Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1986 season
Tropical Storm Hector (1986)
Hector was a tropical storm of the 1986 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from January 17, 1986 to January 24, 1986, about 7 days, and covered 966 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 982 mb.
- Peak wind
- 50 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 982 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 7 days
- Track length
- 966 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 3.5
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 615th highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Iggy (2026), Tropical Storm Faida (2025), Tropical Storm Dianne (2025) and 61 more.
- Lowest pressure: 570th lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Cyclone Ialy (2024), Cyclone Enala (2023), Cyclone Eliakim (2018) and 18 more.
- Energy: 2% of the 1986 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.