Hurricane Cosme (2013)

Hurricane Cosme reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between June 23, 2013 and June 30, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Cosme, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2013 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin: Eastern Pacific
Dates: June 23, 2013 to June 30, 2013
Peak strength: Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure: 980 mb (28.94 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 494 km (307 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 4.6
Tropical-storm-force wind reached: 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached: 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak: 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
Overall size: 325 nmi (602 km, 374 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track: 90 kt (104 mph)
Fastest the center moved: 16 kt (18 mph)
Identifier: EP032013

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Jun 23, 12:00	11.8N 103.6W	30 kt	1005 mb	Tropical depression
Jun 23, 18:00	12.0N 103.7W	30 kt	1005 mb	Tropical depression
Jun 24, 00:00	12.2N 104.1W	35 kt	1003 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 24, 06:00	12.7N 104.7W	40 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 24, 12:00	13.8N 105.5W	45 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 24, 18:00	14.7N 106.5W	50 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 25, 00:00	15.6N 107.5W	55 kt	992 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 25, 06:00	16.5N 108.9W	60 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 25, 12:00	17.2N 110.2W	65 kt	988 mb	Hurricane
Jun 25, 18:00	17.5N 111.5W	70 kt	984 mb	Hurricane
Jun 26, 00:00	17.8N 112.8W	75 kt	980 mb	Hurricane
Jun 26, 06:00	18.2N 113.9W	70 kt	983 mb	Hurricane
Jun 26, 12:00	18.7N 114.9W	65 kt	985 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 26, 18:00	19.1N 115.9W	60 kt	988 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 27, 00:00	19.5N 117.1W	50 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 27, 06:00	19.9N 118.6W	45 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Jun 27, 12:00	20.3N 120.2W	35 kt	1003 mb	Low
Jun 27, 18:00	20.7N 121.8W	30 kt	1004 mb	Low
Jun 28, 00:00	21.0N 123.4W	30 kt	1004 mb	Low
Jun 28, 06:00	21.4N 125.0W	30 kt	1004 mb	Low
Jun 28, 12:00	21.7N 126.5W	30 kt	1006 mb	Low
Jun 28, 18:00	21.9N 128.0W	25 kt	1006 mb	Low
Jun 29, 00:00	22.0N 129.5W	25 kt	1006 mb	Low
Jun 29, 06:00	22.1N 131.0W	25 kt	1006 mb	Low
Jun 29, 12:00	22.3N 132.6W	20 kt	1006 mb	Low
Jun 29, 18:00	22.5N 134.2W	20 kt	1006 mb	Low
Jun 30, 00:00	22.7N 135.5W	20 kt	1007 mb	Low
Jun 30, 06:00	22.9N 136.7W	20 kt	1008 mb	Low
Jun 30, 12:00	23.0N 137.8W	20 kt	1008 mb	Low
Jun 30, 18:00	23.1N 138.8W	20 kt	1010 mb	Low

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2013

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.