Hurricane Simon (2014)

Basin

Eastern Pacific

Dates

September 30, 2014 to October 9, 2014

Peak strength

Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)

Lowest pressure

946 mb (27.94 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

9.6

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest

Hurricane-force wind reached

20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

5 nmi (9 km, 6 mi)

Overall size

240 nmi (444 km, 276 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Peak gust in the best track

140 kt (161 mph)

Fastest the center moved

13 kt (15 mph)

Identifier

EP192014

The sources count different things and are not added together.

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

$75,000

Crop damage

none recorded

Events recorded

6 in 4 reports from 3 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

1 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 high surf, 1 coastal flood.

From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.

On the 6th, Newport Beach lifeguards reported 6 foot surf with max sets to 8 feet, while Surfline reported 10 to 15 foot surf at The Wedge. On the 7th, Huntington Beach lifeguards reported 6 to 8 foot surf, and later 8 foot surf with max sets to 10 feet.

Orange County Coastal Areas, California · High Surf · Oct 6, 08:00 UTC

Minor tidal overflow resulted in flooding along the Pacific Coast Highway at Anderson in Sunset Beach. The curb lane on the beach side was under a few inches of water.

Orange County Coastal Areas, California · Coastal Flood · Oct 9, 15:00 UTC

Heavy rains caused a culvert to fail and travel was impacted along Highway 170 north of La Plata. Water flooded at least one home near the culvert.

San Juan, New Mexico · Flash Flood · Oct 9, 20:45 UTC

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• Tropical Storm DouglasEastern Pacific · 2014Tropical Storm45 kt · 999 mb
• Tropical Storm ElidaEastern Pacific · 2014Tropical Storm45 kt · 1002 mb
• Tropical Storm FaustoEastern Pacific · 2014Tropical Storm40 kt · 1004 mb
• Tropical Storm WaliEastern Pacific · 2014Tropical Storm40 kt · 1003 mb
• Hurricane GenevieveEastern Pacific · 2014Cat 5140 kt · 918 mb
• Hurricane HernanEastern Pacific · 2014Cat 165 kt · 992 mb
• Hurricane IselleEastern Pacific · 2014Cat 4120 kt · 947 mb
• Hurricane JulioEastern Pacific · 2014Cat 3105 kt · 960 mb
• Hurricane KarinaEastern Pacific · 2014Cat 175 kt · 983 mb
• Hurricane LowellEastern Pacific · 2014Cat 165 kt · 980 mb
• Hurricane MarieEastern Pacific · 2014Cat 5140 kt · 918 mb
• Hurricane NorbertEastern Pacific · 2014Cat 3110 kt · 950 mb
• Hurricane OdileEastern Pacific · 2014Cat 4120 kt · 918 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2014Tropical Depression30 kt · 1003 mb
• Hurricane PoloEastern Pacific · 2014Cat 165 kt · 979 mb
• Hurricane RachelEastern Pacific · 2014Cat 175 kt · 980 mb
• Hurricane AnaEastern Pacific · 2014Cat 175 kt · 985 mb
• Tropical Storm TrudyEastern Pacific · 2014Tropical Storm55 kt · 998 mb
• Hurricane VanceEastern Pacific · 2014Cat 295 kt · 964 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