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Hurricane Isis 2004

Category 1 hurricane · Eastern and Central Pacific · September 8 to September 16, 2004

With a peak of 75 mph, Isis ranked the sixth-strongest of the 17 storms of the 2004 season. It produced 7% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. Its winds rose 35 mph in the 24 hours to September 15. The name Isis is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired central and eastern North Pacific names.

Track of Isis (2004) from the best-track record, coloured by strength15°N20°N140°W135°W130°W125°W120°W115°W110°WPeak 75 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 100 and 12 UTC

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Isis (2004) over time, in mphTSCat 104080Sep 9Sep 11Sep 13Sep 15Sep 17Sep 19Sep 21mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 460 miles southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico
  2. Tropical storm 495 miles west-southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico
  3. Hurricane far out at sea, at 17.8°N, 131.8°W
  4. Peak far out at sea, at 17.8°N, 131.8°W; lowest pressure 987 mb
  5. No longer tropical (low) far out at sea, at 18.0°N, 132.3°W
  6. Last record 1,025 miles east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii

Against every Pacific storm since 1949

Peak sustained wind75 mph · tied 551st of 1,26225 mph215 mph
Lowest central pressure987 mb · tied 349th of 754872 mb1009 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy4.9 · 527th of 1,1540.185.3
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone8.2 days · tied 211th of 1,2620.0 days29.8 days

In the 2004 season

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Storm 13 of 17 in 2004, hurricane 6 of 6; it formed after Howard and before Javier. See the season.

Closest to land

Nearest town of 10,000 people or more: Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 441 miles from the center on September 9 (tropical storm stage).

Also peaked at 75 mph

Of 52 storms from other Pacific seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Linda (2003)987 mb, no landfall record
  • Olaf (2003)987 mb, landfall in Jalisco
  • Dalila (2001)987 mb, no landfall record
  • Kiko (2001)990 mb, no landfall record