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EASTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

2014 Pacific hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 22 storms · 22 May 2014–5 Nov 2014

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY198.4
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2014 Pacific hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 22 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 BengalAmanda: 22 May–29 May, peak 135 kt, Category 4Boris: 2 Jun–4 Jun, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormCristina: 9 Jun–15 Jun, peak 130 kt, Category 4Douglas: 28 Jun–5 Jul, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormElida: 30 Jun–2 Jul, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormFausto: 7 Jul–9 Jul, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormWali: 17 Jul–18 Jul, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormHernan: 26 Jul–29 Jul, peak 65 kt, Category 1Iselle: 31 Jul–9 Aug, peak 120 kt, Category 4Julio: 4 Aug–15 Aug, peak 105 kt, Category 3Karina: 13 Aug–26 Aug, peak 75 kt, Category 1Lowell: 17 Aug–24 Aug, peak 65 kt, Category 1Marie: 22 Aug–28 Aug, peak 140 kt, Category 5Norbert: 2 Sep–7 Sep, peak 110 kt, Category 3Odile: 10 Sep–18 Sep, peak 120 kt, Category 4Unnamed: 11 Sep–15 Sep, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionPolo: 16 Sep–22 Sep, peak 65 kt, Category 1Rachel: 24 Sep–30 Sep, peak 75 kt, Category 1Simon: 1 Oct–7 Oct, peak 115 kt, Category 4Ana: 13 Oct–26 Oct, peak 75 kt, Category 1Trudy: 17 Oct–19 Oct, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormVance: 30 Oct–5 Nov, peak 95 kt, Category 2

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2014 Pacific hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Amanda–135Cat 4932700
Boris–40Tropical storm998280
Cristina–130Cat 49351,220
Douglas–45Tropical storm9991,470
Elida–45Tropical storm1002210
Fausto–40Tropical storm1004860
Wali–40Tropical storm10031,100
Hernan–65Cat 19921,440
Iselle–120Cat 49472,860
Julio–105Cat 39603,690
Karina–75Cat 19832,960
Lowell–65Cat 19801,940
Marie–140Cat 59182,700
Norbert–110Cat 39501,240
Odile–120Cat 49181,450
Unnamed–30Tropical depression10051,290
Polo–65Cat 19791,820
Rachel–75Cat 19801,230
Simon–115Cat 49461,620
Ana–75Cat 19854,160
Trudy–55Tropical storm998220
Vance–95Cat 29641,360

22 storms with an IBTrACS 2014 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 22 May 2014, last 5 Nov 2014.

Tropical storms21

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

Hurricanes15

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)8

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 51

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormMarie

140 kt · 161 mph / 259 km/h

Lowest pressure918 hPa

Marie, 24 Aug 2014

Longest track record16.3 days

Julio, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2014 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 2014 Pacific hurricane season?

The archive records 15 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 21 tropical storms, with 8 major hurricanes reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 2014 Pacific hurricane season?

Marie, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 140 kt (Category 5) on 24 Aug 2014, 18:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 918 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2014?

1 storm in the 2014 Pacific hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Marie.

When did the 2014 Pacific hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 22 May 2014 and the last on 5 Nov 2014, from 22 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 2014 Pacific hurricane season?

Amanda, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 24 May 2014, 12:00 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 2014 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