Hurricane John (2018)

Basin

Eastern Pacific

Dates

August 5, 2018 to August 13, 2018

Peak strength

Category 2, 95 kt (109 mph)

Lowest pressure

964 mb (28.47 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 319 km (198 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

8.5

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

120 nmi (222 km, 138 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

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

110 kt (127 mph)

Fastest the center moved

14 kt (16 mph)

Identifier

EP122018

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

2

Property damage

$302,000

Crop damage

none recorded

Events recorded

13 in 2 reports from 2 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning.

The strongest winds National Weather Service offices recorded with this storm. An estimated figure is a forecaster’s judgment from the damage, not an instrument reading.

From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.

Thunderstorm winds in Bullhead City downed several power poles, including a major transmission line, resulting in a power outage from Bullhead City to Fort Mohave; downed a few trees; and damaged multiple awnings and a few roofs.

Mohave, Arizona · Thunderstorm Wind · Aug 12, 02:30 UTC

Visibility dropped below a quarter mile in dust storm conditions. About 20 trees were blown down, at least one of which landed on a house. At least four power poles were blown down, two carport structures were damaged, shingles were blown off a house, there was damage to the exterior of a casino hotel, and an airplane at Henderson Executive Airport was tipped onto its nose.

Clark, Nevada · Thunderstorm Wind · Aug 12, 03:28 UTC

• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2018Tropical Depression30 kt · 1007 mb
• Hurricane AlettaEastern Pacific · 2018Cat 4120 kt · 943 mb
• Hurricane BudEastern Pacific · 2018Cat 4120 kt · 943 mb
• Tropical Storm CarlottaEastern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm55 kt · 997 mb
• Tropical Storm DanielEastern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm40 kt · 1004 mb
• Tropical Storm EmiliaEastern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm50 kt · 997 mb
• Hurricane FabioEastern Pacific · 2018Cat 295 kt · 964 mb
• Tropical Storm GilmaEastern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm40 kt · 1005 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2018Tropical Depression30 kt · 1007 mb
• Hurricane HectorEastern Pacific · 2018Cat 4135 kt · 936 mb
• Tropical Storm IleanaEastern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm55 kt · 998 mb
• Tropical Storm KristyEastern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm60 kt · 991 mb
• Hurricane LaneEastern Pacific · 2018 · 1 death · $250 millionCat 5140 kt · 926 mb
• Hurricane MiriamEastern Pacific · 2018Cat 285 kt · 974 mb
• Hurricane NormanEastern Pacific · 2018Cat 4130 kt · 937 mb
• Hurricane OliviaEastern Pacific · 2018Cat 4115 kt · 951 mb
• Tropical Storm PaulEastern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm40 kt · 1002 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2018Tropical Depression30 kt · 1002 mb
• Hurricane RosaEastern Pacific · 2018Cat 4130 kt · 936 mb
• Hurricane WalakaEastern Pacific · 2018Cat 5140 kt · 921 mb
• Hurricane SergioEastern Pacific · 2018Cat 4120 kt · 942 mb
• Tropical Storm TaraEastern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm55 kt · 995 mb
• Tropical Storm VicenteEastern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm45 kt · 1002 mb
• Hurricane WillaEastern Pacific · 2018Cat 5140 kt · 925 mb
• Tropical Storm XavierEastern Pacific · 2018Tropical Storm55 kt · 995 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