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Hurricane Willa 2018

Category 5 hurricane · Eastern and Central Pacific · October 20 to October 24, 2018

Willa's 115 mph landfall in Sinaloa on October 24, 2018 ranks the second-strongest of the 20 storms with a landfall record there. It reached Category 5 with 160 mph winds, one of 24 eastern and central Pacific storms to do so since 1949. Its winds climbed 80 mph in the 24 hours to October 22.

Track of Willa (2018) from the best-track record, coloured by strength15°N20°N25°N110°W105°W100°W95°WDurangoSinaloa, 115 mphPeak 160 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 4Category 500 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Willa (2018) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160200Oct 20Oct 21Oct 22Oct 23Oct 24mph
  1. First record (low) 170 miles southwest of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico
  2. Tropical storm 285 miles southwest of Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico
  3. Hurricane 250 miles south-southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico
  4. Major hurricane 230 miles southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico
  5. Peak 200 miles west-southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico; lowest pressure 925 mb
  6. Landfall Sinaloa
  7. Last record (tropical storm) 15 miles south-southeast of Durango, Mexico

Against every Pacific storm since 1949

Peak sustained wind160 mph · tied 9th of 1,26225 mph215 mph
Lowest central pressure925 mb · tied 20th of 754872 mb1009 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy15.7 · 162nd 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 2018 season

04080120160200Willa

Storm 25 of 26 in 2018, hurricane 13 of 13; it formed after Vicente and before Xavier. Willa produced 5% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy and ranks joint first by peak wind. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of 4 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
Escuinapa, Sinaloa, Mexico7 mi110 mphOctober 24
Durango, Mexico16 mi50 mphOctober 24
Tecuala, Nayarit, Mexico30 mi115 mphOctober 24
Villa Unión, Sinaloa, Mexico44 mi115 mphOctober 24

Every storm within 50 miles of Durango, Mexico

Similar landfalls in Sinaloa

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Sinaloa came closest to Willa's 115 mph:

  • Lane (2006)125 mph, September 16, 2006
  • Rosa (1994)105 mph, October 14, 1994
  • Lidia (1993)100 mph, September 13, 1993
  • Orlene (2022)80 mph, October 3, 2022

All 20 storms with a landfall record in Sinaloa

Also peaked at 160 mph

Of 13 storms from other Pacific seasons, the nearest in time: