The 2018 season

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.

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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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jun 6, 00:0014.0N 105.4W30 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Jun 6, 06:0014.2N 106.1W35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jun 6, 12:0014.2N 106.8W40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 6, 18:0014.2N 107.5W45 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jun 7, 00:0014.4N 108.2W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jun 7, 06:0014.7N 108.7W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jun 7, 12:0014.9N 109.1W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Jun 7, 18:0015.1N 109.6W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Jun 8, 00:0015.4N 110.1W90 kt970 mbHurricane
Jun 8, 06:0015.6N 110.6W105 kt957 mbHurricane
Jun 8, 12:0015.7N 111.0W120 kt943 mbHurricane
Jun 8, 18:0015.9N 111.5W120 kt943 mbHurricane
Jun 9, 00:0016.0N 112.0W110 kt953 mbHurricane
Jun 9, 06:0016.1N 112.5W100 kt963 mbHurricane
Jun 9, 12:0016.2N 113.0W90 kt970 mbHurricane
Jun 9, 18:0016.1N 113.5W70 kt980 mbHurricane
Jun 10, 00:0015.9N 114.0W55 kt996 mbTropical storm
Jun 10, 06:0016.0N 114.4W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Jun 10, 12:0016.2N 114.8W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 10, 18:0016.5N 115.4W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 11, 00:0016.8N 115.9W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Jun 11, 06:0016.9N 116.5W35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Jun 11, 12:0016.8N 117.4W30 kt1004 mbLow
Jun 11, 18:0016.6N 118.0W30 kt1004 mbLow
Jun 12, 00:0016.5N 118.5W30 kt1005 mbLow
Jun 12, 06:0016.4N 119.0W25 kt1006 mbLow
Jun 12, 12:0016.3N 119.5W25 kt1006 mbLow
Jun 12, 18:0016.0N 119.6W25 kt1007 mbLow
Jun 13, 00:0015.7N 119.6W25 kt1007 mbLow
Jun 13, 06:0015.5N 119.4W25 kt1008 mbLow
Jun 13, 12:0015.6N 119.3W20 kt1008 mbLow
Jun 13, 18:0015.7N 119.3W20 kt1008 mbLow
Jun 14, 00:0015.9N 119.3W20 kt1008 mbLow
Jun 14, 06:0016.0N 119.3W20 kt1008 mbLow
Jun 14, 12:0016.1N 119.2W20 kt1008 mbLow
Jun 14, 18:0016.3N 119.0W20 kt1008 mbLow
Jun 15, 00:0016.4N 118.8W20 kt1008 mbLow
Jun 15, 06:0016.4N 118.3W20 kt1008 mbLow
Jun 15, 12:0016.3N 117.8W20 kt1008 mbLow
Jun 15, 18:0016.3N 117.3W20 kt1008 mbLow
Jun 16, 00:0016.2N 116.8W20 kt1008 mbLow

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 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.