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Hurricane Uleki (1988)

Uleki came within 468 km of Niihau, passing to the south as a category 1 hurricane on 4 September 1988. It had peaked far out at sea at 110 kt and was weakening as it neared the islands. No official forecast for this storm survives in machine-readable form.

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Peak intensity
110 kt (127 mph) Category 3
Closest pass
468 km (291 mi) from Niihau
When
4 September 1988
Distance from Honolulu
510 km (317 mi)
Lifetime
16 days 28 August 1988 – 13 September 1988
Official forecasts
none archived
Approached from the
south

The closest pass

At its closest, Uleki was 468 km (291 mi) from Niihau on 4 September 1988, as a hurricane with 70 kt (81 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.

Other close passes at Niihau