List of Category 4 Pacific hurricanes

Category 4, the second-highest classification on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale,[nb 1] is used for tropical cyclones that have winds of 130–156 mph (209–251 km/h; 113–136 kn). The division of the eastern and central Pacific basins occurs at 140° W; the eastern Pacific covers area east of 140° W, while the central Pacific extends between 140° W to 180° W. Both basins' division points are at 66° N as a northern point and the equator as the southern point. As of 2021, 132 hurricanes have attained Category 4 status in the northeastern Pacific basins. This list does not include storms that also attained Category 5 status on the scale.

Hurricane Odile at its peak intensity. Odile had the lowest atmospheric pressure of a Category 4 hurricane in the Pacific basin, east of 180°W, at 918 mbar (hPa; 27.11 inHg).

Numerous climatological factors influence the formation of hurricanes in the Pacific basins. The North Pacific High and Aleutian Low, usually present between January and April, cause strong wind shear and unfavorable conditions for the development of hurricanes. During its presence, El Niño results in increased numbers of powerful hurricanes through weaker wind shear, while La Niña reduces the number of such hurricanes through the opposite. Global warming may also influence the formation of tropical cyclones in the Pacific basin. During a thirty-year period with two sub-periods, the first between 1975 and 1989 and the second between 1990 and 2004, an increase of thirteen Category 4 or 5 storms was observed from the first sub-period.

Statistics and background

Tracks of all known Category 4 Pacific hurricanes from 1949 to 2011 in the central and eastern Pacific basins

Saffir–Simpson scale
TD	TS	C1	C2	C3	C4	C5

On the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale, "Category 4" is the second-most powerful classification, with winds ranging between 130 and 156 mph (209–251 km/h; 113–136 kn). When these hurricanes make landfall, impacts are usually severe but are not as destructive as Category 5 hurricanes that come ashore.[1] The term "maximum sustained wind" refers to the average wind speed measured during the period of one minute at the height of 10 feet (3.0 m) above the ground. The windspeed is measured at that height to prevent disruption from obstructions. Wind gusts in tropical cyclones are usually approximately 30% stronger than the one-minute maximum sustained winds.[2]

The northeastern Pacific hurricane basins are divided into two parts – eastern and central. The eastern Pacific basin extends from all areas of the Pacific north of the equator east of 140° W, while the central Pacific basin includes areas north of the equator between 140° W and 180° W.[3] Both basins extend to the Arctic Circle at 66° N.[4] When tropical cyclones cross from the Atlantic into the Pacific, the name of the previous storm is retained if the system continues to exhibit tropical characteristics; however, when hurricanes degenerate into a remnant low-pressure area, the system is designated with the next name on the rotating eastern Pacific hurricane naming list.[5]

Since 1900, 132 Category 4 hurricanes have been recorded in the eastern and central Pacific basins. Of these, fourteen have attained Category 4 status on more than one occasion, by weakening to a status on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale lower than Category 4 and later restrengthening into a Category 4. Such storms are demarcated by the dates they first attained and the final time they lost the intensity. Only three storms, Hurricane Fico in 1978, Hurricane Norbert in 1984, and Hector in 2018, reached Category 4 status three times or more.[6]

Between 1970 and 1975, advisories for systems in the eastern Pacific basins were initiated by the Eastern Pacific Hurricane Center (EPHC) as part of the National Weather Service (NWS) office in San Francisco, California. At that time, the advisories released were written in cooperation with the United States Navy Fleet Weather Center in Alameda and the Air Force Hurricane Liaison Officer at the McClellan Air Force Base. Following the move of the hurricane center to Redwood City in 1976, track files were created and altered by Arthur Pike and were later re-modified following the release of a study in 1980. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) extended its authority to the EPHC in 1988, and subsequently began maintaining the tracks.[7]

Climatology

The track of Hurricane Sandra in 2015, which is the latest-forming Category 4 hurricane on record in the northeastern Pacific basin.

