Hurricane Boris (2008)
Hurricane Boris reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between June 27, 2008 and July 6, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Boris, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2008 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
- June 27, 2008 to July 6, 2008
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb (29.09 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 830 km (516 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 7.7
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 100 nmi (185 km, 115 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 35 nmi (65 km, 40 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
- Overall size
- 250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 12 kt (14 mph)
- Identifier
- EP022008
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 06:00 | 12.2N 107.9W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 27, 12:00 | 12.6N 108.7W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 27, 18:00 | 13.0N 109.5W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 28, 00:00 | 13.5N 110.5W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 28, 06:00 | 14.0N 111.5W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 28, 12:00 | 14.4N 112.5W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 28, 18:00 | 14.7N 113.4W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 29, 00:00 | 14.9N 114.2W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 29, 06:00 | 15.0N 115.0W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 29, 12:00 | 14.9N 115.8W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 29, 18:00 | 14.8N 116.8W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 00:00 | 14.8N 117.9W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 06:00 | 14.9N 119.0W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 12:00 | 14.9N 120.2W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 30, 18:00 | 14.8N 121.4W | 60 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 1, 00:00 | 14.7N 122.5W | 65 kt | 989 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 1, 06:00 | 14.6N 123.5W | 65 kt | 989 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 1, 12:00 | 14.7N 124.3W | 65 kt | 989 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 1, 18:00 | 14.9N 125.0W | 60 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 2, 00:00 | 15.3N 125.6W | 65 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 2, 06:00 | 15.7N 126.2W | 70 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 2, 12:00 | 16.2N 126.9W | 65 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 2, 18:00 | 16.6N 127.4W | 55 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 3, 00:00 | 16.9N 127.9W | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 3, 06:00 | 17.2N 128.4W | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 3, 12:00 | 17.3N 129.0W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 3, 18:00 | 17.3N 129.6W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 4, 00:00 | 17.2N 130.2W | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 4, 06:00 | 17.1N 130.8W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 4, 12:00 | 17.0N 131.5W | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Jul 4, 18:00 | 16.8N 132.4W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Jul 5, 00:00 | 16.5N 133.2W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Jul 5, 06:00 | 16.2N 134.0W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Jul 5, 12:00 | 16.0N 135.0W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Jul 5, 18:00 | 16.0N 136.2W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Jul 6, 00:00 | 15.9N 137.2W | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Jul 6, 06:00 | 15.8N 138.0W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2008
- Tropical Storm AlmaEastern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm CristinaEastern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm DouglasEastern Pacific · 2008
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2008
- Hurricane ElidaEastern Pacific · 2008
- Hurricane FaustoEastern Pacific · 2008
- Hurricane GenevieveEastern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm KikaEastern Pacific · 2008
- Hurricane HernanEastern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm IselleEastern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm JulioEastern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm KarinaEastern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm LowellEastern Pacific · 2008
- Hurricane MarieEastern Pacific · 2008
- Hurricane NorbertEastern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm OdileEastern Pacific · 2008
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm PoloEastern Pacific · 2008
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.