Hurricane John (1994)
Category 5 Pacific hurricane and typhoon in 1994 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hurricane John, also known as Typhoon John, was the farthest-traveling tropical cyclone ever observed worldwide. It was also the longest-lasting tropical cyclone on record globally at the time, until it was surpassed by Cyclone Freddy in 2023. John formed during the 1994 Pacific hurricane season, which had above-average activity due to the El Niño of 1994–1995,[1] and peaked as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson scale, the highest categorization for hurricanes.
Meteorological history | |
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Formed | August 11, 1994 |
Extratropical | September 10, 1994 |
Dissipated | September 13, 1994 |
Duration | 4 weeks and 2 days |
Category 5 major hurricane | |
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS) | |
Highest winds | 175 mph (280 km/h) |
Lowest pressure | 929 mbar (hPa); 27.43 inHg |
Overall effects | |
Fatalities | None reported |
Damage | $15 million (1994 USD) |
Areas affected | Hawaiian Islands, Johnston Atoll, Aleutian Islands, Alaska |
IBTrACS | |
Part of the 1994 Pacific hurricane and typhoon seasons |
Over the course of its existence, John followed a 13,180 km (8,190 mi) path from the eastern Pacific to the western Pacific and back to the central Pacific, lasting 31 days in total.[2][3][4] Because it existed in both the eastern and western Pacific, John was one of a small number of tropical cyclones to be designated as both a hurricane and a typhoon. Despite lasting for a full month, John barely affected land at all, bringing only minimal effects to the Hawaiian Islands and the United States military base on Johnston Atoll. Its remnants later affected Alaska.