A total of 132 Category 4 hurricanes have been recorded in the eastern and central Pacific basins since 1900. Only two Category 4 hurricanes have been recorded in May, in addition to 14 in June, 24 in July, 31 in August, 32 in September, 18 in October, and two in November.[6] No Category 4 storms have developed during the off-season.[6] It is theorized that global warming was responsible for an increase of 13 Category 4 and 5 storms that developed in the eastern Pacific, from 36 in the period of 1975–1989 to 49 in the period of 1990–2004. It was estimated that if sea-surface temperatures ascended by 2 to 2.5 degrees, the intensity of tropical cyclones would increase by 6–10% internationally. During years with the existence of an El Niño, sea-surface temperatures increase in the eastern Pacific, resulting in an increase in activity as vertical wind shear decreases in the Pacific; the opposite happens in the Atlantic basin during El Niño, when wind shear increases creating an unfavourable environment for tropical cyclone formation in the Atlantic.[8] Contrary to El Niño, La Niña increases wind shear over the eastern Pacific and reduces it over the Atlantic.[9]

The presence of a semi-permanent high-pressure area known as the North Pacific High in the eastern Pacific is a dominant factor against formation of tropical cyclones in the winter, as the Pacific High results in wind shear that causes environmental conditions for tropical cyclone formation to be unconducive. Its effects in the central Pacific basin are usually related to keeping cyclones away from the Hawaiian Islands. Due to westward trade winds, hurricanes in the Pacific nearly never head eastward, although several storms have defied the odds and headed eastward. A second factor preventing tropical cyclones from forming during the winter is the occupation of a semi-permanent low-pressure area designated the Aleutian Low between January and April. Its presence over western Canada and the northwestern United States contributes to the area's occurrences of precipitation in that duration. In addition, its effects in the central Pacific near 160° W causes tropical waves that form in the area to drift northward into the Gulf of Alaska and dissipate. Its retreat in late-April allows the warmth of the Pacific High to meander in, bringing its powerful clockwise wind circulation with it. The Intertropical Convergence Zone departs southward in mid-May permitting the formation of the earliest tropical waves,[4] coinciding with the start of the eastern Pacific hurricane season on May 15.[10]

Cooler waters near the Baja California peninsula are thought to prevent storms in the eastern Pacific from transitioning into an extratropical cyclone; as of 2009, only three storms listed in the database are known to have successfully completed an extratropical transition.[7]

Category 4 Pacific hurricanes

Category 4 Pacific hurricanes

Hurricane Tico near peak intensity on October 16, 1983

Hurricane Estelle near peak intensity on July 20, 1986

Hurricane Iniki, the most powerful hurricane to strike Hawai'i in recorded history, south of the island chain on September 11, 1992

Hurricane Pauline, the easternmost Category 4 recorded at peak intensity on October 8, 1997

Hurricane Juliette at peak intensity on September 25, 2001

Hurricane John weakening on August 31, 2006

Hurricane Norbert as a Category 4 hurricane on October 8, 2008

Hurricane Jimena rapidly intensifying on August 29, 2009, while paralleling the Mexican coast

Hurricane Hilary off the coast of Mexico on September 23, 2011

Hurricane Amanda, the strongest May cyclone on record in the East Pacific on May 25, 2014

Hurricane Olaf, the southernmost Category 4 hurricane recorded at peak intensity on October 20, 2015

