#Pacific hurricane track update#

The geostationary satellite era began in 1966, and that year is often considered the first year of reliable tropical records. Track map of the 2010 Pacific hurricane season, the lowest ever recordedīefore 1971 and especially 1966, data in this basin is extremely unreliable. One of the strongest hurricanes to hit Mazatlán Only known modern landfall in California ĭeadliest hurricane to hit Cabo San Lucas in the 20th century Strongest tropical cyclone to affect California įirst and one of only three known hurricanes to make landfall in the Hawaiian Islands. Unnamed but historically significant Name The name Isis was also pre-emptively removed from the lists of names for 2016 after being deemed inappropriate because of the eponymous militant group in 2015. Adele, Iva, and Fefa were also removed in 1970, 1988, and 1991 respectively for unknown reasons. Knut was removed from the list in 1988 for unknown reasons. Main article: List of retired Pacific hurricane namesĪdolph and Israel were removed from the list of names during and after the 2001 season due to political sensitivities. These include the cost of damage, the number of casualties, as well as meteorological statistics such as rainfall point maximum, wind speed, and minimum pressure. Another characteristic is how long a system lasted from formation to dissipation.

Other characteristics include its central pressure, windspeed, category on the Saffir–Simpson scale, cyclogenesis outside of a normal hurricane season's timeframe, or storms that remain unnamed despite forming after tropical cyclone naming began in 1960. It includes lists and rankings of Pacific hurricanes by different characteristics and impacts.Ĭharacteristics include extremes of location, such as the northernmost or most equator-ward formation or position of a tropical cyclone. Notability means that it has met some criterion or achieved some statistic, or is part of a top ten for some superlative. This is a list of notable Pacific hurricanes, subdivided by reason for notability.

#Pacific hurricane track update#

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