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Hurricane Norbert 2008

Category 4 hurricane · Eastern and Central Pacific · October 4 to October 12, 2008

No storm in the record came ashore in Sonora with stronger winds than Norbert's 85 mph landfall on October 12, 2008; 10 storms have a landfall record there. No other storm of the 2008 eastern and central Pacific season matched its 130 mph peak; the season had 19 storms. It generated 22% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy, more than any other 2008 storm.

Track of Norbert (2008) from the best-track record, coloured by strength15°N20°N25°N30°N115°W110°W105°W100°W95°WCuauhtémocBaja California Sur, 105 mphSonora, 85 mphPeak 130 mphFirst recordDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 400 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Norbert (2008) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 404080120160Oct 5Oct 6Oct 7Oct 8Oct 9Oct 10Oct 11Oct 12mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 210 miles southwest of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico
  2. Tropical storm 195 miles south-southwest of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
  3. Hurricane 305 miles south-southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico
  4. Major hurricane 410 miles west-southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico
  5. Peak 455 miles south of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico; lowest pressure 945 mb
  6. Landfall Baja California Sur: Category 2, 105 mph, 956 mb
  7. Landfall Sonora
  8. Last record (tropical depression) 10 miles southwest of Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, Mexico

Against every Pacific storm since 1949

Peak sustained wind130 mph · tied 122nd of 1,26225 mph215 mph
Lowest central pressure945 mb · tied 94th of 754872 mb1009 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy18.4 · tied 120th of 1,1540.185.3
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone8.5 days · tied 194th of 1,2620.0 days29.8 days

In the 2008 season

04080120160Norbert

Storm 16 of 19 in 2008, hurricane 7 of 7; it formed after Marie and before Odile. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of 5 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
Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, Mexico12 mi35 mphOctober 12
Huatabampo, Sonora, Mexico26 mi85 mphOctober 12
Navajoa, Sonora, Mexico32 mi80 mphOctober 12
Ciudad Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico32 mi105 mphOctober 11
El Fuerte, Sinaloa, Mexico35 mi80 mphOctober 12

Every storm within 50 miles of Navajoa, Sonora, Mexico

Similar landfalls in Baja California Sur

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Baja California Sur came closest to Norbert's 105 mph:

  • Olaf (2021)105 mph, September 10, 2021
  • Jimena (2009)105 mph, September 2, 2009
  • John (2006)110 mph, September 2, 2006
  • Marty (2003)100 mph, September 22, 2003

All 32 storms with a landfall record in Baja California Sur

Also peaked at 130 mph

Of 48 storms from other Pacific seasons, the nearest in time:

  • John (2006)948 mb, landfall in Baja California Sur
  • Kenneth (2005)947 mb, no landfall record
  • Simon (2014)946 mb, no landfall record
  • Dolores (2015)946 mb, no landfall record