Storm name	Season	Dates as a Category 4	Time as a Category 4	Peak one-minute sustained winds	Pressure	Source(s)
Unnamed	1957	October 21–22	12 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	Unknown	[6]
Dot	1959	August 2–5	72 hours	150 mph (240 km/h)	952 hPa (28.1 inHg)	[6][11]
"Mexico"	1959	October 26–27	36 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	955 hPa (28.2 inHg)	[6][12]
Denise	1971	July 9	12 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	951 hPa (28.1 inHg)	[6]
Celeste	1972	August 14	12 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	940 hPa (28 inHg)	[6]
Doreen	1973	July 20	6 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	968 hPa (28.6 inHg)	[6]
Emily	1973	July 23	6 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	972 hPa (28.7 inHg)	[6]
Maggie	1974	August 28–29	24 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	934 hPa (27.6 inHg)	[6]
Denise	1975	July 9	12 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	Unknown	[6]
Katrina	1975	September 3	6 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	Unknown	[6]
Annette	1976	June 8–11	54 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	925 hPa (27.3 inHg)	[6]
Iva	1976	August 28	12 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	Unknown	[6]
Liza	1976	September 29 – October 1	42 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	948 hPa (28.0 inHg)	[6]
Madeline	1976	October 7–8	12 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	940 hPa (28 inHg)	[6]
Carlotta	1978	June 21–22	24 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	Unknown	[6]
Fico	1978	July 11–16	72 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	955 hPa (28.2 inHg)	[6]
Hector	1978	July 25	18 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	Unknown	[6]
Norman	1978	September 2–3	36 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	Unknown	[6]
Susan	1978	October 21	6 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	Unknown	[6][13]
Enrique	1979	August 22	18 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	Unknown	[6]
Ignacio	1979	October 27–28	18 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	938 hPa (27.7 inHg)	[6]
Kay	1980	September 18	18 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	Unknown	[6]
Olivia	1982	September 21–22	30 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	Unknown	[6]
Barbara	1983	June 13–14	24 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	Unknown	[6]
Henriette	1983	July 30–31	18 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	Unknown	[6]
Kiko	1983	September 2–4	66 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	Unknown	[6]
Raymond	1983	October 11–15	42 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	Unknown	[6][14]
Tico	1983	October 19	6 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	Unknown	[6]
Douglas	1984	June 28–30	48 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	Unknown	[6]
Elida	1984	July 1	6 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	Unknown	[6]
Iselle	1984	August 8–9	12 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	Unknown	[6]
Norbert	1984	September 21–24	36 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	Unknown	[6]
Ignacio	1985	July 23–24	24 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	Unknown	[6][15]
Jimena	1985	July 24	12 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	Unknown	[6]
Rick**	1985	September 8–10	42 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	Unknown	[6]
Estelle*	1986	July 20–21	36 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	Unknown	[6][16]
Javier	1986	August 25	12 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	Unknown	[6]
Roslyn	1986	October 18–20	42 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	Unknown	[6]
Max	1987	September 12–14	42 hours	155 mph (250 km/h)	Unknown	[6]
Ramon	1987	October 9–10	36 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	Unknown	[6]
Hector	1988	August 2–4	36 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	935 hPa (27.6 inHg)	[6][17]
Fabio	1988	August 3	12 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	943 hPa (27.8 inHg)	[6][18][19]
Octave	1989	September 13	6 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	948 hPa (28.0 inHg)	[6][20]
Raymond	1989	September 30 – October 1	30 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	935 hPa (27.6 inHg)	[6][21]
Hernan	1990	July 22–25	60 hours	155 mph (250 km/h)	928 hPa (27.4 inHg)	[6][22]
Marie	1990	September 11	24 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	944 hPa (27.9 inHg)	[6][23][24]
Odile	1990	September 26–27	36 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	935 hPa (27.6 inHg)	[6][25]
