The 2002 hurricane season

Every storm track on one map · Atlantic & Pacific · 33 systems

Atlantic storms
12
4 hurricanes · 2 major
Atlantic ACE
67
1991–2020 avg ≈ 123
Strongest
144 mph
Lili
Landfalling
9
Atlantic storms
Pacific storms
15
8 hurricanes · 6 major
Pacific strongest
167 mph
Kenna

TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · hover a track to highlight it, click to open the storm’s own page with an animated replay.

01 · Summary

How the 2002 season went

The 2002 Atlantic season produced 12 tropical storms, 4 hurricanes and 2 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 67. The strongest was Hurricane Lili at 144 mph / 938 mb. 9 storms made landfall.

The 2002 Eastern Pacific season (Eastern and Central Pacific) produced 15 tropical storms, 8 hurricanes and 6 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 125. The strongest was Hurricane Kenna at 167 mph / 913 mb. 2 storms made landfall.

02 · Timeline

Storm by storm, month by month

MAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVHurricane Alma — May 24 – June 1, 2002Alma Cat 3Tropical Storm Boris — June 8–12, 2002Boris TSUnnamed storm #3 — June 27–29, 2002Unnamed storm #3 TDTropical Storm Cristina — July 9–16, 2002Cristina TSTropical Storm Arthur — July 14–19, 2002Arthur TSHurricane Douglas — July 20–27, 2002Douglas Cat 2Hurricane Elida — July 23–31, 2002Elida Cat 5Tropical Storm Bertha — August 4–9, 2002Bertha TSTropical Storm Cristobal — August 5–8, 2002Cristobal TSUnnamed storm #7 — August 6–8, 2002Unnamed storm #7 TDHurricane Fausto — August 21 – September 3, 2002Fausto Cat 4Tropical Storm Alika — August 21–28, 2002Alika TSHurricane Ele — August 25–30, 2002Ele Cat 3Tropical Storm Genevieve — August 26 – September 1, 2002Genevieve TSTropical Storm Dolly — August 29 – September 4, 2002Dolly TSHurricane Hernan — August 30 – September 6, 2002Hernan Cat 5Tropical Storm Edouard — September 1–6, 2002Edouard TSTropical Storm Fay — September 5–11, 2002Fay TSUnnamed storm #11 — September 5–10, 2002Unnamed storm #11 TDUnnamed storm #7 — September 7–8, 2002Unnamed storm #7 TDHurricane Gustav — September 8–15, 2002Gustav Cat 2Tropical Storm Hanna — September 12–15, 2002Hanna TSHurricane Isidore — September 14–27, 2002Isidore Cat 3Tropical Storm Iselle — September 15–20, 2002Iselle TSTropical Storm Josephine — September 17–19, 2002Josephine TSHurricane Kyle — September 20 – October 12, 2002Kyle Cat 1Hurricane Lili — September 21 – October 4, 2002Lili Cat 4Tropical Storm Julio — September 25–26, 2002Julio TSUnnamed storm #14 — October 14–16, 2002Unnamed storm #14 TDHurricane Kenna — October 22–26, 2002Kenna Cat 5Tropical Storm Lowell — October 22–31, 2002Lowell TSHurricane Huko — October 23 – November 3, 2002Huko Cat 1Unnamed storm #16 — November 14–16, 2002Unnamed storm #16 TD

Each bar is one storm’s life, colored by its strength at that moment (faded = post-tropical). Click a bar to open the storm.

03 · Atlantic

Atlantic storms of 2002

StormDatesPeakPressureLandfallACE
Tropical Storm ArthurJul 14 – Jul 19TS 58 mph992 mb—1.5
Tropical Storm BerthaAug 4 – Aug 9TS 40 mph1007 mbLouisiana, Texas0.2
Tropical Storm CristobalAug 5 – Aug 8TS 52 mph999 mb—1.6
Tropical Storm DollyAug 29 – Sep 4TS 58 mph997 mb—3.9
Tropical Storm EdouardSep 1 – Sep 6TS 63 mph1002 mbFlorida1.8
Tropical Storm FaySep 5 – Sep 11TS 58 mph998 mbTexas1.3
Unnamed storm #7Sep 7 – Sep 8TD 35 mph1013 mb—0.0
Hurricane GustavSep 8 – Sep 15Cat 2 98 mph960 mbNova Scotia, Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada4.8
Tropical Storm HannaSep 12 – Sep 15TS 58 mph1001 mbMississippi1.8
Hurricane IsidoreSep 14 – Sep 27Cat 3 127 mph934 mbYucatán, Mexico, Pinar del Río, Cuba, Louisiana17.8
Tropical Storm JosephineSep 17 – Sep 19TS 58 mph1004 mb—0.6
Hurricane KyleSep 20 – Oct 12Cat 1 86 mph980 mbSouth Carolina15.5
Hurricane LiliSep 21 – Oct 4Cat 4 144 mph938 mbIsla de la Juventud, Cuba, Pinar del Río, Cuba, Louisiana16.5
Unnamed storm #14Oct 14 – Oct 16TD 35 mph1002 mbyes0.0

04 · Pacific

Eastern & Central Pacific storms of 2002

StormDatesPeakPressureLandfallACE
Hurricane AlmaMay 24 – Jun 1Cat 3 115 mph960 mb—10.3
Tropical Storm BorisJun 8 – Jun 12TS 58 mph997 mb—1.4
Unnamed storm #3Jun 27 – Jun 29TD 35 mph1006 mb—0.0
Tropical Storm CristinaJul 9 – Jul 16TS 63 mph994 mb—2.5
Hurricane DouglasJul 20 – Jul 27Cat 2 104 mph970 mb—9.3
Hurricane ElidaJul 23 – Jul 31Cat 5 161 mph921 mb—18.1
Unnamed storm #7Aug 6 – Aug 8TD 35 mph1008 mb—0.0
Hurricane FaustoAug 21 – Sep 3Cat 4 144 mph936 mb—17.4
Tropical Storm AlikaAug 21 – Aug 28TS 63 mph995 mb—2.0
Hurricane EleAug 25 – Aug 30Cat 3 127 mph945 mb—7.2
Tropical Storm GenevieveAug 26 – Sep 1TS 69 mph989 mb—3.6
Hurricane HernanAug 30 – Sep 6Cat 5 161 mph921 mb—20.0
Unnamed storm #11Sep 5 – Sep 10TD 35 mph1006 mb—0.0
Tropical Storm IselleSep 15 – Sep 20TS 69 mph990 mb—3.2
Tropical Storm JulioSep 25 – Sep 26TS 46 mph1000 mbMichoacán, Mexico0.6
Hurricane KennaOct 22 – Oct 26Cat 5 167 mph913 mbNayarit, Mexico14.2
Tropical Storm LowellOct 22 – Oct 31TS 52 mph1002 mb—2.0
Hurricane HukoOct 23 – Nov 3Cat 1 86 mph980 mb—12.9
Unnamed storm #16Nov 14 – Nov 16TD 35 mph1006 mb—0.0
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