Storm history › East Pacific › 1978 season
Hurricane Hector (1978)
Hector was a Category 4 hurricane of the 1978 East Pacific season. It was tracked from July 22, 1978 to July 29, 1978, about 8 days, and covered 2,129 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 140 mph (220 km/h).
- Peak wind
- 140 mph
- Lowest pressure
- Not recorded
- Strongest
- Category 4 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 8 days
- Track length
- 2,129 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 16.6
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 98th highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Hurricane Erick (2025), Hurricane Hilary (2023), Hurricane Lidia (2023) and 33 more.
- Energy: 7% of the 1978 East Pacific season's ACE.