A Pacific hurricane is a tropical cyclone that develops in the northeastern part of the Pacific Ocean. For organizational purposes, the Pacific Ocean is divided into three regions: the eastern, (North America to 140°W), central (140°W to the dateline), and western (west of the dateline). A Pacific hurricane, then, is a tropical cyclone in the northern Pacific Ocean east of the international dateline. Identical phenomena in the western north Pacific are called typhoons. This separation between the two basins is convenient, however, as tropical cyclones rarely form in the central north Pacific and few ever cross the dateline. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Cyclone Catarina, a rare South Atlantic tropical cyclone viewed from the International Space Station on March 26, 2004 Hurricane and Typhoon redirect here. ... A dateline is a short piece of text included in news articles that describes where and when the story was filed, though the date is often omitted. ... A modern compass card. ... ...

Eastern North Pacific

Hurricane season runs between May 15 and November 30 each year. These date encompass the vast majority of tropical cyclone activity in this region. Hurricane seaons can refer to : The Atlantic hurricane season The Pacific hurricane season This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... is the 135th day of the year (136th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Regional Specialized Meteorological Center for this basin is the United States' National Hurricane Center. Previous forecasters are the Eastern Pacific Hurricane Center and the Joint Hurricane Warning Center. The RSMC monitors the eastern Pacific and issues reports, watches and warnings about tropical weather systems and cyclones as defined by the World Meteorological Organization. A Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre (also Regional Specialized Meteorological Center and Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre) is responsible for the distribution of information, advisories, and warnings regarding the specific program they have a part of, agreed by consensus at the World Meteorological Organization as part of the World Weather Watch. ... National Weather Service Logo The U.S. National Hurricane Center is the division of National Weather Services Tropical Prediction Center responsible for tracking and predicting the likely behavior of tropical depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... On September 11, 1992, Hurricane Iniki caused more than USD $3 billion of damage in Hawaii. ... The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 187 Member States and Territories. ...

This area is, on average, the second-most active basin in the world. Eastern Pacific hurricanes tend to average 16 or 17 named storms but there have been more. Tropical cyclones in this region frequently affect mainland Mexico and the Revillagigedo Islands. Less often, a system will affect the Continental United States or Central America. Northbound hurricanes typically reduce to tropical storms or dissipate before reaching United States: there's only one recorded case of a Pacific system reaching California as a hurricane in almost 200 years of observations - the so-called 1858 San Diego Hurricane. Most often, fortunately, hurricanes in the Pacific Ocean have no impact on land. The Revillagigedo Islands (or Revillagigedo Archipelago), not to be confused with Revillagigedo Island of Alaska, are a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean at approximately 18° N 112° W. They are part of Manzanillo municipality of the Mexican state of Colima and lie 386 km southwest of Cabo San... The continental United States is a term referring to the United States situated on the North American continent. ... For other uses, see Central America (disambiguation). ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Lowest pressure ≤994 mbar[1] Damage Unknown Fatalities unknown Areas affected Extreme Southern California, northwestern Mexico Part of the pre-1900 Pacific hurricane seasons The 1858 San Diego Hurricane was a very rare California hurricane. ...

Central Pacific

Hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30. However, tropical cyclones have formed outside those dates. Should a tropical cyclone enter the central north Pacific from the western north Pacific, where they occur year-round, or from the eastern north Pacific, where the season starts in May, outside of those dates, it is not known if such a system will be considered out of season or not. June 1 is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Central Pacific Hurricane Center is the RSMC for this basin and monitors the storms that develop or move into the defined area of responsibility. A previous forecaster was the Joint Hurricane Warning Center. On September 11, 1992, Hurricane Iniki caused more than USD $3 billion of damage in Hawaii. ... On September 11, 1992, Hurricane Iniki caused more than USD $3 billion of damage in Hawaii. ...

Central Pacific hurricanes are rare and on average 3 or 4 storms form or move in this area. Most often, storms here are weak and are often declining upon entry. The only land tropical cyclones can impact here is Hawaii or Johnston Atoll. Due to small size, direct hits and landfalls are rare. Official language(s) English, Hawaiian Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Area  Ranked 43rd  - Total 10,931 sq mi (29,311 km²)  - Width n/a miles (n/a km)  - Length 1,522 miles (2,450 km)  - % water 41. ...

Steering factors

Hurricanes in the Eastern Pacific tend to move westward out to sea, harming no land. However, hurricanes can form and make a curve to the east or northeast sometimes hitting Central America or Mexico.

See also

• Tropical cyclone
• Atlantic hurricane