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Hurricane John (1978)

John came within 420 km of Hawaii, passing to the south as a tropical storm on 28 August 1978. It had peaked far out at sea at 90 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
90 kt (104 mph) Category 2
Closest pass
420 km (261 mi) from Hawaii
When
28 August 1978
Distance from Honolulu
647 km (402 mi)
Lifetime
12 days 18 August 1978 – 30 August 1978
Official forecasts
none archived
Approached from the
south

The closest pass

At its closest, John was 420 km (261 mi) from Hawaii on 28 August 1978, as a tropical storm with 35 kt (40 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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