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Hurricane Genevieve 2014

Category 5 hurricane · Eastern and Central Pacific · July 25 to August 13, 2014

Genevieve's central pressure fell to 918 mb, tied for the seventh-lowest among the 754 eastern and central Pacific storms with a recorded pressure. Within 24 hours ending August 7, its winds rose by 85 mph (75 knots), tied for the sixth-largest one-day gain in the eastern and central Pacific record. Its hurricane-force winds extended 63 miles from the center, tied for the sixth-widest hurricane-force field of the 201 eastern and central Pacific hurricanes measured this way since 2004.

Track of Genevieve (2014) from the best-track record, coloured by strength10°N20°N30°N170°E180°W170°W160°W150°W140°W130°WPeak 160 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 4Category 500 and 12 UTC

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Genevieve (2014) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160200Jul 23Jul 27Jul 31Aug 4Aug 8Aug 12mph
  1. First record (low) 1,150 miles southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico
  2. Tropical storm far out at sea, at 12.2°N, 134.0°W
  3. Hurricane far out at sea, at 12.5°N, 176.3°W
  4. Major hurricane far out at sea, at 13.9°N, 179.2°W
  5. Peak far out at sea, at 15.1°N, 178.7°E
  6. Last record (subtropical depression) far out at sea, at 36.8°N, 164.8°E

Against every Pacific storm since 1949

Peak sustained wind160 mph · tied 9th of 1,26225 mph215 mph
Lowest central pressure918 mb · tied 7th of 754872 mb1009 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy25.4 · 58th of 1,1540.185.3
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone19.2 days · tied 9th of 1,2620.0 days29.8 days

More from the record

It lasted 19.25 days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone, tied for the ninth-longest lifespan of the 1,262 eastern and central Pacific storms.

Its best track runs 6,123 miles from first to last position, the sixth-longest path in the eastern and central Pacific database.

It reached Category 5 with 160 mph winds, one of 24 eastern and central Pacific storms to do so since 1949.

It generated 11% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy, more than any other 2014 storm.

In the 2014 season

04080120160200Genevieve

Storm 8 of 23 in 2014, hurricane 6 of 16; it formed after Wali and before Hernan. Genevieve ranks joint first by peak wind in the season. See the season.

Closest to land

Nearest town of 10,000 people or more: Hilo, Hawaii, 531 miles from the center on August 2 (depression stage).

Storms within 150 miles of Hilo, Hawaii

Also peaked at 160 mph

Of 14 storms from other Pacific seasons, the nearest in time: