Track map & timeline · Central Pacific · August 17 – September 6, 2006
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. During the replay the shaded rings show the storm’s wind field as analysed by NHC — 39+, 58+ and 74+ mph winds, quadrant by quadrant. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Hurricane Ioke (2006) was a Category 5 hurricane of the 2006 Central Pacific season. It formed on August 17, 2006, reached its peak of 161 mph (259 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 900 mb on August 25, 2006, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 63 mph in 24 hours (to 115 mph on August 21, 2006). The storm lasted 20.5 days and travelled about 6,253 miles (10,061 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17 00:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 10.3°N 147.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 17 06:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 10.3°N 148.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 17 12:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 10.3°N 149.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 17 18:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 10.3°N 150.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 18 00:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 10.3°N 151.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 18 06:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 10.3°N 152.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 18 12:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 10.3°N 153.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 18 18:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 10.3°N 154.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 19 00:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 10.3°N 155.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 19 06:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 10.3°N 156.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 19 12:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 10.3°N 157.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 19 18:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 10.3°N 157.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 20 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1012 mb | 10.4°N 158.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 20 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1012 mb | 10.5°N 159.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 20 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1007 mb | 10.7°N 160.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 20 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1005 mb | 11.0°N 161.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 21 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 995 mb | 11.2°N 163.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 21 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 990 mb | 11.5°N 164.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 21 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 985 mb | 12.0°N 165.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 21 18:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 960 mb | 12.7°N 166.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 00:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 945 mb | 13.5°N 167.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 06:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 945 mb | 14.5°N 167.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 12:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 945 mb | 15.2°N 168.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 964 mb | 15.8°N 169.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 971 mb | 16.4°N 169.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 971 mb | 16.9°N 170.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 971 mb | 17.3°N 170.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 23 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 971 mb | 17.6°N 170.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 971 mb | 18.1°N 171.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 06:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 960 mb | 18.5°N 172.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 12:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 945 mb | 18.6°N 172.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 24 18:00 | Cat 4 | 144 mph | 935 mb | 18.8°N 172.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 00:00 | Cat 4 | 144 mph | 935 mb | 19.0°N 173.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 06:00 | Cat 5 | 161 mph | 920 mb | 19.1°N 174.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 12:00 | Cat 5 | 161 mph | 920 mb | 19.2°N 174.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 25 18:00 | Cat 5 | 161 mph | 920 mb | 19.2°N 175.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 00:00 | Cat 4 | 150 mph | 935 mb | 19.3°N 175.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 06:00 | Cat 4 | 150 mph | 935 mb | 19.1°N 176.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 12:00 | Cat 5 | 161 mph | 920 mb | 18.8°N 177.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 18:00 | Cat 5 | 161 mph | 920 mb | 18.3°N 178.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 00:00 | Cat 5 | 161 mph | 920 mb | 17.9°N 178.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 06:00 | Cat 5 | 161 mph | 900 mb | 17.6°N 179.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 12:00 | Cat 5 | 161 mph | 900 mb | 17.2°N 179.3°E | open ocean |
| Aug 27 18:00 | Cat 5 | 161 mph | 900 mb | 16.8°N 178.4°E | open ocean |
| Aug 28 00:00 | Cat 4 | 155 mph | 900 mb | 16.6°N 177.6°E | open ocean |
| Aug 28 06:00 | Cat 4 | 150 mph | 910 mb | 16.3°N 176.7°E | open ocean |
| Aug 28 12:00 | Cat 4 | 150 mph | 910 mb | 16.2°N 175.8°E | open ocean |
| Aug 28 18:00 | Cat 4 | 150 mph | 910 mb | 16.1°N 175.0°E | open ocean |
| Aug 29 00:00 | Cat 4 | 150 mph | 910 mb | 16.0°N 174.2°E | open ocean |
| Aug 29 06:00 | Cat 4 | 155 mph | 910 mb | 16.2°N 173.4°E | open ocean |
| Aug 29 12:00 | Cat 4 | 150 mph | 910 mb | 16.2°N 172.6°E | open ocean |
| Aug 29 18:00 | Cat 5 | 161 mph | 910 mb | 16.4°N 171.9°E | open ocean |
| Aug 30 00:00 | Cat 5 | 161 mph | 910 mb | 16.7°N 171.1°E | open ocean |
| Aug 30 06:00 | Cat 5 | 161 mph | 910 mb | 17.1°N 170.4°E | open ocean |
| Aug 30 12:00 | Cat 4 | 155 mph | 910 mb | 17.5°N 169.7°E | open ocean |
| Aug 30 18:00 | Cat 4 | 155 mph | 910 mb | 18.0°N 169.1°E | open ocean |
| Aug 31 00:00 | Cat 4 | 155 mph | 910 mb | 18.6°N 168.2°E | open ocean |
| Aug 31 06:00 | Cat 4 | 155 mph | 910 mb | 19.3°N 167.3°E | open ocean |
| Aug 31 12:00 | Cat 4 | 155 mph | 910 mb | 19.7°N 166.2°E | open ocean |
| Aug 31 18:00 | Cat 4 | 155 mph | 910 mb | 20.2°N 165.3°E | open ocean |
| Sep 1 00:00 | Cat 4 | 150 mph | 910 mb | 20.7°N 164.4°E | open ocean |
| Sep 1 06:00 | Cat 4 | 150 mph | 910 mb | 21.2°N 163.5°E | open ocean |
| Sep 1 12:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 927 mb | 21.8°N 162.2°E | open ocean |
| Sep 1 18:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 927 mb | 22.3°N 160.7°E | open ocean |
| Sep 2 00:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | 927 mb | 23.0°N 159.3°E | open ocean |
| Sep 2 06:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 927 mb | 23.5°N 157.8°E | open ocean |
| Sep 2 12:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 927 mb | 24.0°N 156.2°E | open ocean |
| Sep 2 18:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | 927 mb | 24.5°N 154.8°E | open ocean |
| Sep 3 00:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 927 mb | 25.1°N 153.5°E | open ocean |
| Sep 3 06:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | 927 mb | 25.7°N 152.5°E | open ocean |
| Sep 3 12:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 927 mb | 26.5°N 151.7°E | open ocean |
| Sep 3 18:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | 927 mb | 27.5°N 150.8°E | open ocean |
| Sep 4 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 958 mb | 28.5°N 149.9°E | open ocean |
| Sep 4 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 972 mb | 29.6°N 148.9°E | open ocean |
| Sep 4 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 976 mb | 30.9°N 148.0°E | open ocean |
| Sep 4 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 976 mb | 32.5°N 147.5°E | open ocean |
| Sep 5 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 980 mb | 34.0°N 146.9°E | open ocean |
| Sep 5 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 980 mb | 35.7°N 147.4°E | open ocean |
| Sep 5 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 980 mb | 37.5°N 148.8°E | open ocean |
| Sep 5 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 980 mb | 39.7°N 150.8°E | open ocean |
| Sep 6 00:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | 980 mb | 42.2°N 153.3°E | open ocean |
| Sep 6 06:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | 980 mb | 45.0°N 156.7°E | open ocean |
| Sep 6 12:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | 980 mb | 47.6°N 161.2°E | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Ioke.
At its peak on August 25, 2006, Ioke was a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 161 mph (259 km/h) and a central pressure of 900 mb.
20.5 days, from August 17, 2006 to September 6, 2006, including 360 hours at hurricane strength (270 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 6,253 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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