Hurricane Miriam (2018)
Hurricane Miriam reached Category 2 in the Eastern Pacific between August 25, 2018 and September 3, 2018, with a lowest pressure of 974 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Miriam, 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
- August 25, 2018 to September 3, 2018
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 974 mb (28.76 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1261 km (784 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 10.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 100 nmi (185 km, 115 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
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 105 kt (121 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 13 kt (15 mph)
- Identifier
- EP152018
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 12:00 | 12.8N 120.8W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Aug 25, 18:00 | 12.9N 121.7W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Aug 26, 00:00 | 13.0N 122.6W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Aug 26, 06:00 | 13.2N 123.7W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 26, 12:00 | 13.5N 124.9W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 26, 18:00 | 13.7N 126.1W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 27, 00:00 | 13.8N 127.3W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 27, 06:00 | 13.9N 128.6W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 27, 12:00 | 13.9N 129.9W | 55 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 27, 18:00 | 14.0N 131.1W | 55 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 28, 00:00 | 14.0N 132.3W | 55 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 28, 06:00 | 14.1N 133.5W | 55 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 28, 12:00 | 14.1N 134.7W | 55 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 28, 18:00 | 14.1N 135.8W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 29, 00:00 | 14.1N 136.9W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 29, 06:00 | 14.0N 137.9W | 55 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 29, 12:00 | 14.0N 138.7W | 60 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 29, 18:00 | 14.0N 139.4W | 65 kt | 992 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 30, 00:00 | 14.1N 140.1W | 65 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 30, 06:00 | 14.4N 140.8W | 70 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 30, 12:00 | 14.9N 141.3W | 70 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 30, 18:00 | 15.5N 141.5W | 75 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 31, 00:00 | 16.1N 141.5W | 75 kt | 981 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 31, 06:00 | 16.9N 141.5W | 80 kt | 978 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 31, 12:00 | 17.8N 141.3W | 80 kt | 978 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 31, 18:00 | 18.7N 141.2W | 85 kt | 974 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 1, 00:00 | 19.7N 140.9W | 85 kt | 974 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 1, 06:00 | 20.7N 141.0W | 75 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 1, 12:00 | 21.8N 141.1W | 65 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 1, 18:00 | 22.8N 141.3W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 00:00 | 23.8N 142.0W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 06:00 | 24.7N 142.8W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 2, 12:00 | 25.4N 143.7W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 2, 18:00 | 26.0N 144.3W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Sep 3, 00:00 | 26.8N 145.3W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2018
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2018
- Hurricane AlettaEastern 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 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.