All storm pages · 1982 Pacific season
Hurricane Iwa 1982
Category 1 hurricane · Eastern and Central Pacific · November 19 to November 25, 1982
With a peak of 90 mph, Iwa ranked tied for the eighth-strongest of the 23 storms of the 1982 season. It produced 5% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. Its winds rose 25 mph in the 24 hours to November 23. The name Iwa is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired central and eastern North Pacific names.
Strength over time
- First record (tropical storm) 975 miles south-southwest of Lihue, Hawaii
- Hurricane 500 miles southwest of Lihue, Hawaii
- Peak 260 miles west-southwest of Lihue, Hawaii
- Last record (tropical storm) 505 miles northeast of Wailuku, Hawaii
Against every Pacific storm since 1949
In the 1982 season
Storm 23 of 23 in 1982, hurricane 12 of 12; it formed after Tara. See the season.
Places the center passed
The best-track file has no landfall records for Pacific storms of 1982, so the track itself shows where this storm went. The center came within 50 miles of 1 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.
| Place | Closest | Wind then | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lihue, Hawaii | 42 mi | 90 mph | November 24 |
Also peaked at 90 mph
Of 28 storms from other Pacific seasons, the nearest in time:
- Dora (1981)no pressure recorded, no landfall record
- Gil (1983)no pressure recorded, no landfall record
- Winnie (1983)no pressure recorded, no landfall record
- Marie (1984)no pressure recorded, no landfall record