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Hurricane Kristy (1982)

Kristy came within 413 km of Hawaii, passing to the south-west as a tropical storm on 15 August 1982. 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
413 km (257 mi) from Hawaii
When
15 August 1982
Distance from Honolulu
499 km (310 mi)
Lifetime
8 days 8 August 1982 – 17 August 1982
Official forecasts
none archived
Approached from the
south-west

The closest pass

At its closest, Kristy was 413 km (257 mi) from Hawaii on 15 August 1982, as a tropical storm with 55 kt (63 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.

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