Storm history › East Pacific › 2016 season
Tropical Storm Kay (2016)
Kay was a tropical storm of the 2016 East Pacific season. It was tracked from August 17, 2016 to August 26, 2016, about 9 days, and covered 1,894 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 1000 mb.
- Peak wind
- 50 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 1000 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 9 days
- Track length
- 1,894 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 2.6
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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: 591st lowest of 808 East Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Greg (2023), Tropical Storm Kenneth (2023), Tropical Storm Norbert (2020) and 36 more.
- Energy: 1% of the 2016 East Pacific season's ACE.