Hurricane John (2006)

Basin

Eastern Pacific

Dates

August 28, 2006 to September 4, 2006

Peak strength

Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)

Lowest pressure

948 mb (27.99 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

18.3

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

20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)

Overall size

200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Peak gust in the best track

140 kt (161 mph)

Fastest the center moved

15 kt (17 mph)

Identifier

EP112006

The sources count different things and are not added together.

Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.

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

$150,000

Crop damage

$3,000

Events recorded

9 in 3 reports from 3 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

6 flood, 3 tornado.

3 tornadoes recorded in the United States, strongest first.

The Weather Prediction Center attributes 957 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 6.42 inches (163 mm).

WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.

• 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 HectorEastern Pacific · 2006Cat 295 kt · 966 mb
• Hurricane IokeEastern Pacific · 2006Cat 5140 kt · 900 mb
• Hurricane IleanaEastern Pacific · 2006Cat 3105 kt · 955 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 John