Hurricane Aletta (2018)
Hurricane Aletta reached Category 4 in the Eastern Pacific between June 6, 2018 and June 16, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 943 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Aletta, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2018 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
- June 6, 2018 to June 16, 2018
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 943 mb (27.85 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 522 km (324 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 11.2
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 240 nmi (444 km, 276 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 145 kt (167 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 9 kt (10 mph)
- Identifier
- EP022018
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 6, 00:00 | 14.0N 105.4W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 6, 06:00 | 14.2N 106.1W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 6, 12:00 | 14.2N 106.8W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 6, 18:00 | 14.2N 107.5W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 7, 00:00 | 14.4N 108.2W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 7, 06:00 | 14.7N 108.7W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 7, 12:00 | 14.9N 109.1W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 7, 18:00 | 15.1N 109.6W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 8, 00:00 | 15.4N 110.1W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 8, 06:00 | 15.6N 110.6W | 105 kt | 957 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 8, 12:00 | 15.7N 111.0W | 120 kt | 943 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 8, 18:00 | 15.9N 111.5W | 120 kt | 943 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 9, 00:00 | 16.0N 112.0W | 110 kt | 953 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 9, 06:00 | 16.1N 112.5W | 100 kt | 963 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 9, 12:00 | 16.2N 113.0W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 9, 18:00 | 16.1N 113.5W | 70 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Jun 10, 00:00 | 15.9N 114.0W | 55 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 10, 06:00 | 16.0N 114.4W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 10, 12:00 | 16.2N 114.8W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 10, 18:00 | 16.5N 115.4W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 11, 00:00 | 16.8N 115.9W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 11, 06:00 | 16.9N 116.5W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 11, 12:00 | 16.8N 117.4W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Low |
| Jun 11, 18:00 | 16.6N 118.0W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Low |
| Jun 12, 00:00 | 16.5N 118.5W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Jun 12, 06:00 | 16.4N 119.0W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Jun 12, 12:00 | 16.3N 119.5W | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Jun 12, 18:00 | 16.0N 119.6W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Jun 13, 00:00 | 15.7N 119.6W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Jun 13, 06:00 | 15.5N 119.4W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Jun 13, 12:00 | 15.6N 119.3W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Jun 13, 18:00 | 15.7N 119.3W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Jun 14, 00:00 | 15.9N 119.3W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Jun 14, 06:00 | 16.0N 119.3W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Jun 14, 12:00 | 16.1N 119.2W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Jun 14, 18:00 | 16.3N 119.0W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Jun 15, 00:00 | 16.4N 118.8W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Jun 15, 06:00 | 16.4N 118.3W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Jun 15, 12:00 | 16.3N 117.8W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Jun 15, 18:00 | 16.3N 117.3W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Jun 16, 00:00 | 16.2N 116.8W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane BudEastern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm CarlottaEastern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm DanielEastern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm EmiliaEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane FabioEastern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm GilmaEastern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane HectorEastern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm IleanaEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane JohnEastern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm KristyEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane LaneEastern Pacific · 2018 · 1 death · $250 million
- Hurricane MiriamEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane NormanEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane OliviaEastern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm PaulEastern Pacific · 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane RosaEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane WalakaEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane SergioEastern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm TaraEastern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm VicenteEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane WillaEastern Pacific · 2018
- Tropical Storm XavierEastern Pacific · 2018
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.