NHC EP092014 · Eastern Pacific basin
Hurricane Iselle (2014)
July 30, 2014 – August 10, 2014
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Iselle peaked at Category 4 with 138 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 16 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Iselle in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Iselle from July 30, 2014 to August 10, 2014; its peak was 138 mph (Category 4). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 8 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 14 miles from Naalehu, HI. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 16 US cities, all in Hawaii. The strongest pass was 61 mph (tropical storm) 27 miles from Pahoa, HI; the centre came closest to Captain Cook, HI, 4 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- Cities within 75 mi
- 16
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 1
138 mph
when closest
Cities Iselle passed near, strongest first
Hawaii (16)
- PahoaTropical storm · 27 mi
- Mountain ViewTropical storm · 25 mi
- KurtistownTropical storm · 29 mi
- KeaauTropical storm · 34 mi
- VolcanoTropical storm · 18 mi
- HiloTropical storm · 38 mi
- NaalehuTropical storm · 8 mi
- HonokaaTropical storm · 60 mi
- Ocean ViewTropical storm · 9 mi
- HolualoaTropical storm · 12 mi
- WaikoloaTropical storm · 49 mi
- KamuelaTropical storm · 55 mi
- Captain CookTropical storm · 4 mi
- KealakekuaTropical storm · 19 mi
- Kailua KonaTropical storm · 28 mi
- KapaauTropical storm · 67 mi
Other storms of the 2014 season
About this record
The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.