Storm history › East Pacific › 2018 season
Hurricane Lane (2018)
Lane was a Category 5 hurricane of the 2018 East Pacific season. It was tracked from August 13, 2018 to August 29, 2018, about 16 days, and covered 3,873 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 926 mb.
- Peak wind
- 160 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 926 mb
- Strongest
- Category 5 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 16 days
- Track length
- 3,873 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 42.7
DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5
How it compares
- Peak winds: 12th highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Hurricane Genevieve (2026), Hurricane Lowell (2026), Hurricane Kristy (2024) and 15 more.
- Lowest pressure: 30th lowest of 808 East Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Hurricane Kristy (2024), Hurricane Jova (2023), Hurricane Songda (2016) and 1 more.
- Energy: 13% of the 2018 East Pacific season's ACE.