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Hurricane Estelle (1986)

Estelle came within 217 km of Hawaii, passing to the south as a category 1 hurricane on 23 July 1986. It had peaked far out at sea at 115 kt and was weakening as it neared the islands. It pre-dates the digital forecast archive, so only the observed track survives.

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Peak intensity
115 kt (132 mph) Category 4
Closest pass
217 km (135 mi) from Hawaii
When
23 July 1986
Distance from Honolulu
481 km (299 mi)
Lifetime
10 days 16 July 1986 – 26 July 1986
Official forecasts
none archived
Approached from the
south

The closest pass

At its closest, Estelle was 217 km (135 mi) from Hawaii on 23 July 1986, as a hurricane with 80 kt (92 mph) winds, approaching from the south.

The forecasts

No machine-readable official forecast survives for this storm. The digital forecast archive for the eastern and central Pacific begins in 1988, so the replay runs on the observed track instead.

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