The 2008 season

Hurricane Genevieve (2008)

Hurricane Genevieve reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between July 21, 2008 and July 31, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 987 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Genevieve, 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.

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The storm

Basin
Eastern Pacific
Dates
July 21, 2008 to July 31, 2008
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
987 mb (29.15 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 372 km (231 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
5.7
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak
15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
Overall size
270 nmi (500 km, 311 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track
80 kt (92 mph)
Fastest the center moved
16 kt (18 mph)
Identifier
EP082008

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 21, 12:0013.4N 100.3W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Jul 21, 18:0013.8N 101.9W35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 00:0014.2N 103.4W35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 06:0014.3N 104.6W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 12:0014.3N 105.7W50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 22, 18:0014.4N 106.7W50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 00:0014.7N 107.5W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 06:0014.9N 108.2W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 12:0015.0N 108.9W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 23, 18:0015.0N 109.8W50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 00:0015.1N 110.6W50 kt998 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 06:0015.2N 111.5W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 12:0015.3N 112.2W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 24, 18:0015.5N 112.8W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 00:0015.8N 113.4W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 06:0016.0N 114.2W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jul 25, 12:0016.3N 115.2W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Jul 25, 18:0016.5N 116.4W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Jul 26, 00:0016.8N 117.6W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Jul 26, 06:0017.0N 118.6W60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 12:0017.0N 119.8W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jul 26, 18:0017.0N 120.9W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 00:0016.9N 122.0W35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jul 27, 06:0016.9N 123.1W30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Jul 27, 12:0016.9N 124.4W25 kt1006 mbLow
Jul 27, 18:0016.9N 125.3W25 kt1008 mbLow
Jul 28, 00:0017.0N 126.0W25 kt1009 mbLow
Jul 28, 06:0017.0N 127.0W25 kt1009 mbLow
Jul 28, 12:0017.0N 128.0W25 kt1010 mbLow
Jul 28, 18:0017.0N 129.0W25 kt1010 mbLow
Jul 29, 00:0017.3N 130.0W25 kt1011 mbLow
Jul 29, 06:0017.8N 131.0W20 kt1012 mbLow
Jul 29, 12:0018.0N 132.0W20 kt1013 mbLow
Jul 29, 18:0018.0N 133.0W20 kt1013 mbLow
Jul 30, 00:0017.8N 134.1W20 kt1014 mbLow
Jul 30, 06:0017.5N 135.2W20 kt1014 mbLow
Jul 30, 12:0017.1N 136.4W20 kt1014 mbLow
Jul 30, 18:0016.7N 137.7W20 kt1014 mbLow
Jul 31, 00:0016.4N 138.9W20 kt1014 mbLow
Jul 31, 06:0016.6N 140.0W20 kt1015 mbLow

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 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.