All storm pages · 1967 Pacific season
Hurricane Sarah 1967
Category 4 hurricane · Eastern and Central Pacific · September 9 to September 22, 1967
Sarah was still a hurricane at 36.4°N, the fourth-farthest north reach of hurricane strength among 603 eastern and central Pacific hurricanes. No other storm of the 1967 eastern and central Pacific season matched its 150 mph peak; the season had 17 storms. It generated 32% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy, more than any other 1967 storm.
Strength over time
- First record (tropical storm) 655 miles south-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii
- Hurricane 435 miles south-southwest of Lihue, Hawaii
- Major hurricane far out at sea, at 17.6°N, 175.3°E
- Peak far out at sea, at 19.3°N, 166.1°E; lowest pressure 933 mb
- Last record (hurricane) far out at sea, at 36.4°N, 151.1°E
Against every Pacific storm since 1949
In the 1967 season
Storm 12 of 17 in 1967, hurricane 5 of 7; it formed after Lily and before Monica. See the season.
Closest to land
The best-track file has no landfall records for Pacific storms of 1967, so the track itself shows where this storm went. Nearest town of 10,000 people or more: Hilo, Hawaii, 403 miles from the center on September 10 (tropical storm stage).
Also peaked at 150 mph
Of 16 storms from other Pacific seasons, the nearest in time:
- Dot (1959)952 mb, no landfall record
- Tina (1992)932 mb, no landfall record
- Kenneth (1993)932 mb, no landfall record
- Lidia (1993)930 mb, landfall in Sinaloa