Hurricane Javier path, 2004

What the record says

Javier was a hurricane in the Eastern and central Pacific basin that lasted about 10 days, from 10 September 2004 to 20 September 2004. Its peak was Category 4 (130 kt) on 14 September 2004, with a 1-minute sustained wind of 130 kt (150 mph, 241 km/h). Its lowest recorded pressure was 930 hPa.

• Category 4peak intensity
• 130 ktpeak wind (150 mph)
• 930 hPalowest pressure
• 10 dayslifetime

Source of the peak wind: NOAA National Hurricane Center (HURDAT2, eastern Pacific).

It has its own page because it reached category 4 or stronger.

This page gives the official record's figures. It does not describe the human cost of the storm, which is far larger than any wind speed or pressure here.

Where it came ashore

• 19 September 2004: Mexico (25 kt)

A landfall here is the first tropical position over land after time at sea, so it is within about six hours of the real event. The record shows up to 8.

Countries it came within 50 km of

Strongest effect first.

• Mexico

How to read this track

The line joins the storm's six-hourly positions with straight lines, coloured by its intensity at each point, so it shows how the storm strengthened and weakened. The real path curved between the positions. A dashed grey stretch means the storm had become post-tropical. Records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are estimates.

Source: NOAA NCEI IBTrACS, public domain. See data sources and caveats.