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Hurricane Javier 2004

Category 4 hurricane · Eastern and Central Pacific · September 10 to September 19, 2004

Javier's hurricane-force winds extended 63 miles from the center, tied for the sixth-widest hurricane-force field of the 201 eastern and central Pacific hurricanes measured this way since 2004. No other storm of the 2004 eastern and central Pacific season matched its 150 mph peak; the season had 17 storms. It generated 38% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy, more than any other 2004 storm.

Track of Javier (2004) from the best-track record, coloured by strength10°N15°N20°N25°N30°N115°W110°W105°W100°W95°W90°WBaja California Sur, 30 mphPeak 150 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 400 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Javier (2004) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160Sep 11Sep 12Sep 13Sep 14Sep 15Sep 16Sep 17Sep 18Sep 19Sep 20mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 260 miles south-southwest of Retalhuleu, Guatemala
  2. Tropical storm 290 miles south of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico
  3. Hurricane 335 miles south-southwest of Petatlán, Guerrero, Mexico
  4. Major hurricane 310 miles south-southwest of Tecoman, Colima, Mexico
  5. Peak 270 miles southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico; lowest pressure 930 mb
  6. Landfall Baja California Sur: depression, 30 mph, 1003 mb
  7. No longer tropical (low) 75 miles west-southwest of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
  8. Last record 45 miles south-southwest of Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico

Against every Pacific storm since 1949

Peak sustained wind150 mph · tied 35th of 1,26225 mph215 mph
Lowest central pressure930 mb · tied 29th of 754872 mb1009 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy27.0 · 46th of 1,1540.185.3
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone8.8 days · tied 179th of 1,2620.0 days29.8 days

More from the record

Its winds climbed 65 mph in the 24 hours to September 13.

In the 2004 season

04080120160Javier

Storm 14 of 17 in 2004, hurricane 5 of 6; it formed after Isis and before Kay. See the season.

Closest to land

Nearest town of 10,000 people or more: Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 38 miles from the center on September 19 (depression stage).

Storms within 150 miles of Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Similar landfalls in Baja California Sur

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Baja California Sur came closest to Javier's 30 mph:

  • Sixteen (2015)35 mph, September 21, 2015
  • Lowell (2008)35 mph, September 11, 2008
  • Calvin (1993)35 mph, July 8, 1993
  • Juliette (2001)40 mph, September 30, 2001

All 32 storms with a landfall record in Baja California Sur

Also peaked at 150 mph

Of 16 storms from other Pacific seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Daniel (2006)933 mb, no landfall record
  • Howard (1998)932 mb, no landfall record
  • Juliette (1995)930 mb, no landfall record
  • Olivia (1994)923 mb, no landfall record