Tropical Storm Max (2023)
Tropical Storm Max peaked at 60 kt in the Eastern Pacific between October 8, 2023 and October 10, 2023, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb, and made landfall. It killed 2 people directly, by the National Hurricane Center’s count.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Max, 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
- October 8, 2023 to October 10, 2023
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb (29.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.2
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 9 kt (10 mph)
- Identifier
- EP162023
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
National Hurricane Center
2 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.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 18:00 | Petatlán, Guerrero, Mexico, 32 km away | 17.3N 101.1W | 60 kt (69 mph) | 990 mb |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 00:00 | 13.8N 99.9W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 8, 06:00 | 14.3N 100.6W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 8, 12:00 | 14.9N 101.2W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 8, 18:00 | 15.5N 101.5W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 9, 00:00 | 16.1N 101.6W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 06:00 | 16.5N 101.5W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 12:00 | 16.9N 101.3W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 9, 18:00 landfall | 17.3N 101.1W | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 10, 00:00 | 17.9N 100.8W | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
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
- Tropical Storm KennethEastern Pacific · 2023
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2023
- Hurricane LidiaEastern Pacific · 2023 · 3 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.