Hurricane Darby (2016)

Basin

Eastern Pacific

Dates

July 11, 2016 to July 26, 2016

Peak strength

Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)

Lowest pressure

958 mb (28.29 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

21.9

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

110 nmi (204 km, 127 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

250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Peak gust in the best track

120 kt (138 mph)

Fastest the center moved

13 kt (15 mph)

Identifier

EP052016

Radar at PHWA as it neared land, Jul 24, 00:00 UTC

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

none recorded

Crop damage

none recorded

Events recorded

17 in 1 reports from 1 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

9 high surf, 4 heavy rain, 4 flash flood.

From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.

Debris flow across the Hana Highway between mile markers 6 and 7 in East Maui closed the roadway in both directions for a time. The rain was in advance of Tropical Storm Darby.

Maui, Hawaii · Heavy Rain · Jul 21, 15:30 UTC

Flooding across Kapuna Road near Honokaa on the windward side of the Big Island closed the roadway. The rain was associated with Tropical Storm Darby.

Hawaii, Hawaii · Flash Flood · Jul 23, 18:23 UTC

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• Hurricane BlasEastern Pacific · 2016Cat 4120 kt · 947 mb
• Hurricane CeliaEastern Pacific · 2016Cat 285 kt · 972 mb
• Tropical Storm EstelleEastern Pacific · 2016Tropical Storm60 kt · 990 mb
• Hurricane GeorgetteEastern Pacific · 2016Cat 4115 kt · 952 mb
• Hurricane FrankEastern Pacific · 2016Cat 175 kt · 979 mb
• Tropical Storm HowardEastern Pacific · 2016Tropical Storm50 kt · 998 mb
• Tropical Storm IvetteEastern Pacific · 2016Tropical Storm50 kt · 1000 mb
• Tropical Storm JavierEastern Pacific · 2016Tropical Storm55 kt · 997 mb
• Tropical Storm KayEastern Pacific · 2016Tropical Storm45 kt · 1000 mb
• Hurricane LesterEastern Pacific · 2016Cat 4125 kt · 944 mb
• Hurricane MadelineEastern Pacific · 2016Cat 4115 kt · 950 mb
• Hurricane NewtonEastern Pacific · 2016Cat 180 kt · 977 mb
• Hurricane OrleneEastern Pacific · 2016Cat 295 kt · 967 mb
• Hurricane PaineEastern Pacific · 2016Cat 180 kt · 979 mb
• Hurricane UlikaEastern Pacific · 2016Cat 165 kt · 992 mb
• Tropical Storm RoslynEastern Pacific · 2016Tropical Storm45 kt · 999 mb
• Hurricane SongdaEastern Pacific · 2016Cat 4130 kt · 926 mb
• Hurricane SeymourEastern Pacific · 2016Cat 4130 kt · 940 mb
• Tropical Storm TinaEastern Pacific · 2016Tropical Storm35 kt · 1004 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
• Best track as a shapefile, National Hurricane Center
• Wikipedia article: Hurricane Darby