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EASTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

2013 Pacific hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 18 storms · 15 May 2013–4 Nov 2013

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY72.9
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2013 Pacific hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 18 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 BengalAlvin: 15 May–17 May, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormBarbara: 28 May–30 May, peak 70 kt, Category 1Cosme: 23 Jun–27 Jun, peak 75 kt, Category 1Dalila: 29 Jun–7 Jul, peak 70 kt, Category 1Erick: 4 Jul–9 Jul, peak 70 kt, Category 1Flossie: 25 Jul–30 Jul, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormGil: 30 Jul–6 Aug, peak 75 kt, Category 1Henriette: 3 Aug–11 Aug, peak 90 kt, Category 2Ivo: 22 Aug–25 Aug, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormJuliette: 28 Aug–29 Aug, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormKiko: 30 Aug–2 Sep, peak 65 kt, Category 1Lorena: 5 Sep–7 Sep, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormManuel: 13 Sep–19 Sep, peak 65 kt, Category 1Narda: 6 Oct–10 Oct, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormOctave: 12 Oct–15 Oct, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormPriscilla: 14 Oct–16 Oct, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormRaymond: 20 Oct–30 Oct, peak 110 kt, Category 3Sonia: 1 Nov–4 Nov, peak 40 kt, Tropical storm

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2013 Pacific hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Alvin–50Tropical storm1000910
Barbara–70Cat 1983350
Cosme–75Cat 19802,160
Dalila–70Cat 19841,200
Erick–70Cat 19831,120
Flossie–60Tropical storm9942,210
Gil–75Cat 19851,800
Henriette–90Cat 29762,620
Ivo–40Tropical storm9971,190
Juliette–55Tropical storm997800
Kiko–65Cat 1989590
Lorena–45Tropical storm1002670
Manuel–65Cat 1983790
Narda–55Tropical storm997970
Octave–55Tropical storm994950
Priscilla–40Tropical storm1001880
Raymond–110Cat 39511,710
Sonia–40Tropical storm1002620

18 storms with an IBTrACS 2013 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 15 May 2013, last 4 Nov 2013.

Tropical storms18

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

Hurricanes9

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)1

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 50

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormRaymond

110 kt · 127 mph / 204 km/h

Lowest pressure951 hPa

Raymond, 21 Oct 2013

Longest track record12.3 days

Raymond, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2013 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 2013 Pacific hurricane season?

The archive records 9 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 18 tropical storms, with 1 major hurricane reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 2013 Pacific hurricane season?

Raymond, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 110 kt (Category 3) on 21 Oct 2013, 18:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 951 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2013?

None. No storm in the 2013 Pacific hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale in the archive.

When did the 2013 Pacific hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 15 May 2013 and the last on 4 Nov 2013, from 18 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 2013 Pacific hurricane season?

Barbara, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 29 May 2013, 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 2013 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