Hurricane Norbert (2008)
Hurricane Norbert reached Category 4 in the Eastern Pacific between October 4, 2008 and October 12, 2008, with a lowest pressure of 945 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Norbert, 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
- October 4, 2008 to October 12, 2008
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 945 mb (27.91 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 18.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 125 nmi (232 km, 144 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 45 nmi (83 km, 52 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 275 nmi (509 km, 316 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 140 kt (161 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 20 kt (23 mph)
- Identifier
- EP152008
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)none recorded
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.
Landfalls
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 17:00 | Ciudad Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 71 km away | 24.4N 111.6W | 90 kt (104 mph) | 956 mb |
| Oct 12, 04:00 | Huatabampo, Sonora, Mexico, 42 km away | 26.6N 109.3W | 75 kt (86 mph) | 964 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
- none recorded
- Crop damage
- none recorded
- Events recorded
- 1 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 |
What was recorded
1 hail.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 00:00 | 13.5N 99.1W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 4, 06:00 | 13.8N 99.0W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 4, 12:00 | 14.0N 99.5W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 4, 18:00 | 14.1N 100.1W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 5, 00:00 | 14.1N 100.6W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 06:00 | 14.0N 101.1W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 12:00 | 13.9N 101.7W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 5, 18:00 | 13.9N 102.4W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 6, 00:00 | 13.9N 103.0W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 6, 06:00 | 14.0N 103.6W | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 6, 12:00 | 14.2N 104.3W | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 6, 18:00 | 14.4N 104.9W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 7, 00:00 | 14.6N 105.4W | 60 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 7, 06:00 | 14.9N 106.0W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 7, 12:00 | 15.0N 106.8W | 70 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 7, 18:00 | 15.2N 107.7W | 75 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 8, 00:00 | 15.5N 108.6W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 8, 06:00 | 15.8N 109.5W | 100 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 8, 12:00 | 16.1N 110.2W | 110 kt | 952 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 8, 18:00 | 16.4N 110.9W | 115 kt | 945 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 9, 00:00 | 16.8N 111.6W | 110 kt | 948 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 9, 06:00 | 17.2N 112.1W | 100 kt | 954 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 9, 12:00 | 17.6N 112.5W | 85 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 9, 18:00 | 18.0N 112.8W | 70 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 10, 00:00 | 18.6N 113.1W | 70 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 10, 06:00 | 19.3N 113.3W | 70 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 10, 12:00 | 20.0N 113.5W | 75 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 10, 18:00 | 20.9N 113.5W | 80 kt | 968 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 11, 00:00 | 21.8N 113.2W | 90 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 11, 06:00 | 22.8N 112.8W | 100 kt | 953 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 11, 12:00 | 23.7N 112.3W | 95 kt | 954 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 11, 17:00 landfall | 24.4N 111.6W | 90 kt | 956 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 11, 18:00 | 24.6N 111.4W | 90 kt | 957 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 00:00 | 25.8N 110.2W | 80 kt | 961 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 04:00 landfall | 26.6N 109.3W | 75 kt | 964 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 06:00 | 27.0N 108.7W | 65 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 12:00 | 28.3N 107.0W | 30 kt | 995 mb | Tropical depression |
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 JulioEastern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm KarinaEastern Pacific · 2008
- Tropical Storm LowellEastern Pacific · 2008
- Hurricane MarieEastern 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.