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EASTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

2006 Pacific hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 24 storms · 27 May 2006–20 Nov 2006

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY122.7
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2006 Pacific hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 24 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: 27 May–30 May, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 3 Jun–5 Jun, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionBud: 11 Jul–16 Jul, peak 110 kt, Category 3Carlotta: 12 Jul–16 Jul, peak 75 kt, Category 1Daniel: 16 Jul–26 Jul, peak 130 kt, Category 4Emilia: 21 Jul–28 Jul, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormFabio: 31 Jul–3 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormGilma: 1 Aug–3 Aug, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormHector: 15 Aug–23 Aug, peak 95 kt, Category 2Ileana: 21 Aug–27 Aug, peak 105 kt, Category 3John: 28 Aug–4 Sep, peak 115 kt, Category 4Kristy: 30 Aug–8 Sep, peak 70 kt, Category 1Lane: 13 Sep–17 Sep, peak 110 kt, Category 3Unnamed: 19 Sep–20 Sep, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionMiriam: 16 Sep–18 Sep, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 26 Sep–27 Sep, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionUnnamed: 13 Oct–14 Oct, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionNorman: 9 Oct–15 Oct, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormOlivia: 9 Oct–12 Oct, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormPaul: 21 Oct–26 Oct, peak 90 kt, Category 2Unnamed: 26 Oct–27 Oct, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionRosa: 8 Nov–10 Nov, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 11 Nov–11 Nov, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionSergio: 13 Nov–20 Nov, peak 95 kt, Category 2

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2006 Pacific hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Aletta–40Tropical storm1002340
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1005250
Bud–110Cat 39532,080
Carlotta–75Cat 19811,810
Daniel–130Cat 49332,610
Emilia–55Tropical storm9901,920
Fabio–45Tropical storm10001,710
Gilma–35Tropical storm1004590
Hector–95Cat 29661,890
Ileana–105Cat 39551,430
John–115Cat 49481,530
Kristy–70Cat 19851,350
Lane–110Cat 3952780
Miriam–40Tropical storm999570
Unnamed–30Tropical depression10072,160
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1008400
Norman–45Tropical storm10001,250
Olivia–40Tropical storm10001,030
Unnamed–30Tropical depression10071,360
Paul–90Cat 2970950
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1007320
Rosa–35Tropical storm1002260
Unnamed–30Tropical depression100790
Sergio–95Cat 2965630

24 storms with an IBTrACS 2006 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 27 May 2006, last 20 Nov 2006.

Tropical storms18

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

Hurricanes10

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 stormDaniel

130 kt · 150 mph / 241 km/h

Lowest pressure933 hPa

Daniel, 22 Jul 2006

Longest track record11.8 days

Daniel, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2006 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 2006 Pacific hurricane season?

The archive records 10 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 18 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 2006 Pacific hurricane season?

Daniel, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 130 kt (Category 4) on 22 Jul 2006, 00:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 933 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2006?

None. No storm in the 2006 Pacific hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale in the archive.

When did the 2006 Pacific hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 27 May 2006 and the last on 20 Nov 2006, from 24 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 2006 Pacific hurricane season?

Bud, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 11 Jul 2006, 21:00 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 2006 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