Storm history › East Pacific › 2012 season
Tropical Storm Hector (2012)
Hector was a tropical storm of the 2012 East Pacific season. It was tracked from August 11, 2012 to August 20, 2012, about 9 days, and covered 1,172 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 995 mb.
- Peak wind
- 50 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 995 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 9 days
- Track length
- 1,172 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 2.2
DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5
How it compares
- Peak winds: 828th highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Moke (2026), Tropical Storm Julio (2026), Tropical Storm Keli (2025) and 158 more.
- Lowest pressure: 502nd lowest of 808 East Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Pilar (2023), Tropical Storm Tara (2018), Tropical Storm Xavier (2018) and 9 more.
- Energy: 2% of the 2012 East Pacific season's ACE.