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Hurricane John 1994
Category 5 hurricane · Eastern and Central Pacific · August 11 to September 10, 1994
John's peak sustained wind of 175 mph is tied for the fifth-highest of the 1,262 storms in the eastern and central Pacific record since 1949, and one of 24 Category 5 storms in that record. It produced 70.6 units of accumulated cyclone energy (ACE), the second-most of any eastern and central Pacific storm since 1949. It held major-hurricane strength (Category 3 or higher) for 174 hours, the sixth-longest spell among eastern and central Pacific hurricanes.
Strength over time
- First record (tropical depression) 325 miles south of Pochutla, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Tropical storm 360 miles south-southwest of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Hurricane far out at sea, at 15.0°N, 134.0°W
- Major hurricane 1,115 miles east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii
- Peak 380 miles south of Hilo, Hawaii; lowest pressure 929 mb
- No longer tropical (extratropical low) far out at sea, at 42.5°N, 170.3°W
- Last record far out at sea, at 42.5°N, 170.3°W
Against every Pacific storm since 1949
More from the record
It lasted 29.75 days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone, the longest lifespan of the 1,262 eastern and central Pacific storms.
Its best track runs 8,330 miles from first to last position, the longest path in the eastern and central Pacific database.
It was still a hurricane at 39.5°N, the second-farthest north reach of hurricane strength among 603 eastern and central Pacific hurricanes.
In the 1994 season
Storm 12 of 22 in 1994, hurricane 6 of 10; it formed after Ileana and before Pacific Storm 12 of 1994. See the season.
Closest to land
Nearest town of 10,000 people or more: Pochutla, Oaxaca, Mexico, 321 miles from the center on August 11 (depression stage).
Also peaked at 175 mph
One storm from other Pacific seasons:
- Patsy (1959)no pressure recorded, no landfall record