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EASTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

1994 Pacific hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 21 storms · 18 Jun 1994–26 Oct 1994

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY126.8
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1994 Pacific hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 21 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: 18 Jun–23 Jun, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormBud: 27 Jun–29 Jun, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormCarlotta: 28 Jun–5 Jul, peak 90 kt, Category 2Daniel: 8 Jul–14 Jul, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormEmilia: 16 Jul–25 Jul, peak 140 kt, Category 5Fabio: 19 Jul–24 Jul, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormGilma: 21 Jul–31 Jul, peak 140 kt, Category 5Hector: 7 Aug–9 Aug, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 9 Aug–14 Aug, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionIleana: 10 Aug–14 Aug, peak 65 kt, Category 1Unnamed: 12 Aug–15 Aug, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionKristy: 28 Aug–5 Sep, peak 90 kt, Category 2Lane: 3 Sep–10 Sep, peak 115 kt, Category 4Mele: 6 Sep–9 Sep, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormLane: 6 Sep–6 Sep, peak 25 kt, Tropical depressionMiriam: 15 Sep–21 Sep, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormNorman: 19 Sep–22 Sep, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormOlivia: 22 Sep–29 Sep, peak 130 kt, Category 4Paul: 24 Sep–30 Sep, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormRosa: 8 Oct–15 Oct, peak 90 kt, Category 2Nona: 21 Oct–26 Oct, peak 35 kt, Tropical storm

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 1994 Pacific hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Aletta–45Tropical storm9991,130
Bud–40Tropical storm1003660
Carlotta–90Cat 29671,690
Daniel–55Tropical storm9931,940
Emilia–140Cat 59262,260
Fabio–40Tropical storm10021,670
Gilma–140Cat 59203,310
Hector–55Tropical storm993630
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—1,150
Ileana–65Cat 19861,260
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—870
Kristy–90Cat 29922,360
Lane–115Cat 49481,980
Mele–35Tropical storm—980
Lane–25Tropical depression1010240
Miriam–40Tropical storm10021,410
Norman–35Tropical storm1004620
Olivia–130Cat 49231,340
Paul–40Tropical storm1003630
Rosa–90Cat 29741,070
Nona–35Tropical storm—860

21 storms with an IBTrACS 1994 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 18 Jun 1994, last 26 Oct 1994.

Tropical storms18

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

Hurricanes8

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)4

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 52

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormEmilia

140 kt · 161 mph / 259 km/h

Lowest pressure920 hPa

Gilma, 24 Jul 1994

Longest track record9.8 days

Gilma, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 1994 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 1994 Pacific hurricane season?

The archive records 8 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 18 tropical storms, with 4 major hurricanes reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 1994 Pacific hurricane season?

Emilia, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 140 kt (Category 5) on 19 Jul 1994, 18:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 926 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 1994?

2 storms in the 1994 Pacific hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Emilia, Gilma.

When did the 1994 Pacific hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 18 Jun 1994 and the last on 26 Oct 1994, from 21 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 1994 Pacific hurricane season?

Carlotta, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 29 Jun 1994, 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 1994 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