Track map & timeline · Central Pacific · November 19–25, 1982
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 Iwa (1982) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1982 Central Pacific season. It formed on November 19, 1982, reached its peak of 92 mph (148 km/h) on November 23, 1982, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 5.5 days and travelled about 1,720 miles (2,767 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 9.7°N 166.6°W | open ocean |
| Nov 19 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 9.7°N 166.6°W | open ocean |
| Nov 20 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 10.9°N 166.8°W | open ocean |
| Nov 20 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 10.8°N 166.6°W | open ocean |
| Nov 20 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 11.4°N 166.5°W | open ocean |
| Nov 20 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 12.1°N 165.6°W | open ocean |
| Nov 21 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 12.7°N 164.5°W | open ocean |
| Nov 21 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 12.9°N 164.0°W | open ocean |
| Nov 21 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 13.3°N 163.8°W | open ocean |
| Nov 21 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 13.6°N 163.6°W | open ocean |
| Nov 22 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 14.0°N 163.6°W | open ocean |
| Nov 22 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 14.4°N 163.5°W | open ocean |
| Nov 22 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 14.5°N 163.6°W | open ocean |
| Nov 22 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 15.0°N 163.7°W | open ocean |
| Nov 23 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 16.2°N 164.0°W | open ocean |
| Nov 23 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.6°N 164.2°W | open ocean |
| Nov 23 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.7°N 163.8°W | open ocean |
| Nov 23 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 20.1°N 162.9°W | open ocean |
| Nov 24 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 21.5°N 161.4°W | 139 mi WSW of Kapa‘a, Hawaii |
| Nov 24 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 23.3°N 158.4°W | 103 mi NE of Kapa‘a, Hawaii |
| Nov 24 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 24.5°N 156.0°W | open ocean |
| Nov 24 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 25.5°N 153.9°W | open ocean |
| Nov 25 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 26.7°N 151.7°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Iwa.
At its peak on November 23, 1982, Iwa was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 92 mph (148 km/h).
5.5 days, from November 19, 1982 to November 25, 1982, including 42 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,720 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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