Trudy	1990	October 19–27	78 hours	155 mph (250 km/h)	924 hPa (27.3 inHg)	[6][26]
Jimena	1991	September 23–26	48 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	945 hPa (27.9 inHg)	[6][27]
Kevin	1991	September 29 – October 2	72 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	935 hPa (27.6 inHg)	[6][28]
Celia	1992	June 27–28	42 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	935 hPa (27.6 inHg)	[6][29]
Estelle	1992	July 12–14	30 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	943 hPa (27.8 inHg)	[6][30]
Frank	1992	July 17–19	36 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	935 hPa (27.6 inHg)	[6][31]
Orlene	1992	September 5–7	60 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	934 hPa (27.6 inHg)	[6][32]
Iniki	1992	September 11–12	24 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	938 hPa (27.7 inHg)	[6][33]
Tina	1992	September 29 – October 2	66 hours	150 mph (240 km/h)	932 hPa (27.5 inHg)	[6][34]
Virgil	1992	October 3	6 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	948 hPa (28.0 inHg)	[6][35]
Dora	1993	July 16–17	24 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	945 hPa (27.9 inHg)	[6][36]
Fernanda	1993	August 11–13	42 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	934 hPa (27.6 inHg)	[6][37]
Keoni	1993	August 16–17	24 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	Unknown	[6][38]
Greg	1993	August 19–20	30 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	948 hPa (28.0 inHg)	[6][39]
Jova	1993	September 1	12 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	948 hPa (28.0 inHg)	[6][40]
Kenneth	1993	September 10–12	36 hours	150 mph (240 km/h)	932 hPa (27.5 inHg)	[6][41]
Lidia	1993	September 11	24 hours	150 mph (240 km/h)	930 hPa (27 inHg)	[6][42]
Lane	1994	September 6–7	18 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	948 hPa (28.0 inHg)	[6][43]
Olivia	1994	September 25–26	24 hours	150 mph (240 km/h)	923 hPa (27.3 inHg)	[6][44]
Adolph	1995	June 18	6 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	948 hPa (28.0 inHg)	[6][45]
Barbara	1995	July 10–14	60 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	940 hPa (28 inHg)	[6][46]
Juliette	1995	September 20–21	24 hours	150 mph (240 km/h)	930 hPa (27 inHg)	[6][47]
Douglas**	1996	August 1–2	36 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	946 hPa (27.9 inHg)	[6][48]
Felicia	1997	July 19	18 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	948 hPa (28.0 inHg)	[6][49]
Jimena	1997	August 27–28	36 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	948 hPa (28.0 inHg)	[6][50]
Nora	1997	September 21	6 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	950 hPa (28 inHg)	[6][51]
Pauline	1997	October 7–8	12 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	948 hPa (28.0 inHg)	[6][52]
Blas	1998	June 25	24 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	943 hPa (27.8 inHg)	[6][53]
Estelle	1998	August 2	6 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	948 hPa (28.0 inHg)	[6][54]
Howard	1998	August 23–26	60 hours	150 mph (240 km/h)	948 hPa (28.0 inHg)	[6][55]
Dora	1999	August 10–13	72 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	943 hPa (27.8 inHg)	[6][56]
Carlotta	2000	June 21–22	24 hours	155 mph (250 km/h)	932 hPa (27.5 inHg)	[6][57]
Adolph	2001	May 28–29	30 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	940 hPa (28 inHg)	[6][58]
Juliette	2001	September 24–26	42 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	923 hPa (27.3 inHg)	[6][59]
Fausto	2002	August 24–25	24 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	936 hPa (27.6 inHg)	[6][60]
Ele	2002	August 29	6 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	945 hPa (27.9 inHg)
Howard	2004	September 2–3	18 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	943 hPa (27.8 inHg)	[6][61]
Javier	2004	September 13–15	54 hours	150 mph (240 km/h)	930 hPa (27 inHg)	[6][62]
Kenneth	2005	September 18–19	18 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	947 hPa (28.0 inHg)	[6][63]
Daniel	2006	July 20–23	72 hours	150 mph (240 km/h)	933 hPa (27.6 inHg)	[6][64]
John	2006	August 30	12 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	948 hPa (28.0 inHg)	[6][65]
Flossie	2007	August 11–13	60 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	949 hPa (28.0 inHg)	[6][66]
Norbert	2008	October 8	6 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	945 hPa (27.9 inHg)	[6][67]
Felicia	2009	August 5–7	36 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	935 hPa (27.6 inHg)	[6][68]
Jimena	2009	August 30 – September 1	60 hours	155 mph (250 km/h)	931 hPa (27.5 inHg)	[6][69]
