All storm pages · 2002 Pacific season
Hurricane Hernan 2002
Category 5 hurricane · Eastern and Central Pacific · August 30 to September 6, 2002
Hernan reached Category 5 with 160 mph winds, one of 24 eastern and central Pacific storms to do so since 1949. It generated 16% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy, more than any other 2002 storm. Its winds climbed 75 mph in the 24 hours to September 1.
Strength over time
- First record (tropical depression) 305 miles south-southwest of Petatlán, Guerrero, Mexico
- Tropical storm 285 miles south-southwest of Petatlán, Guerrero, Mexico
- Hurricane 290 miles south-southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico
- Major hurricane 325 miles southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico
- Peak 400 miles south-southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico; lowest pressure 921 mb
- No longer tropical (low) 685 miles southwest of Vicente Guerrero, Baja California, Mexico
- Last record 685 miles southwest of Vicente Guerrero, Baja California, Mexico
Against every Pacific storm since 1949
In the 2002 season
Storm 12 of 19 in 2002, hurricane 6 of 8; it formed after Genevieve and before Pacific Storm 11 of 2002. Hernan ranks joint second by peak wind in the season. See the season.
Closest to land
Nearest town of 10,000 people or more: Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico, 281 miles from the center on August 30 (tropical storm stage).
Storms within 150 miles of Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico
Also peaked at 160 mph
Of 14 storms from other Pacific seasons, the nearest in time:
- Ioke (2006)900 mb, no landfall record
- Guillermo (1997)919 mb, no landfall record
- Oliwa (1997)no pressure recorded, no landfall record
- Emilia (1994)926 mb, no landfall record