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Hurricane Susan (1978)

Susan came within 377 km of Hawaii, passing to the south-east as a category 2 hurricane on 23 October 1978. It pre-dates the digital forecast archive, so only the observed track survives.

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Peak intensity
115 kt (132 mph) Category 4
Closest pass
377 km (234 mi) from Hawaii
When
23 October 1978
Distance from Honolulu
724 km (450 mi)
Lifetime
6 days 18 October 1978 – 24 October 1978
Official forecasts
none archived
Approached from the
south-east

The closest pass

At its closest, Susan was 377 km (234 mi) from Hawaii on 23 October 1978, as a hurricane with 90 kt (104 mph) winds, approaching from the south-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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