Hurricane Fausto — 2026
Eastern Pacific. Peak winds 105 mph (90 kt), Category 2. Tropical cyclone: Jul 19 – Jul 29, 2026 (UTC).
By the numbers
"Peak winds" means the strongest sustained wind NHC estimated at any point in the storm's life, averaged over one minute, not gusts. ACE adds up a storm's wind strength every six hours while it is at least a tropical storm, so a long-lived strong storm scores far higher than a brief weak one.
How it ended
The Central Pacific Hurricane Center issued its last advisory on Fausto, number 43, at Jul 29, 15:00 UTC. That advisory was titled "Post-Tropical Cyclone Fausto".
In that advisory's own words (in English):This is the last public advisory issued by the Central Pacific Hurricane Center on this system. For additional information on the remnant low please see High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service, under AWIPS header NFDHSFEPI, WMO header FZPN02 KWBC, and on the web at ocean.weather.gov/shtml/NFDHSFEPI.php
NHC's best track ends at Jul 29, 12:00 UTC, with the system classed as a remnant low. Its track crossed 140°W, from the eastern into the central Pacific.
Landfalls are not listed here: NHC's operational track does not record them reliably. NHC's Tropical Cyclone Report will.
Timeline
Times are UTC. Status changes come from NHC's best track, which records the storm every six hours.
- Formed as a tropical depression
- Strengthened into a tropical storm
- Became a hurricane
- Peak intensity: 105 mph (90 kt), Category 2, 967 mb
- Weakened below hurricane strength
- No longer a tropical cyclone: classed as a remnant low
- Last advisory, from the Central Pacific Hurricane Center
Track
The 2026 season so far · NHC's archive of every advisory on Fausto