Tropical Storm Kenneth (2023)
Tropical Storm Kenneth peaked at 45 kt in the Eastern Pacific between September 18, 2023 and September 24, 2023, with a lowest pressure of 1000 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Kenneth, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2023 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
- September 18, 2023 to September 24, 2023
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 45 kt (52 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1000 mb (29.53 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 996 km (619 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.8
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 80 nmi (148 km, 92 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 210 nmi (389 km, 242 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- EP132023
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 13.2N 111.7W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 13.5N 112.6W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 13.7N 113.7W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 13.8N 115.0W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 14.0N 116.2W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 14.4N 117.5W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 14.7N 118.8W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 14.8N 120.2W | 40 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 14.8N 121.3W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 15.0N 122.3W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 15.6N 123.1W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 16.0N 123.9W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 16.3N 124.5W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 16.6N 124.9W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 16.9N 125.2W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 17.4N 125.6W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 18.0N 125.9W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 18.8N 126.1W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 20.0N 125.9W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 21.1N 125.6W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 21.8N 125.4W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Low |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 22.4N 125.3W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 22.9N 125.6W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Low |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 23.1N 126.0W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 23.2N 126.4W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 23.3N 127.0W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 23.5N 128.1W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Low |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 23.5N 129.4W | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Low |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2023
- Hurricane AdrianEastern Pacific · 2023
- Hurricane BeatrizEastern Pacific · 2023
- Hurricane CalvinEastern Pacific · 2023
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2023
- Hurricane DoraEastern Pacific · 2023
- Tropical Storm EugeneEastern Pacific · 2023
- Hurricane FernandaEastern Pacific · 2023
- Tropical Storm GregEastern Pacific · 2023
- Hurricane HilaryEastern Pacific · 2023 · 3 deaths · $900 million
- Tropical Storm IrwinEastern Pacific · 2023
- Hurricane JovaEastern Pacific · 2023
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2023
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2023
- Hurricane LidiaEastern Pacific · 2023 · 3 deaths
- Tropical Storm MaxEastern Pacific · 2023 · 2 deaths
- Hurricane NormaEastern Pacific · 2023
- Hurricane OtisEastern Pacific · 2023 · 52 deaths
- Tropical Storm PilarEastern Pacific · 2023 · 4 deaths
- Tropical Storm RamonEastern Pacific · 2023
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.