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Hurricane Lane 2018
Category 5 hurricane · Eastern and Central Pacific · August 15 to August 28, 2018
Lane held major-hurricane strength (Category 3 or higher) for 156 hours, the eighth-longest spell among eastern and central Pacific hurricanes. It reached Category 5 with 160 mph winds, one of 24 eastern and central Pacific storms to do so since 1949. With a peak of 160 mph, it ranked tied for the strongest of the 26 storms of the 2018 season.
Strength over time
- First record (low) 885 miles south-southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico
- Tropical storm 1,195 miles southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico
- Hurricane far out at sea, at 11.0°N, 129.2°W
- Major hurricane far out at sea, at 11.6°N, 134.9°W
- Peak 385 miles south-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii; lowest pressure 926 mb
- No longer tropical (low) 610 miles west-southwest of Lihue, Hawaii
- Last record 600 miles west-southwest of Lihue, Hawaii
Against every Pacific storm since 1949
In the 2018 season
Storm 14 of 26 in 2018, hurricane 6 of 13; it formed after Kristy and before Miriam. Lane produced 13% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. See the season.
Closest to land
Nearest town of 10,000 people or more: Honolulu, Hawaii, 137 miles from the center on August 25 (tropical storm stage).
Also peaked at 160 mph
Of 13 storms from other Pacific seasons, the nearest in time:
- Genevieve (2014)918 mb, no landfall record
- Marie (2014)918 mb, no landfall record
- Jova (2023)926 mb, no landfall record
- Kristy (2024)926 mb, no landfall record