Hurricane Hector (2006)

Basin

Eastern Pacific

Dates

August 15, 2006 to August 24, 2006

Peak strength

Category 2, 95 kt (109 mph)

Lowest pressure

966 mb (28.53 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 1159 km (720 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

12.0

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) from the center at its widest

Hurricane-force wind reached

30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)

Overall size

250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Peak gust in the best track

110 kt (127 mph)

Fastest the center moved

14 kt (16 mph)

Identifier

EP092006

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

• Tropical Storm AlettaEastern Pacific · 2006Tropical Storm40 kt · 1002 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2006Tropical Depression30 kt · 1005 mb
• Hurricane BudEastern Pacific · 2006Cat 3110 kt · 953 mb
• Hurricane CarlottaEastern Pacific · 2006Cat 175 kt · 981 mb
• Hurricane DanielEastern Pacific · 2006Cat 4130 kt · 933 mb
• Tropical Storm EmiliaEastern Pacific · 2006Tropical Storm55 kt · 990 mb
• Tropical Storm FabioEastern Pacific · 2006Tropical Storm45 kt · 1000 mb
• Tropical Storm GilmaEastern Pacific · 2006Tropical Storm35 kt · 1004 mb
• Hurricane IokeEastern Pacific · 2006Cat 5140 kt · 900 mb
• Hurricane IleanaEastern Pacific · 2006Cat 3105 kt · 955 mb
• Hurricane JohnEastern Pacific · 2006Cat 4115 kt · 948 mb
• Hurricane KristyEastern Pacific · 2006Cat 170 kt · 985 mb
• Hurricane LaneEastern Pacific · 2006Cat 3110 kt · 952 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2006Tropical Depression30 kt · 1007 mb
• Tropical Storm MiriamEastern Pacific · 2006Tropical Storm40 kt · 999 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2006Tropical Depression30 kt · 1008 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2006Tropical Depression30 kt · 1007 mb
• Tropical Storm NormanEastern Pacific · 2006Tropical Storm45 kt · 1000 mb
• Tropical Storm OliviaEastern Pacific · 2006Tropical Storm40 kt · 1000 mb
• Hurricane PaulEastern Pacific · 2006Cat 290 kt · 970 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2006Tropical Depression30 kt · 1007 mb
• Tropical Storm RosaEastern Pacific · 2006Tropical Storm35 kt · 1002 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2006Tropical Depression30 kt · 1007 mb
• Hurricane SergioEastern Pacific · 2006Cat 295 kt · 965 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.

• Tropical cyclone report, National Hurricane Center
• Every advisory and discussion NHC issued while it was live