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Hurricane Odile 2014

Category 4 hurricane · Eastern and Central Pacific · September 10 to September 18, 2014

Odile's central pressure fell to 918 mb, tied for the seventh-lowest among the 754 eastern and central Pacific storms with a recorded pressure. No storm in the record came ashore in Baja California Sur with stronger winds than its 125 mph landfall on September 15, 2014; 32 storms have a landfall record there. Its winds climbed 65 mph in the 24 hours to September 14. The name Odile is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired central and eastern North Pacific names.

Track of Odile (2014) from the best-track record, coloured by strength15°N20°N25°N30°N120°W115°W110°W105°W100°W95°WLa PazBaja California Sur, 125 mphSonora, 40 mphPeak 140 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 400 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Odile (2014) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160Sep 10Sep 11Sep 12Sep 13Sep 14Sep 15Sep 16Sep 17Sep 18mph
  1. First record (low) 230 miles south of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
  2. Tropical storm 230 miles south-southwest of Tecpan, Guerrero, Mexico
  3. Hurricane 220 miles south-southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico
  4. Major hurricane 180 miles west-southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico
  5. Peak, 140 mph 180 miles west-southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico
  6. Landfall Baja California Sur
  7. Landfall Sonora: tropical storm, 40 mph, 999 mb
  8. Last record (tropical depression) 20 miles north-northeast of Caborca, Sonora, Mexico

Against every Pacific storm since 1949

Peak sustained wind140 mph · tied 84th of 1,26225 mph215 mph
Lowest central pressure918 mb · tied 7th of 754872 mb1009 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy14.8 · 172nd of 1,1540.185.3
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone8.0 days · tied 226th of 1,2620.0 days29.8 days

In the 2014 season

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Storm 16 of 23 in 2014, hurricane 11 of 16; it formed after Norbert and before Sixteen. Odile produced 7% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy and ranks joint fifth by peak wind. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of 6 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
Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico0 mi125 mphSeptember 15
Ciudad Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico11 mi90 mphSeptember 15
Caborca, Sonora, Mexico16 mi30 mphSeptember 17
Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur, Mexico23 mi70 mphSeptember 16
La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico26 mi110 mphSeptember 15
Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico34 mi85 mphSeptember 15

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 Odile's 125 mph:

  • Kiko (1989)115 mph, August 27, 1989
  • John (2006)110 mph, September 2, 2006
  • Olaf (2021)105 mph, September 10, 2021
  • Jimena (2009)105 mph, September 2, 2009

All 32 storms with a landfall record in Baja California Sur

Also peaked at 140 mph

Of 36 storms from other Pacific seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Kilo (2015)940 mb, no landfall record
  • Emilia (2012)945 mb, no landfall record
  • Blas (2016)947 mb, no landfall record
  • Adrian (2011)944 mb, no landfall record