Tropical Storm Hector (2012)

Basin

Eastern Pacific

Dates

August 11, 2012 to August 20, 2012

Peak strength

Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)

Lowest pressure

995 mb (29.38 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 204 km (127 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

2.2

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

60 nmi (111 km, 69 mi)

Overall size

280 nmi (519 km, 322 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Peak gust in the best track

50 kt (58 mph)

Fastest the center moved

12 kt (14 mph)

Identifier

EP082012

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

• Tropical Storm AlettaEastern Pacific · 2012Tropical Storm45 kt · 1000 mb
• Hurricane BudEastern Pacific · 2012Cat 3100 kt · 961 mb
• Hurricane CarlottaEastern Pacific · 2012Cat 295 kt · 973 mb
• Hurricane DanielEastern Pacific · 2012Cat 3100 kt · 961 mb
• Hurricane EmiliaEastern Pacific · 2012Cat 4120 kt · 945 mb
• Hurricane FabioEastern Pacific · 2012Cat 295 kt · 966 mb
• Hurricane GilmaEastern Pacific · 2012Cat 170 kt · 984 mb
• Hurricane IleanaEastern Pacific · 2012Cat 175 kt · 978 mb
• Tropical Storm JohnEastern Pacific · 2012Tropical Storm40 kt · 1000 mb
• Tropical Storm KristyEastern Pacific · 2012Tropical Storm50 kt · 998 mb
• Hurricane LaneEastern Pacific · 2012Cat 175 kt · 985 mb
• Hurricane MiriamEastern Pacific · 2012Cat 3105 kt · 959 mb
• Tropical Storm NormanEastern Pacific · 2012Tropical Storm45 kt · 997 mb
• Tropical Storm OliviaEastern Pacific · 2012Tropical Storm50 kt · 997 mb
• Hurricane PaulEastern Pacific · 2012Cat 3105 kt · 959 mb
• Tropical Storm RosaEastern Pacific · 2012Tropical Storm45 kt · 1001 mb

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.

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.

• Tropical cyclone report, National Hurricane Center
• Every advisory and discussion NHC issued while it was live
• Best track as KMZ, National Hurricane Center