Hurricane Jimena (2003)

Hurricane Jimena

Hurricane Jimena at peak intensity on August 30
Meteorological history
Formed	August 28, 2003
Dissipated	September 5, 2003
Category 2 hurricane
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS)
Highest winds	105 mph (165 km/h)
Lowest pressure	970 mbar (hPa); 28.64 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities	None
Damage	Minimal
Areas affected	Hawaii
IBTrACS
Part of the 2003 Pacific hurricane season

Hurricane Jimena was a strong tropical cyclone that brushed Hawaii in early September 2003. It was the tenth named storm and second hurricane of the 2003 Pacific hurricane season. Jimena formed on August 28th in the far western portion of the Eastern Pacific Ocean at approximately 129.6°W as a tropical depression and moved westward where it rapidly became a hurricane the following day.^[1] The storm moved westward into the Central Pacific Ocean where it became a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale. After reaching its peak strength as a Category 2 hurricane, the storm began to weaken due to increasing wind shear. Jimena brushed past the Hawaiian Islands before becoming a tropical depression on September 3. The weakening storm then crossed the international dateline before dissipating on September 5, becoming one of the few storms to cross both 140ºW and International Date Line.

Jimena was the first Pacific hurricane to threaten Hawaii since Hurricane Daniel of the 2000 Pacific hurricane season. However, the storm weakened as it passed south of the islands and the effects from Jimena were minimal; there were no reported fatalities or injuries from the storm.