Hurricane Jova (2023)

Basin

Eastern Pacific

Dates

September 4, 2023 to September 14, 2023

Peak strength

Category 5, 140 kt (161 mph)

Lowest pressure

926 mb (27.34 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 599 km (372 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

16.1

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

120 nmi (222 km, 138 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

10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)

Overall size

350 nmi (648 km, 403 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Peak gust in the best track

170 kt (196 mph)

Fastest the center moved

18 kt (21 mph)

Identifier

EP112023

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

0

Property damage

$251,000

Crop damage

none recorded

Events recorded

2 in 2 reports from 2 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

1 flash flood, 1 flood.

From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.

Flash flooding of Short Creek closed all of the Colorado City roads which cross the creek. The Hildale Street crossing was heavily damaged and will likely be closed for some time.

Mohave, Arizona · Flash Flood · Sep 14, 00:00 UTC

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• Hurricane CalvinEastern Pacific · 2023Cat 3110 kt · 953 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2023Tropical Depression30 kt · 1006 mb
• Hurricane DoraEastern Pacific · 2023Cat 4130 kt · 939 mb
• Tropical Storm EugeneEastern Pacific · 2023Tropical Storm60 kt · 992 mb
• Hurricane FernandaEastern Pacific · 2023Cat 4115 kt · 949 mb
• Tropical Storm GregEastern Pacific · 2023Tropical Storm45 kt · 1000 mb
• Hurricane HilaryEastern Pacific · 2023 · 3 deaths · $900 millionCat 4120 kt · 940 mb
• Tropical Storm IrwinEastern Pacific · 2023Tropical Storm40 kt · 998 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2023Tropical Depression30 kt · 1006 mb
• Tropical Storm KennethEastern Pacific · 2023Tropical Storm45 kt · 1000 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2023Tropical Depression30 kt · 1006 mb
• Hurricane LidiaEastern Pacific · 2023 · 3 deathsCat 4120 kt · 942 mb
• Tropical Storm MaxEastern Pacific · 2023 · 2 deathsTropical Storm60 kt · 990 mb
• Hurricane NormaEastern Pacific · 2023Cat 4115 kt · 939 mb
• Hurricane OtisEastern Pacific · 2023 · 52 deathsCat 5145 kt · 922 mb
• Tropical Storm PilarEastern Pacific · 2023 · 4 deathsTropical Storm55 kt · 995 mb
• Tropical Storm RamonEastern Pacific · 2023Tropical Storm40 kt · 1002 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