Adrian	2011	June 10	18 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	944 hPa (27.9 inHg)	[6][70]
Dora	2011	July 21–22	30 hours	155 mph (250 km/h)	929 hPa (27.4 inHg)	[6][71]
Eugene	2011	August 3–4	18 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	942 hPa (27.8 inHg)	[6][72]
Hilary	2011	September 23–27	60 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	942 hPa (27.8 inHg)	[6][73]
Kenneth	2011	November 22–23	18 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	940 hPa (28 inHg)	[6][74]
Emilia	2012	July 10	12 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	945 hPa (27.9 inHg)	[75]
Amanda	2014	May 25–26	36 hours	155 mph (250 km/h)	932 hPa (27.5 inHg)
Cristina	2014	June 12	18 hours	150 mph (240 km/h)	935 hPa (27.6 inHg)
Iselle	2014	August 4–5	18 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	947 hPa (28.0 inHg)
Odile	2014	September 14	12 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	918 hPa (27.1 inHg)
Simon	2014	October 4	6 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	946 hPa (27.9 inHg)
Andres	2015	June 1	24 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	937 hPa (27.7 inHg)	[76][77][78]
Blanca	2015	June 3–6	24 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	936 hPa (27.6 inHg)	[79]
Dolores	2015	July 15	6 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	946 hPa (27.9 inHg)	[80]
Hilda	2015	August 8	12 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	946 hPa (27.9 inHg)	[81]
Ignacio	2015	August 29–30	24 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	942 hPa (27.8 inHg)	[82]
Jimena	2015	August 29 – September 1	84 hours	155 mph (250 km/h)	932 hPa (27.5 inHg)
Kilo	2015	August 30–31	36 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	940 hPa (28 inHg)
Olaf*	2015	October 19–21	42 hours	150 mph (240 km/h)	938 hPa (27.7 inHg)
Sandra	2015	November 26	18 hours	150 mph (240 km/h)	934 hPa (27.6 inHg)	[83]
Blas	2016	July 6	6 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	947 hPa (28.0 inHg)
Georgette	2016	July 25	12 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	952 hPa (28.1 inHg)
Lester	2016	August 29–31	36 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	944 hPa (27.9 inHg)
Madeline	2016	August 30	6 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	950 hPa (28 inHg)
Seymour	2016	October 25–26	24 hours	150 mph (240 km/h)	940 hPa (28 inHg)
Fernanda	2017	July 14–16	30 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	947 hPa (28.0 inHg)
Kenneth	2017	August 21	6 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	952 hPa (28.1 inHg)
Aletta	2018	June 8	12 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	943 hPa (27.8 inHg)
Bud	2018	June 12	12 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	943 hPa (27.8 inHg)
Hector*	2018	August 5–10	96 hours	155 mph (250 km/h)	936 hPa (27.6 inHg)
Norman	2018	August 30 – September 3	46 hours	150 mph (240 km/h)	937 hPa (27.7 inHg)
Olivia	2018	September 7	6 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	951 hPa (28.1 inHg)	[84]
Rosa	2018	September 28	18 hours	145 mph (230 km/h)	940 hPa (28 inHg)
Sergio	2018	October 4	24 hours	140 mph (220 km/h)	943 hPa (27.8 inHg)
Barbara	2019	July 2–4	42 hours	155 mph (250 km/h)	930 hPa (27 inHg)
Erick	2019	July 30–31	12 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	952 hPa (28.1 inHg)
Kiko	2019	September 15	12 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	950 hPa (28 inHg)
Douglas*	2020	July 24	12 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	954 hPa (28.2 inHg)
Genevieve	2020	August 18	21 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	950 hPa (28 inHg)
Marie	2020	October 2–3	36 hours	130 mph (215 km/h)	947 hPa (28.0 inHg)
Notes: The storm noted formed or attained Category 4 status in the central Pacific basin but may have formed in the eastern Pacific basin The storm noted attained Category 4 status more than once * The storm noted was both a Category 4 in the eastern and central Pacific basins ** The storm noted originated in the Atlantic basin, but later intensified into a Category 4 hurricane in the eastern Pacific basin # Storms that attained Category 4 status at one point but intensified into Category 5 at a later time are not included. As the Pacific hurricane database only goes back to 1949, the 1943 Mazatlán hurricane is not included, although it attained Category 4-equivalent winds at 136 mph (219 km/h). It is unknown if the winds observed were sustained.[6][85] Storms that formed in the eastern or central Pacific but strengthened to reach Category 4 status in the western Pacific basin (west of 180° W) are not included.[86][87]

