Kika — 2008

Tropical Depression One-C formed on August 7 far southeast of the main Hawaiian Islands near 10.3°N, 146.9°W, about 905 miles southeast of Hawaii, then strengthened into Tropical Storm Kika. It moved generally westward. Its center shifted about 90–100 miles south on August 8, and Kika briefly weakened to a depression before regaining tropical-storm strength on August 9. It never became a hurricane and weakened to a depression again on August 11. Its last official advisory was issued August 12; its remnants later crossed the International Date Line. Kika made no landfalls. It stayed well south of the main Hawaiian Islands and caused no reported impacts there or elsewhere. Kika’s peak sustained winds were 35 knots (about 40 mph), making it a tropical storm, not a hurricane. Its lowest reported pressure was 1007 millibars. It did not intensify as much as early forecasts had anticipated. The report gives no storm-surge heights or rainfall totals. It reports no deaths, destruction, or other impacts; Kika was never a large system and passed well south of the main Hawaiian Islands.