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The 2023 Pacific hurricane season was an active and destructive Pacific hurricane season. In the Eastern Pacific basin (east of 140°W), 17 named storms formed; 10 of those became hurricanes, of which 8 strengthened into major hurricanes – double the seasonal average.
The 2023 Pacific hurricane season was a fairly active Pacific hurricane season. In the eastern Pacific basin (east of 140°W), 17 named storms formed; 10 of those became hurricanes, and 8 further intensified into major hurricanes (category 3 or higher on the 5-level Saffir–Simpson wind speed scale).
At least 66 fatalities were recorded and damage totaled USD$16.87 billion, mostly due to Hurricane Otis which was the first Pacific hurricane to make landfall at Category 5 intensity, surpassing Hurricane Patricia as the strongest landfalling Pacific hurricane on record. The season's activity, east of 140°W, was reflected with a above-average ...
As for the 2023 hurricane season, John Bravender, warning coordination meteorologist with the Central Pacific Hurricane Center, said that on the surface it was an average year, with four tropical ...
The 2023 Eastern Pacific hurricane season also ends on Thursday and had several impactful storms, including two of the strongest hurricanes to make landfall on the Pacific coast of Mexico.
Jova was also one of the fastest–intensifying tropical cyclones on record in the Eastern Pacific tropical cyclone basin. [1] Jova was the tenth named storm, seventh hurricane, fifth major hurricane [a] of the 2023 Pacific hurricane season. Jova originated from a tropical wave that entered the Pacific Ocean on September 1. The system briskly ...
The numbers are below normal for the eastern Pacific basin, which typically averages 15 named storms and eight hurricanes in a season. The active 2023 eastern Pacific hurricane season saw 17 named ...
The cyclone was the eighth named storm, sixth hurricane, and fourth major hurricane of the 2023 Pacific hurricane season. [nb 1] Hilary originated from a tropical wave south of Mexico on August 16, and strengthened into a hurricane a day later while paralleling the southwest coast of Mexico.