Tropical Storm Hector (2024)

Tropical Storm Hector peaked at 50 kt in the Eastern Pacific between August 22, 2024 and August 29, 2024, with a lowest pressure of 998 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Hector, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2024 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: August 22, 2024 to August 29, 2024
Peak strength: Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
Lowest pressure: 998 mb (29.47 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 948 km (589 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 2.5
Tropical-storm-force wind reached: 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak: 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
Overall size: 200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track: 55 kt (63 mph)
Fastest the center moved: 13 kt (15 mph)
Identifier: EP082024

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
Aug 22, 18:00	14.0N 111.9W	30 kt	1009 mb	Low
Aug 23, 00:00	13.9N 112.3W	30 kt	1008 mb	Low
Aug 23, 06:00	13.9N 112.8W	30 kt	1007 mb	Low
Aug 23, 12:00	14.1N 113.5W	30 kt	1007 mb	Low
Aug 23, 18:00	14.5N 114.2W	30 kt	1007 mb	Low
Aug 24, 00:00	15.0N 114.8W	30 kt	1007 mb	Low
Aug 24, 06:00	15.5N 115.4W	30 kt	1007 mb	Low
Aug 24, 12:00	15.8N 116.3W	30 kt	1006 mb	Low
Aug 24, 18:00	16.0N 117.4W	30 kt	1006 mb	Low
Aug 25, 00:00	16.1N 118.6W	30 kt	1006 mb	Low
Aug 25, 06:00	16.1N 119.9W	30 kt	1005 mb	Tropical depression
Aug 25, 12:00	16.0N 121.0W	35 kt	1004 mb	Tropical storm
Aug 25, 18:00	15.9N 121.9W	40 kt	1003 mb	Tropical storm
Aug 26, 00:00	15.9N 122.7W	40 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Aug 26, 06:00	16.0N 123.6W	40 kt	1001 mb	Tropical storm
Aug 26, 12:00	16.2N 124.5W	45 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Aug 26, 18:00	16.5N 125.4W	45 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Aug 27, 00:00	16.9N 126.2W	50 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Aug 27, 06:00	17.2N 127.2W	50 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
Aug 27, 12:00	17.4N 128.2W	45 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Aug 27, 18:00	17.5N 129.3W	45 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Aug 28, 00:00	17.6N 130.3W	45 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Aug 28, 06:00	17.6N 131.2W	45 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
Aug 28, 12:00	17.6N 132.1W	45 kt	1001 mb	Tropical storm
Aug 28, 18:00	17.5N 133.0W	40 kt	1004 mb	Low
Aug 29, 00:00	17.2N 133.8W	35 kt	1006 mb	Low

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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.