Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · August 10–16, 2000
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Hurricane Hector (2000) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 2000 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on August 10, 2000, 166 mi SW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico, reached its peak of 81 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 983 mb on August 14, 2000, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 6.0 days and travelled about 1,456 miles (2,342 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 17.8°N 106.6°W | 166 mi SW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Aug 11 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1005 mb | 17.7°N 108.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 11 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1003 mb | 17.9°N 109.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 11 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1003 mb | 18.1°N 110.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 11 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1003 mb | 18.3°N 111.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 12 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1002 mb | 18.5°N 112.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 12 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1001 mb | 18.5°N 114.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 12 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 999 mb | 18.4°N 115.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 12 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 18.2°N 115.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 13 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 18.1°N 116.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 13 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 18.2°N 117.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 13 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 993 mb | 18.2°N 117.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 13 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 990 mb | 18.3°N 118.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 14 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 986 mb | 18.4°N 118.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 14 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 985 mb | 18.7°N 118.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 14 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 983 mb | 19.1°N 119.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 14 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 984 mb | 19.5°N 119.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 15 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 987 mb | 20.0°N 120.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 15 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 990 mb | 20.3°N 121.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 15 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 20.3°N 122.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 15 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 998 mb | 20.2°N 123.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 16 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1000 mb | 20.0°N 123.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 16 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1004 mb | 20.0°N 125.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 16 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1005 mb | 20.0°N 126.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 16 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 20.0°N 128.0°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Hector.
At its peak on August 14, 2000, Hector was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 81 mph (130 km/h) and a central pressure of 983 mb.
6.0 days, from August 10, 2000 to August 16, 2000, including 30 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,456 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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