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.
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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 12:00 | 13.4N 100.3W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 21, 18:00 | 13.8N 101.9W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 00:00 | 14.2N 103.4W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 06:00 | 14.3N 104.6W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 12:00 | 14.3N 105.7W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 18:00 | 14.4N 106.7W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 00:00 | 14.7N 107.5W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 06:00 | 14.9N 108.2W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 12:00 | 15.0N 108.9W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 18:00 | 15.0N 109.8W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 00:00 | 15.1N 110.6W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 06:00 | 15.2N 111.5W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 12:00 | 15.3N 112.2W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 18:00 | 15.5N 112.8W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 00:00 | 15.8N 113.4W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 06:00 | 16.0N 114.2W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 12:00 | 16.3N 115.2W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 25, 18:00 | 16.5N 116.4W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 26, 00:00 | 16.8N 117.6W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Jul 26, 06:00 | 17.0N 118.6W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 12:00 | 17.0N 119.8W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 26, 18:00 | 17.0N 120.9W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 27, 00:00 | 16.9N 122.0W | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 27, 06:00 | 16.9N 123.1W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 27, 12:00 | 16.9N 124.4W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Jul 27, 18:00 | 16.9N 125.3W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Jul 28, 00:00 | 17.0N 126.0W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Jul 28, 06:00 | 17.0N 127.0W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Jul 28, 12:00 | 17.0N 128.0W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Jul 28, 18:00 | 17.0N 129.0W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Jul 29, 00:00 | 17.3N 130.0W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Low |
| Jul 29, 06:00 | 17.8N 131.0W | 20 kt | 1012 mb | Low |
| Jul 29, 12:00 | 18.0N 132.0W | 20 kt | 1013 mb | Low |
| Jul 29, 18:00 | 18.0N 133.0W | 20 kt | 1013 mb | Low |
| Jul 30, 00:00 | 17.8N 134.1W | 20 kt | 1014 mb | Low |
| Jul 30, 06:00 | 17.5N 135.2W | 20 kt | 1014 mb | Low |
| Jul 30, 12:00 | 17.1N 136.4W | 20 kt | 1014 mb | Low |
| Jul 30, 18:00 | 16.7N 137.7W | 20 kt | 1014 mb | Low |
| Jul 31, 00:00 | 16.4N 138.9W | 20 kt | 1014 mb | Low |
| Jul 31, 06:00 | 16.6N 140.0W | 20 kt | 1015 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2008
- Tropical Storm AlmaEastern Pacific · 2008
- Hurricane BorisEastern 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
- 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.