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 18, 12:0012.2N 116.0W60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 18, 18:0012.1N 117.1W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Jul 19, 00:0011.9N 117.9W70 kt984 mbHurricane
Jul 19, 06:0011.8N 118.6W75 kt980 mbHurricane
Jul 19, 12:0011.8N 119.2W80 kt976 mbHurricane
Jul 19, 18:0011.8N 119.9W85 kt973 mbHurricane
Jul 20, 00:0011.9N 120.7W95 kt966 mbHurricane
Jul 20, 06:0012.2N 121.4W95 kt966 mbHurricane
Jul 20, 12:0012.4N 122.2W100 kt960 mbHurricane
Jul 20, 18:0012.6N 123.0W115 kt948 mbHurricane
Jul 21, 00:0013.0N 123.9W120 kt942 mbHurricane
Jul 21, 06:0013.1N 124.9W115 kt948 mbHurricane
Jul 21, 12:0013.3N 125.9W120 kt942 mbHurricane
Jul 21, 18:0013.3N 126.9W125 kt938 mbHurricane
Jul 22, 00:0013.5N 128.0W130 kt933 mbHurricane
Jul 22, 06:0013.7N 129.1W130 kt933 mbHurricane
Jul 22, 12:0013.8N 130.3W130 kt933 mbHurricane
Jul 22, 18:0014.0N 131.4W125 kt935 mbHurricane
Jul 23, 00:0014.2N 132.6W120 kt941 mbHurricane
Jul 23, 06:0014.5N 133.9W115 kt948 mbHurricane
Jul 23, 12:0014.7N 135.2W115 kt948 mbHurricane
Jul 23, 18:0015.1N 136.5W105 kt952 mbHurricane
Jul 24, 00:0015.5N 137.9W95 kt965 mbHurricane
Jul 24, 06:0015.9N 139.1W85 kt975 mbHurricane
Jul 24, 12:0016.2N 140.4W80 kt980 mbHurricane
Jul 24, 18:0016.2N 141.3W75 kt985 mbHurricane
Jul 25, 00:0016.2N 141.8W65 kt994 mbHurricane
Jul 25, 06:0016.2N 142.3W55 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 12:0016.2N 142.4W45 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 18:0016.2N 142.6W35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 00:0016.2N 142.8W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Jul 26, 06:0016.2N 142.9W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Jul 26, 12:0016.2N 143.1W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Jul 26, 18:0016.1N 143.6W25 kt1009 mbTropical depression
Jul 27, 00:0016.2N 144.4W25 kt1009 mbLow
Jul 27, 06:0016.3N 145.1W25 kt1009 mbLow
Jul 27, 12:0016.9N 146.6W25 kt1009 mbLow
Jul 27, 18:0017.2N 147.4W25 kt1009 mbLow
Jul 28, 00:0017.4N 148.8W25 kt1010 mbLow
Jul 28, 06:0017.6N 150.1W25 kt1010 mbLow
Jul 28, 12:0017.8N 151.8W25 kt1010 mbLow

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2006

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.