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Tropical Storm Alma 2008

Tropical storm · Eastern and Central Pacific · May 29 to May 30, 2008

Alma's 65 mph landfall in Nicaragua on May 29, 2008 ranks the 16th-strongest of the 27 storms with a landfall record there. With a peak of 65 mph, it ranked the eighth-strongest of the 19 storms of the 2008 season. It produced 1% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. The name Alma is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired central and eastern North Pacific names.

Track of Alma (2008) from the best-track record, coloured by strength10°N15°N90°W85°WTegucigalpaNicaragua, 65 mphPeak 65 mphFirst recordDepressionTropical storm00 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Alma (2008) over time, in mphTSCat 104080May 30mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 80 miles west-southwest of Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
  2. Tropical storm 80 miles southwest of Rivas, Nicaragua, Nicaragua
  3. Peak 30 miles south of León, Nicaragua; lowest pressure 994 mb
  4. Landfall Nicaragua
  5. Last record (tropical depression) 15 miles east-northeast of Santa Bárbara, Honduras

Against every Pacific storm since 1949

Peak sustained wind65 mph · tied 644th of 1,26225 mph215 mph
Lowest central pressure994 mb · tied 436th of 754872 mb1009 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy0.8 · tied 1014th of 1,1540.185.3
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone1.5 days · tied 1122nd of 1,2620.0 days29.8 days

In the 2008 season

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Storm 1 of 19 in 2008; it formed before Boris. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of at least 8 towns or cities of 10,000 people or more while the system was tropical. Distances are to the interpolated track line, not the storm's edge.

PlaceClosestWind thenDate
Comayagua, Honduras0 mi35 mphMay 30
Choluteca, Honduras1 mi45 mphMay 30
Chinandega, Nicaragua5 mi60 mphMay 29
La Paz, Honduras8 mi35 mphMay 30
León, Nicaragua10 mi65 mphMay 29
Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán, Honduras12 mi35 mphMay 30
Nacaome, Valle, Honduras15 mi40 mphMay 30
Santa Bárbara, Honduras17 mi30 mphMay 30

Every storm within 50 miles of Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán, Honduras

Similar landfalls in Nicaragua

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Nicaragua came closest to Alma's 65 mph:

  • Bonnie (2022, Atlantic)60 mph, July 2, 2022
  • Bonnie (2022, Pacific)60 mph, July 2, 2022
  • Matthew (2010)60 mph, September 24, 2010
  • Storm 12 of 196470 mph, November 7, 1964

All 27 storms with a landfall record in Nicaragua

Also peaked at 65 mph

Of 84 storms from other Pacific seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Lana (2009)995 mb, no landfall record
  • Enrique (2009)994 mb, no landfall record
  • Hilda (2009)995 mb, no landfall record
  • Emilia (2006)990 mb, no landfall record