Storm history › East Pacific › 2002 season
Hurricane Alma (2002)
Alma was a Category 3 hurricane of the 2002 East Pacific season. It was tracked from May 24, 2002 to June 1, 2002, about 8 days, and covered 1,384 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 960 mb.
- Peak wind
- 115 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 960 mb
- Strongest
- Category 3 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 8 days
- Track length
- 1,384 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 10.3
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 241st highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Hurricane Priscilla (2025), Hurricane Eugene (2017), Hurricane Otis (2017) and 35 more.
- Lowest pressure: 201st lowest of 808 East Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Hurricane Julio (2014), Hurricane Georgette (1998), Hurricane Enrique (1997) and 3 more.
- Energy: 6% of the 2002 East Pacific season's ACE.