Storm history › East Pacific › 1976 season
Hurricane Kate (1976)
Kate was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1976 East Pacific season. It was tracked from September 22, 1976 to October 2, 1976, about 10 days, and covered 1,363 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 90 mph (150 km/h).
- Peak wind
- 90 mph
- Lowest pressure
- Not recorded
- Strongest
- Category 1 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 10 days
- Track length
- 1,363 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 13.4
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 374th highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Hurricane Octave (2025), Hurricane Carlotta (2024), Hurricane Frank (2022) and 29 more.
- Energy: 11% of the 1976 East Pacific season's ACE.