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EASTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

1982 Pacific hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 30 storms · 20 May 1982–25 Nov 1982

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1982 Pacific hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 30 storms, colored by the wind category at each observation. Hover or focus a storm in the table to highlight its track.UNITED STATESMEXICOCUBACHINAJAPANPHILIPPINESINDIAGulf of MexicoAtlantic OceanPacific OceanPhilippine SeaArabian SeaBay of BengalAletta: 20 May–29 May, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 31 May–4 Jun, no US-agency windUnnamed: 13 Jun–15 Jun, no US-agency windBud: 15 Jun–17 Jun, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 17 Jun–19 Jun, no US-agency windCarlotta: 1 Jul–6 Jul, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 3 Jul–3 Jul, no US-agency windDaniel: 7 Jul–22 Jul, peak 100 kt, Category 3Emilia: 12 Jul–15 Jul, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 14 Jul–14 Jul, no US-agency windUnnamed: 16 Jul–17 Jul, no US-agency windFabio: 17 Jul–25 Jul, peak 70 kt, Category 1Gilma: 26 Jul–2 Aug, peak 110 kt, Category 3Hector: 29 Jul–3 Aug, peak 65 kt, Category 1Iva: 1 Aug–8 Aug, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormJohn: 2 Aug–11 Aug, peak 100 kt, Category 3Kristy: 8 Aug–17 Aug, peak 80 kt, Category 1Lane: 8 Aug–15 Aug, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormMiriam: 30 Aug–6 Sep, peak 75 kt, Category 1Akoni: 30 Aug–2 Sep, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormNorman: 9 Sep–18 Sep, peak 90 kt, Category 2Unnamed: 11 Sep–12 Sep, no US-agency windHana: 15 Sep–19 Sep, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormEma: 15 Sep–19 Sep, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormOlivia: 18 Sep–25 Sep, peak 125 kt, Category 4Paul: 18 Sep–30 Sep, peak 95 kt, Category 2Rosa: 30 Sep–6 Oct, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormSergio: 14 Oct–23 Oct, peak 110 kt, Category 3Tara: 19 Oct–26 Oct, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormIwa: 19 Nov–25 Nov, peak 80 kt, Category 1

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 1982 Pacific hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Aletta–55Tropical storm—750
Unnamed–—Unclassified—290
Unnamed–—Unclassified—380
Bud–45Tropical storm—330
Unnamed–—Unclassified—270
Carlotta–50Tropical storm—850
Unnamed–—Unclassified—120
Daniel–100Cat 3—3,950
Emilia–55Tropical storm—920
Unnamed–—Unclassified—180
Unnamed–—Unclassified—280
Fabio–70Cat 1—1,750
Gilma–110Cat 3—2,540
Hector–65Cat 1—1,550
Iva–35Tropical storm—1,550
John–100Cat 3—2,240
Kristy–80Cat 1—2,460
Lane–55Tropical storm—1,830
Miriam–75Cat 1—2,990
Akoni–45Tropical storm—680
Norman–90Cat 2—1,450
Unnamed–—Unclassified—150
Hana–40Tropical storm—330
Ema–40Tropical storm—360
Olivia–125Cat 4—1,880
Paul–95Cat 2—1,990
Rosa–45Tropical storm—710
Sergio–110Cat 3—2,540
Tara–45Tropical storm—1,820
Iwa–80Cat 1—1,490

30 storms with an IBTrACS 1982 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 20 May 1982, last 25 Nov 1982.

Tropical storms23

Tropical-stage US-agency wind of 34 kt or more

Hurricanes12

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)5

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 50

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormOlivia

125 kt · 144 mph / 232 km/h

Lowest pressureNot recorded

No tropical-stage pressure in the archive

Longest track record15.8 days

Daniel, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind7

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 1982 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 1982 Pacific hurricane season?

The archive records 12 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 23 tropical storms, with 5 major hurricanes reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 1982 Pacific hurricane season?

Olivia, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 125 kt (Category 4) on 21 Sept 1982, 18:00 UTC.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 1982?

None. No storm in the 1982 Pacific hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale in the archive.

When did the 1982 Pacific hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 20 May 1982 and the last on 25 Nov 1982, from 30 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 1982 Pacific hurricane season?

Daniel, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 9 Jul 1982, 18:00 UTC.

METHODOLOGY

Data sources and limitations

The map and totals are generated from NOAA’s IBTrACS v04r01 archive. A storm belongs to this page when the archive lists it in the Eastern Pacific basin for the 1982 season, so a December storm whose track ends in January stays with its season. Storms that cross between basins appear on the page of their archive basin only.

Counts use US-agency one-minute winds during the tropical stage: 34 kt for a tropical storm, 64 kt for hurricane strength and 96 kt for major intensity, on the Saffir–Simpson scale in every basin. Local agencies classify storms differently, and official season summaries can differ from the archive. Accumulated cyclone energy sums squared winds at six-hourly synoptic times, counting observations in the calendar year. Storms with no US-agency wind are mapped but cannot enter the counts.

The map frame is the same for every Eastern Pacific season, so a track that leaves it is cut at the edge. Lines show each storm’s center, not its size, rainfall or flood extent. Coastlines use Natural Earth’s 1:10m land data.

Archive retrieved

NOAA IBTrACS archive · Field documentation

Sources & methodology