Hurricane Darby (2022)

Hurricane Darby reached Category 4 in the Eastern Pacific between July 9, 2022 and July 17, 2022, with a lowest pressure of 953 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Darby, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2022 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: July 9, 2022 to July 17, 2022
Peak strength: Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
Lowest pressure: 953 mb (28.14 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 135 km (84 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 19.1
Tropical-storm-force wind reached: 50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached: 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak: 5 nmi (9 km, 6 mi)
Overall size: 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track: 145 kt (167 mph)
Fastest the center moved: 21 kt (24 mph)
Identifier: EP052022

Radar at PHWA as it neared land, Jul 17, 00:00 UTC

Deaths and damage

The sources count different things and are not added together.

National Hurricane Center

0 direct deathsnone recorded in the United States

The season table in NHC’s report archive, final report. Direct deaths are those caused by the storm’s own wind, water or surge, anywhere in the world.

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Jul 9, 12:00	13.8N 111.0W	30 kt	1008 mb	Tropical depression
Jul 9, 18:00	14.2N 112.8W	35 kt	1006 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 10, 00:00	14.3N 114.2W	40 kt	1004 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 10, 06:00	14.3N 115.5W	40 kt	1004 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 10, 12:00	14.3N 116.8W	50 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 10, 18:00	14.4N 118.3W	55 kt	999 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 11, 00:00	14.5N 119.9W	65 kt	991 mb	Hurricane
Jul 11, 06:00	14.5N 121.3W	85 kt	979 mb	Hurricane
Jul 11, 12:00	14.5N 122.8W	105 kt	966 mb	Hurricane
Jul 11, 18:00	14.6N 124.3W	120 kt	953 mb	Hurricane
Jul 12, 00:00	14.8N 125.9W	120 kt	953 mb	Hurricane
Jul 12, 06:00	14.7N 127.4W	115 kt	957 mb	Hurricane
Jul 12, 12:00	14.7N 129.0W	115 kt	957 mb	Hurricane
Jul 12, 18:00	14.6N 130.5W	105 kt	966 mb	Hurricane
Jul 13, 00:00	14.6N 132.0W	95 kt	972 mb	Hurricane
Jul 13, 06:00	14.6N 133.3W	85 kt	978 mb	Hurricane
Jul 13, 12:00	14.8N 134.7W	90 kt	977 mb	Hurricane
Jul 13, 18:00	15.1N 136.0W	100 kt	968 mb	Hurricane
Jul 14, 00:00	15.6N 137.5W	100 kt	968 mb	Hurricane
Jul 14, 06:00	16.0N 138.9W	95 kt	971 mb	Hurricane
Jul 14, 12:00	16.5N 140.2W	90 kt	977 mb	Hurricane
Jul 14, 18:00	16.9N 141.5W	85 kt	980 mb	Hurricane
Jul 15, 00:00	17.3N 142.8W	75 kt	985 mb	Hurricane
Jul 15, 06:00	17.4N 144.1W	65 kt	990 mb	Hurricane
Jul 15, 12:00	17.5N 145.4W	60 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 15, 18:00	17.6N 146.8W	50 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 16, 00:00	17.7N 148.5W	40 kt	1006 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 16, 06:00	17.7N 150.3W	40 kt	1006 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 16, 12:00	17.7N 152.3W	40 kt	1006 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 16, 18:00	17.7N 154.5W	35 kt	1007 mb	Tropical storm
Jul 17, 00:00	17.7N 156.5W	35 kt	1007 mb	Tropical storm

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2022

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.