hurricane hurricane unusual pacific tropical cyclone attained major hurricane status month february storm pacific hurricane season developed january south hawaii gradually intensified reach major hurricane status february subsequently began weaken unfavorable wind shear crossed international date line weakened tropical storm shortly degraded tropical depression status continued westward passing later dissipating february miles north coast storm cause significant damage deaths meteorological history typical events monsoon trough extended central north pacific_ocean body water international date line time sea surface temperatures near equator warm wind shear values low end january large area convection persisted days near north equator january ships reported strong southwesterly winds region began monitoring system january located miles south southernmost point hawaii disturbance organized tracked westward january developed tropical depression located short distance north east favorable conditions depression quickly intensified tropical storm named hawaiian continued gradually intensifying moving slowly west northwestward attain hurricane status january miles northwest february hurricane attained peak winds mph making major hurricane category hurricane saffir simpson scale subsequently began weaken increased wind shear concurrently forward motion increased subtropical ridge strengthened north hurricane large trough increased wind shear weakened tropical storm early february later day crossed international date line western pacific_ocean assessed storm winds mph shortly assessed pressure mbar lowest known minimum central pressure associated storm include pressure year end report tropical storm continued weakening tropical depression status february depression moved quickly february turned west southwest february declared dissipated continued monitoring system passing weak depression early february declared dissipated miles east southeast miles north coast impact records deaths reported association storm passed causing significant impact hit island winds mph reported central pacific_ocean tropical cyclones record located hurricane area unusual formation january tropical cyclones rarely form east international date line outside tropical cyclone season starts eastern pacific june central pacific ends november regions official pacific hurricane database second tropical cyclone record occur january february pacific_ocean east international date line tropical storm earliest cyclone record basin hurricane aforementioned
Hurricane Ekeka