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EASTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

2016 Pacific hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 22 storms · 7 Jan 2016–14 Nov 2016

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY183.6
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2016 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 BengalPali: 7 Jan–14 Jan, peak 85 kt, Category 2Unnamed: 6 Jun–7 Jun, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionAgatha: 2 Jul–5 Jul, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormBlas: 2 Jul–10 Jul, peak 120 kt, Category 4Celia: 6 Jul–15 Jul, peak 85 kt, Category 2Darby: 11 Jul–25 Jul, peak 105 kt, Category 3Estelle: 15 Jul–21 Jul, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormGeorgette: 21 Jul–27 Jul, peak 115 kt, Category 4Frank: 21 Jul–28 Jul, peak 75 kt, Category 1Howard: 31 Jul–3 Aug, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormIvette: 3 Aug–8 Aug, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormJavier: 7 Aug–9 Aug, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormKay: 18 Aug–23 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormLester: 24 Aug–7 Sep, peak 125 kt, Category 4Madeline: 26 Aug–2 Sep, peak 115 kt, Category 4Newton: 4 Sep–7 Sep, peak 80 kt, Category 1Orlene: 11 Sep–16 Sep, peak 95 kt, Category 2Paine: 18 Sep–20 Sep, peak 80 kt, Category 1Ulika: 26 Sep–30 Sep, peak 65 kt, Category 1Roslyn: 25 Sep–29 Sep, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormSeymour: 23 Oct–28 Oct, peak 130 kt, Category 4Tina: 13 Nov–14 Nov, peak 35 kt, Tropical storm

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2016 Pacific hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Pali–85Cat 29781,040
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1006340
Agatha–45Tropical storm10021,680
Blas–120Cat 49472,150
Celia–85Cat 29723,860
Darby–105Cat 39583,500
Estelle–60Tropical storm9902,230
Georgette–115Cat 49521,860
Frank–75Cat 19791,680
Howard–50Tropical storm9982,150
Ivette–50Tropical storm10002,160
Javier–55Tropical storm997770
Kay–45Tropical storm10001,650
Lester–125Cat 49444,190
Madeline–115Cat 49502,070
Newton–80Cat 19771,230
Orlene–95Cat 29671,180
Paine–80Cat 1979990
Roslyn–45Tropical storm999740
Ulika–65Cat 19921,580
Seymour–130Cat 49401,910
Tina–35Tropical storm1004500

22 storms with an IBTrACS 2016 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 7 Jan 2016, last 14 Nov 2016.

Tropical storms21

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

Hurricanes13

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)6

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 50

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormSeymour

130 kt · 150 mph / 241 km/h

Lowest pressure940 hPa

Seymour, 26 Oct 2016

Longest track record15.5 days

Celia, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2016 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 2016 Pacific hurricane season?

The archive records 13 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 21 tropical storms, with 6 major hurricanes reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 2016 Pacific hurricane season?

Seymour, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 130 kt (Category 4) on 26 Oct 2016, 00:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 940 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2016?

None. No storm in the 2016 Pacific hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale in the archive.

When did the 2016 Pacific hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 7 Jan 2016 and the last on 14 Nov 2016, from 22 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 2016 Pacific hurricane season?

Pali, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 11 Jan 2016, 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 2016 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