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In the period 1951 to 2000, Baja California had one hurricane and three tropical storms make landfall. During the same period, Baja California Sur witnessed nineteen hurricanes and thirty tropical storms. During the same time period, the region got hit by two major hurricanes (Hurricane Oliva in 1967 and Hurricane Kiko in 1989). [1]
Due to the location and geography of the peninsula, Baja California is the region in Mexico that receives the most landfalls by tropical cyclones of tropical storm intensity or stronger. In the period 1951 to 2000, Baja California had one hurricane and three tropical storms make landfall.
July 20–21, 1902 – A tropical cyclone struck the southern Baja California peninsula and dissipated, although the monsoon drew its moisture northward. San Diego recorded 0.83 in (21 mm), which was the highest July rainfall total for the city until 2015 when it was surpassed by Hurricane Dolores.
Hurricane Norma was one of four tropical cyclones to strike the Pacific Coast of Mexico in October 2023. The seventeenth tropical depression, fourteenth named storm, ninth hurricane and seventh major hurricane [a] of the 2023 Pacific hurricane season, Norma developed from an area of low pressure that formed off the coast of southern Mexico on October 15, 2023.
Hurricane Hilary hurtled towards Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Sunday, blanketing the region with heavy rain amid warnings of catastrophic and life-threatening flooding on the peninsula ...
Despite continued weakening from its peak as a Category 4 hurricane earlier this week, Genevieve remains a dangerous storm as it parallels the coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico, on Thursday.
Hurricane warnings and watches were in effect for Mexico's Baja California peninsula Thursday as Hurricane Kay's outer bands began to impact the southern portions of the peninsula with winds and rain.
Hurricane Hilary was a large and powerful Pacific hurricane in August 2023 that brought torrential rainfall and gusty winds to the Pacific Coast of Mexico, the Baja California Peninsula, and the Southwestern United States, resulting in widespread flooding and mudslides.