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Hurricane Ismael 1995

Category 1 hurricane · Eastern and Central Pacific · September 12 to September 15, 1995

Ismael's 80 mph landfall in Sinaloa on September 15, 1995 ranks tied for the fifth-strongest of the 20 storms with a landfall record there. With a peak of 80 mph, it ranked tied for the fifth-strongest of the 11 storms of the 1995 season. It produced 4% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. The name Ismael is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired central and eastern North Pacific names.

Track of Ismael (1995) from the best-track record, coloured by strength15°N20°N25°N30°N120°W115°W110°W105°W100°W95°WCiudad ObregonSinaloa, 80 mphPeak 80 mphFirst recordDepressionTropical stormCategory 100 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Ismael (1995) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 304080120Sep 13Sep 14Sep 15mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 335 miles south-southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico
  2. Tropical storm 310 miles southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico
  3. Hurricane 210 miles west-southwest of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico
  4. Peak 170 miles south-southeast of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico; lowest pressure 983 mb
  5. Landfall Sinaloa
  6. Last record (tropical depression) 40 miles east of Nacozari de García, Sonora, Mexico

Against every Pacific storm since 1949

Peak sustained wind80 mph · tied 516th of 1,26225 mph215 mph
Lowest central pressure983 mb · tied 309th of 754872 mb1009 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy3.5 · tied 616th of 1,1540.185.3
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone3.0 days · tied 878th of 1,2620.0 days29.8 days

In the 1995 season

04080120160Ismael

Storm 10 of 11 in 1995, hurricane 6 of 7; it formed after Henriette and before Juliette. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of 7 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
Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico6 mi75 mphSeptember 15
Navajoa, Sonora, Mexico19 mi65 mphSeptember 15
El Fuerte, Sinaloa, Mexico30 mi70 mphSeptember 15
Huatabampo, Sonora, Mexico31 mi65 mphSeptember 15
Nacozari de García, Sonora, Mexico38 mi35 mphSeptember 15
Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico39 mi80 mphSeptember 15
Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico47 mi60 mphSeptember 15

Every storm within 50 miles of Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico

Similar landfalls in Sinaloa

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Sinaloa came closest to Ismael's 80 mph:

  • Orlene (2022)80 mph, October 3, 2022
  • Pamela (2021)75 mph, October 13, 2021
  • Manuel (2013)75 mph, September 19, 2013
  • Fausto (1996)75 mph, September 14, 1996

All 20 storms with a landfall record in Sinaloa

Also peaked at 80 mph

Of 33 storms from other Pacific seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Javier (1992)985 mb, no landfall record
  • Lester (1992)985 mb, landfall in Baja California Sur
  • Guillermo (1991)983 mb, no landfall record
  • Marty (1991)979 mb, no landfall record