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EASTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

2012 Pacific hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 17 storms · 14 May 2012–3 Nov 2012

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY98.5
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2012 Pacific hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 17 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: 14 May–19 May, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormBud: 20 May–26 May, peak 100 kt, Category 3Carlotta: 14 Jun–16 Jun, peak 95 kt, Category 2Daniel: 4 Jul–12 Jul, peak 100 kt, Category 3Emilia: 7 Jul–15 Jul, peak 120 kt, Category 4Fabio: 12 Jul–18 Jul, peak 95 kt, Category 2Gilma: 7 Aug–11 Aug, peak 70 kt, Category 1Hector: 11 Aug–16 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormIleana: 27 Aug–2 Sep, peak 75 kt, Category 1John: 2 Sep–4 Sep, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormKristy: 12 Sep–17 Sep, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormLane: 15 Sep–19 Sep, peak 75 kt, Category 1Miriam: 22 Sep–27 Sep, peak 105 kt, Category 3Norman: 28 Sep–29 Sep, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormOlivia: 6 Oct–8 Oct, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormPaul: 13 Oct–17 Oct, peak 105 kt, Category 3Rosa: 30 Oct–3 Nov, peak 45 kt, Tropical storm

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2012 Pacific hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Aletta–45Tropical storm1000910
Bud–100Cat 39611,100
Carlotta–95Cat 2973780
Daniel–100Cat 39613,050
Emilia–120Cat 49453,270
Fabio–95Cat 29661,940
Gilma–70Cat 19841,230
Hector–45Tropical storm9951,040
Ileana–75Cat 19782,340
John–40Tropical storm10001,000
Kristy–50Tropical storm9981,430
Lane–75Cat 1985820
Miriam–105Cat 39591,390
Norman–45Tropical storm997400
Olivia–50Tropical storm997620
Paul–105Cat 39591,120
Rosa–45Tropical storm1001520

17 storms with an IBTrACS 2012 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 14 May 2012, last 3 Nov 2012.

Tropical storms17

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 stormEmilia

120 kt · 138 mph / 222 km/h

Lowest pressure945 hPa

Emilia, 10 Jul 2012

Longest track record11.5 days

Ileana, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2012 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 2012 Pacific hurricane season?

The archive records 10 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 17 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 2012 Pacific hurricane season?

Emilia, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 120 kt (Category 4) on 10 Jul 2012, 06:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 945 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2012?

None. No storm in the 2012 Pacific hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale in the archive.

When did the 2012 Pacific hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 14 May 2012 and the last on 3 Nov 2012, from 17 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 2012 Pacific hurricane season?

Bud, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 23 May 2012, 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 2012 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