Hurricane Ileana (2006)

Basin

Eastern Pacific

Dates

August 21, 2006 to August 29, 2006

Peak strength

Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)

Lowest pressure

955 mb (28.20 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 516 km (321 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

12.1

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

150 nmi (278 km, 173 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

15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)

Overall size

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

Peak gust in the best track

130 kt (150 mph)

Fastest the center moved

17 kt (20 mph)

Identifier

EP102006

The sources count different things and are not added together.

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

1 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

1 heavy rain.

From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.

Showers and thunderstorms were scattered across portions of the county, with brief heavy rainfall in localized areas. Hurricane Ileana, spinning in the eastern Pacific, produced impulses that passed through the state. These impulses, together with a very moist airmass, helped trigger these storms.A spotter in East Mesa reported .5 inch of rain in only 15 minutes. An automatic gauge in Queen Creek picked up over 2 inches and a spotter in Wickenburg reported .62 inch of rain in less than one hour. One of the heaviest rainfall rates was reported in East Phoenix. Runoff from these heavy rains led to a rapid rise in the Indian Bend Wash during the day. At one time there was about 4 feet of water. Two motorists had to be rescued from their vehicles. Lightning sparked several fires and caused spotty power and phone outages.

Maricopa, Arizona · Heavy Rain · Aug 24, 15:30 UTC

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• 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 HectorEastern Pacific · 2006Cat 295 kt · 966 mb
• Hurricane IokeEastern Pacific · 2006Cat 5140 kt · 900 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
• Wikipedia article: Hurricane Ileana