Tropical Storm Julio (2008)
Tropical Storm Julio peaked at 45 kt in the Eastern Pacific between August 23, 2008 and August 27, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 998 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Julio, 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
- August 23, 2008 to August 27, 2008
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 998 mb (29.47 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 75 nmi (139 km, 86 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 190 nmi (352 km, 219 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- EP112008
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)$12,500
What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 1 states and marine areas, in the United States only. Property and crop damage as each office estimated it, which is not a national loss total.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 00:00 | La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 65 km away | 23.9N 110.9W | 40 kt (46 mph) | 999 mb |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
In the United States
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
- $12,500
- Crop damage
- none recorded
- Events recorded
- 6 in 2 reports from 1 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 0 | 0 | $12,500 | 6 |
What was recorded
2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 lightning.
Wind reports
The strongest winds National Weather Service offices recorded with this storm. An estimated figure is a forecaster’s judgment from the damage, not an instrument reading.
| Wind | How | Where | State | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 kt (60 mph) | Estimated | .58 W of VAIVO VO | Arizona | Aug 25, 22:15 |
| 52 kt (60 mph) | Estimated | .59 W of ST DAVID | Arizona | Aug 27, 22:00 |
What forecast offices wrote
From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.
Lightning struck a building at Rincon/University High Schools blowing apart several cinder blocks and strewing them across a patio.
Pima, Arizona · Lightning · Aug 25, 20:03 UTC
The Pantano Wash near Vail rose 9 feet in one hour and rose about 2 feet out of its banks per the USGS Stream Gage. This flash flooding moved downstream to the Harrison Road low water crossing where several feet of water crossed the roadway.
Pima, Arizona · Flash Flood · Aug 28, 00:15 UTC
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 12:00 | 18.2N 107.5W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 23, 18:00 | 19.1N 108.1W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 24, 00:00 | 20.0N 108.6W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 24, 06:00 | 20.9N 109.2W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 24, 12:00 | 21.9N 109.8W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 24, 18:00 | 22.9N 110.2W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 25, 00:00 landfall | 23.9N 110.9W | 40 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 25, 06:00 | 25.2N 111.5W | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 25, 12:00 | 26.3N 112.0W | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 25, 18:00 | 27.1N 112.3W | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 26, 00:00 | 27.6N 112.4W | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 26, 06:00 | 28.0N 112.4W | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 26, 12:00 | 28.2N 112.2W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 26, 18:00 | 28.3N 112.1W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Aug 27, 00:00 | 28.3N 111.9W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Aug 27, 06:00 | 28.3N 111.6W | 20 kt | 1007 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
- Hurricane GenevieveEastern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm KikaEastern Pacific · 2008
- Hurricane HernanEastern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm IselleEastern 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.