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Hurricane Ioke 2006

Category 5 hurricane · Eastern and Central Pacific · August 20 to September 5, 2006

Ioke's central pressure fell to 900 mb, the second-lowest among the 754 eastern and central Pacific storms with a recorded pressure. It produced 85.3 units of accumulated cyclone energy (ACE), the most of any eastern and central Pacific storm since 1949. Its hurricane-force winds extended 115 miles from the center, the widest hurricane-force field of the 201 eastern and central Pacific hurricanes measured this way since 2004. The name Ioke is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired central and eastern North Pacific names.

Track of Ioke (2006) from the best-track record, coloured by strength10°N20°N30°N40°N150°E160°E170°E180°W170°W160°W150°WPeak 160 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 4Category 500 and 12 UTC

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Ioke (2006) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160200Aug 18Aug 22Aug 26Aug 30Sep 3mph
  1. First record (disturbance) 805 miles southeast of Hilo, Hawaii
  2. Tropical storm 710 miles south-southwest of Hilo, Hawaii
  3. Hurricane 785 miles south-southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii
  4. Major hurricane 775 miles southwest of Lihue, Hawaii
  5. Peak 980 miles west of Lihue, Hawaii
  6. No longer tropical (extratropical low) far out at sea, at 42.2°N, 153.3°E
  7. Last record far out at sea, at 47.6°N, 161.2°E

Against every Pacific storm since 1949

Peak sustained wind160 mph · tied 9th of 1,26225 mph215 mph
Lowest central pressure900 mb · 2nd of 754872 mb1009 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy85.3 · 1st of 1,1540.185.3
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone16.8 days · 15th of 1,2620.0 days29.8 days

More from the record

It held major-hurricane strength (Category 3 or higher) for 270 hours, the longest spell among eastern and central Pacific hurricanes.

Its best track runs 6,252 miles from first to last position, the fifth-longest path in the eastern and central Pacific database.

It was still a hurricane at 32.5°N, the tenth-farthest north reach of hurricane strength among 603 eastern and central Pacific hurricanes.

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

No other storm of the 2006 eastern and central Pacific season matched its 160 mph peak; the season had 25 storms.

Its winds climbed 65 mph in the 24 hours to August 21.

In the 2006 season

04080120160200Ioke

Storm 10 of 25 in 2006, hurricane 5 of 11; it formed after Hector and before Ileana. See the season.

Closest to land

Nearest town of 10,000 people or more: Hilo, Hawaii, 681 miles from the center on August 20 (depression stage).

Storms within 150 miles of Hilo, Hawaii

Also peaked at 160 mph

Of 15 storms from other Pacific seasons, the nearest in time: