Tropical Storm Octave (2013)
Tropical Storm Octave peaked at 55 kt in the Eastern Pacific between October 12, 2013 and October 16, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Octave, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- October 12, 2013 to October 16, 2013
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 994 mb (29.35 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.2
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- EP152013
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)$34,200
What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 05:00 | Ciudad Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 54 km away | 25.0N 112.2W | 40 kt (46 mph) | 1002 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
- $34,200
- Crop damage
- none recorded
- Events recorded
- 8 in 2 reports from 2 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 0 | 0 | $33,200 | 7 |
| New Mexico | 0 | 0 | $1,000 | 1 |
What was recorded
7 flash flood, 1 heavy rain.
What forecast offices wrote
From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.
Heavy rain moved across Lea County and produced flash flooding in Hobbs. Several street intersections in Hobbs were reported to be flooded with one to one and a half feet of water. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
Lea, New Mexico · Flash Flood · Oct 13, 18:00 UTC
Heavy rain moved across Midland County and produced flash flooding in Midland. Flooding was reported across Illinois Street from Andrews Highway to Big Spring Street in Midland. There was no damage reported so the cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
Midland, Texas · Flash Flood · Oct 13, 20:45 UTC
Heavy rain moved across Midland County and produced flash flooding in Midland. Some cars were reported to be flooded and there was flooding reported in some homes. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate since the number of cars and homes affected is unknown and the extent of the damage is unknown.
Midland, Texas · Flash Flood · Oct 13, 23:20 UTC
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 18:00 | 15.0N 109.1W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 13, 00:00 | 15.6N 110.0W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 06:00 | 16.6N 111.0W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 12:00 | 17.6N 112.0W | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 13, 18:00 | 18.8N 112.8W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 00:00 | 20.0N 113.4W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 06:00 | 21.2N 113.9W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 12:00 | 22.4N 113.8W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 14, 18:00 | 23.6N 113.4W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 00:00 | 24.5N 112.8W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 05:00 landfall | 25.0N 112.2W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 06:00 | 25.1N 112.0W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 15, 12:00 | 25.8N 111.0W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 15, 18:00 | 26.5N 109.7W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Oct 16, 00:00 | 27.1N 108.8W | 15 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2013
- Tropical Storm AlvinEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane BarbaraEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane CosmeEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane DalilaEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane ErickEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm FlossieEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane GilEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane HenrietteEastern Pacific · 2013
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm UnalaEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane PewaEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm IvoEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm JulietteEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane KikoEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm LorenaEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane ManuelEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm NardaEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm PriscillaEastern Pacific · 2013
- Hurricane RaymondEastern Pacific · 2013
- Tropical Storm SoniaEastern Pacific · 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.