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Hurricane Kate (1976)

Kate came within 395 km of Hawaii, passing to the north-east as a tropical storm on 29 September 1976. It pre-dates the digital forecast archive, so only the observed track survives.

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Peak intensity
80 kt (92 mph) Category 1
Closest pass
395 km (245 mi) from Hawaii
When
29 September 1976
Distance from Honolulu
564 km (350 mi)
Lifetime
10 days 22 September 1976 – 2 October 1976
Official forecasts
none archived
Approached from the
north-east

The closest pass

At its closest, Kate was 395 km (245 mi) from Hawaii on 29 September 1976, as a tropical storm with 55 kt (63 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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