Tropical Storm Rachel (2026)
Tropical Storm Rachel peaked at 50 kt in the Eastern Pacific between September 25, 2026 and September 29, 2026, with a lowest pressure of 997 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Rachel, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2026 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 25, 2026 to September 29, 2026
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 997 mb (29.44 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 357 km (222 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.1
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 140 nmi (259 km, 161 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 260 nmi (482 km, 299 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 15 kt (17 mph)
- Identifier
- EP182026
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 9.2N 92.6W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 10.2N 93.6W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 11.2N 94.6W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 11.2N 95.6W | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 11.3N 96.1W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 11.4N 96.7W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 11.7N 97.3W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 11.9N 97.6W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 12.2N 97.9W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 12.4N 98.1W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 12.6N 98.4W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 12.7N 98.9W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 12.8N 99.5W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 13.1N 100.2W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 13.6N 100.8W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 13.9N 101.6W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 14.3N 102.5W | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
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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.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.