Hurricane Jova (2011)
Hurricane Jova reached Category 3 in the Eastern Pacific between October 5, 2011 and October 12, 2011, with a lowest pressure of 955 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Jova, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2011 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 5, 2011 to October 12, 2011
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 955 mb (28.20 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 14.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 105 nmi (194 km, 121 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 135 kt (155 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 11 kt (13 mph)
- Identifier
- EP102011
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 06:00 | Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico, 69 km away | 19.6N 105.1W | 85 kt (98 mph) | 975 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.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 12:00 | 9.7N 102.8W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Oct 5, 18:00 | 10.0N 103.7W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Oct 6, 00:00 | 10.5N 104.6W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 6, 06:00 | 11.1N 105.5W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 6, 12:00 | 11.6N 106.3W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 6, 18:00 | 12.1N 107.1W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 7, 00:00 | 12.6N 108.1W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 7, 06:00 | 13.1N 109.1W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 7, 12:00 | 13.7N 109.9W | 50 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 7, 18:00 | 14.4N 110.3W | 55 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 00:00 | 15.1N 110.5W | 55 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 06:00 | 15.5N 110.6W | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 12:00 | 15.6N 110.6W | 60 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 8, 18:00 | 15.8N 110.4W | 65 kt | 989 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 9, 00:00 | 16.0N 110.0W | 70 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 9, 06:00 | 16.1N 109.5W | 75 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 9, 12:00 | 16.1N 108.9W | 80 kt | 978 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 9, 18:00 | 16.1N 108.3W | 80 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 10, 00:00 | 16.2N 107.7W | 90 kt | 969 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 10, 06:00 | 16.3N 107.2W | 100 kt | 964 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 10, 12:00 | 16.4N 106.8W | 105 kt | 961 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 10, 18:00 | 16.5N 106.5W | 110 kt | 955 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 11, 00:00 | 16.8N 106.2W | 105 kt | 958 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 11, 06:00 | 17.2N 105.9W | 100 kt | 962 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 11, 12:00 | 17.5N 105.7W | 95 kt | 965 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 11, 18:00 | 17.9N 105.5W | 85 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 00:00 | 18.6N 105.3W | 85 kt | 974 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 06:00 landfall | 19.6N 105.1W | 85 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 12:00 | 20.6N 104.9W | 60 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 12, 18:00 | 21.3N 104.5W | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2011
- Hurricane AdrianEastern Pacific · 2011
- Hurricane BeatrizEastern Pacific · 2011
- Hurricane CalvinEastern Pacific · 2011
- Hurricane DoraEastern Pacific · 2011
- Hurricane EugeneEastern Pacific · 2011
- Tropical Storm FernandaEastern Pacific · 2011
- Hurricane GregEastern Pacific · 2011
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2011
- Hurricane HilaryEastern Pacific · 2011
- Hurricane IrwinEastern Pacific · 2011
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2011
- Hurricane KennethEastern Pacific · 2011
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.