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Hurricane Kiko 1989

Category 3 hurricane · Eastern and Central Pacific · August 25 to August 29, 1989

Kiko's 115 mph landfall in Baja California Sur on August 27, 1989 ranks the second-strongest of the 32 storms with a landfall record there. Its winds climbed 75 mph in the 24 hours to August 26. With a peak of 120 mph, it ranked tied for the third-strongest of the 24 storms of the 1989 season.

Track of Kiko (1989) from the best-track record, coloured by strength20°N25°N115°W110°W105°WLa PazBaja California Sur, 115 mphPeak 120 mphFirst recordDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 300 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Kiko (1989) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 404080120160Aug 26Aug 27Aug 28Aug 29mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 110 miles west-southwest of Tecuala, Nayarit, Mexico
  2. Tropical storm 105 miles south-southwest of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico
  3. Hurricane 105 miles west-southwest of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico
  4. Major hurricane 75 miles east-northeast of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico
  5. Peak 55 miles northeast of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico; lowest pressure 955 mb
  6. Landfall Baja California Sur
  7. Last record (tropical depression) 245 miles west-southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Against every Pacific storm since 1949

Peak sustained wind120 mph · tied 199th of 1,26225 mph215 mph
Lowest central pressure955 mb · tied 154th of 754872 mb1009 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy5.8 · 471st of 1,1540.185.3
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone4.2 days · tied 687th of 1,2620.0 days29.8 days

In the 1989 season

04080120160Kiko

Storm 14 of 24 in 1989, hurricane 6 of 9; it formed after Juliette and before Lorena. Kiko produced 5% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. See the season.

Places the center passed

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.

PlaceClosestWind thenDate
La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico23 mi80 mphAugust 27

Every storm within 50 miles of La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Similar landfalls in Baja California Sur

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Baja California Sur came closest to Kiko's 115 mph:

  • John (2006)110 mph, September 2, 2006
  • Olaf (2021)105 mph, September 10, 2021
  • Odile (2014)125 mph, September 15, 2014
  • Jimena (2009)105 mph, September 2, 2009

All 32 storms with a landfall record in Baja California Sur

Also peaked at 120 mph

Of 21 storms from other Pacific seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Iselle (1990)958 mb, no landfall record
  • Hilary (1987)no pressure recorded, no landfall record
  • Carlos (1991)955 mb, no landfall record
  • Fefa (1991)959 mb, no landfall record