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Hurricane Fico (1978)

Fico came within 312 km of Niihau, passing to the south-west as a category 2 hurricane on 22 July 1978. It pre-dates the digital forecast archive, so only the observed track survives.

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Peak intensity
120 kt (138 mph) Category 4
Closest pass
312 km (194 mi) from Niihau
When
22 July 1978
Distance from Honolulu
422 km (262 mi)
Lifetime
20 days 9 July 1978 – 28 July 1978
Official forecasts
none archived
Approached from the
south-west

The closest pass

At its closest, Fico was 312 km (194 mi) from Niihau on 22 July 1978, as a hurricane with 95 kt (109 mph) winds, approaching from the south-west.

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.

Other close passes at Niihau