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Hurricane Hiki (1950)

Hiki came within 166 km of Maui, passing to the north-east as a tropical storm on 15 August 1950. It had peaked far out at sea at 75 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
75 kt (86 mph) Category 1
Closest pass
166 km (103 mi) from Maui
When
15 August 1950
Distance from Honolulu
228 km (142 mi)
Lifetime
10 days 12 August 1950 – 21 August 1950
Official forecasts
none archived
Approached from the
north-east

The closest pass

At its closest, Hiki was 166 km (103 mi) from Maui on 15 August 1950, as a tropical storm with 45 kt (52 mph) winds, approaching from the north-east.

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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