Storm history › East Pacific › 1982 season
Hurricane Hector (1982)
Hector was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1982 East Pacific season. It was tracked from July 29, 1982 to August 3, 1982, about 5 days, and covered 1,781 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 75 mph (120 km/h).
- Peak wind
- 75 mph
- Lowest pressure
- Not recorded
- Strongest
- Category 1 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 5 days
- Track length
- 1,781 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 4.4
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 578th highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Hurricane Barbara (2025), Hurricane Gil (2025), Hurricane Pamela (2021) and 48 more.
- Energy: 3% of the 1982 East Pacific season's ACE.