Landfalls

Landfalls by month[6]

Month	Number of storms
June	2
August	2
September[nb 2]	10
October	15

Of the 132 Category 4 hurricanes that have formed in the eastern and central Pacific basins, 28 have made landfall. Of them, four made landfall at Category 4 intensity, three at Category 3, eleven at Categories 2 and 1, eight as tropical storms, and six as tropical depressions. Several of these storms weakened slightly after attaining Category 4 status as they approached land;[6][85] this is usually a result of dry air, shallower water due to shelving, cooler waters, or interaction with land.[88] Only in six years – 1976, 1983, 1992, 1997, 2014 and 2018 – more than one Category 4 hurricane made landfall, and only during one year – 2018 – did four Category 4 hurricanes made landfall.[6]

Name	Year	Category 4	Category 3	Category 2	Category 1	Tropical storm	Tropical depression	Source(s)
Unnamed	1957	Sinaloa state	—	—	—	—	—	[6][89]
Dot	1959	—	—	—	Kauaʻi	—	—	[6]
"Mexico"	1959	Colima state	—	—	—	—	—	[6][12]
Liza	1976	—	Sonora state	—	—	—	—	[6][89]
Madeline	1976	Guerrero state	—	—	—	—	—	[6][89]
Ignacio	1979	—	—	—	—	—	Michoacán state	[6]
Raymond	1983	—	—	—	—	—	Maui, Oʻahu, Kauaʻi	[6][14]
Tico	1983	—	Sinaloa state	—	—	—	—	[6][89]
Norbert	1984	—	—	—	—	Baja California Sur state	—	[6]
Roslyn	1986	—	—	—	Sinaloa state	—	—	[6][89]
Raymond	1989	—	—	—	—	Baja California Sur state Sonora state	—	[6][90]
Orlene	1992	—	—	—	—	—	Big Island	[6][32]
Iniki	1992	Kauaʻi	—	—	—	—	—	[6][33]
Virgil	1992	—	—	Michoacán state	—	—	—	[6][35][89]
Lidia	1993	—	—	Sinaloa state	—	—	—	[6][42][89]
Nora	1997	—	—	—	Baja California Sur state Baja California state	—	—	[6][51]
Pauline	1997	—	—	Oaxaca state	—	—	—	[6][52][89]
Juliette	2001	—	—	—	—	Baja California Sur state	Sonora state	[6][59]
Javier	2004	—	—	—	—	—	Baja California Sur state	[6][62]
John	2006	—	—	Baja California Sur state	—	—	—	[6][65]
Norbert	2008	—	—	Baja California Sur state	Sonora state	—	—	[6][67]
Jimena	2009	—	—	Baja California Sur state	—	—	—	[6][69]
Iselle	2014	—	—	—	—	Big Island	—
Odile	2014	—	Baja California Sur state	—	—	Sonora state	—
Blanca	2015	—	—	—	—	Baja California Sur state	—
Bud	2018	—	—	—	—	Baja California Sur state	—
Olivia	2018	—	—	—	—	Maui, Lānaʻi	—	[91]
Rosa	2018	—	—	—	—	—	Baja California state
Sergio	2018	—	—	—	—	Baja California Sur state Sonora state	—
Note: If a storm makes landfall in the same Mexican state more than once, it is only listed for the most intense landfall.

See also

• List of Eastern Pacific tropical storms
• List of Category 1 Pacific hurricanes
• List of Category 2 Pacific hurricanes
• List of Category 3 Pacific hurricanes
• List of Category 5 Pacific hurricanes
• List of Category 3 Atlantic hurricanes
• List of Category 4 Atlantic hurricanes
• List of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes
• List of Pacific hurricane seasons
• List of Pacific hurricanes

Footnotes

Notes

1. The Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale, devised in 1971, is used to categorize the intensity of tropical cyclones in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.[1]
2. Though Hurricane Juliette of 2001 made a second landfall in October, it did so after it re-generated. The landfall is included in the "September" total but not the "October" total.

General

• Blake, Eric S.; Gibney, Ethan J.; Brown, Daniel P.; Mainelli, Michelle M.; Franklin, James L.; Kimberlain, Todd B.; Hammer, Gregory R. (June 2009). Tropical Cyclones of the Eastern North Pacific Basin, 1949–2006 (PDF). Historical Climatology Series. 6–5. Asheville, North Carolina: National Climatic Data Center.
• Longshore, David. (1998). Encyclopedia of hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones (1st ed.). Facts on File, Inc. ISBN 0-8160-3398-6.

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