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EASTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

1962 Pacific hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 10 storms · 24 Jun 1962–5 Oct 1962

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1962 Pacific hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 10 storms, colored by the wind category at each observation. Hover or focus a storm in the table to highlight its track.UNITED STATESMEXICOCUBACHINAJAPANPHILIPPINESINDIAGulf of MexicoAtlantic OceanPacific OceanPhilippine SeaArabian SeaBay of BengalValerie: 24 Jun–26 Jun, peak 75 kt, Category 1Unnamed: 30 Jun–2 Jul, no US-agency windWilla: 8 Jul–10 Jul, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormAva: 16 Aug–20 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 20 Aug–22 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 29 Aug–2 Sep, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormBernice: 2 Sep–6 Sep, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormClaudia: 20 Sep–24 Sep, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 26 Sep–30 Sep, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormDoreen: 1 Oct–5 Oct, peak 75 kt, Category 1

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 1962 Pacific hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Valerie–75Cat 1—560
Unnamed–—Unclassified—280
Willa–45Tropical storm—640
Ava–45Tropical storm—620
Unnamed–45Tropical storm—200
Unnamed–45Tropical storm—900
Bernice–45Tropical storm—600
Claudia–45Tropical storm—910
Unnamed–45Tropical storm—570
Doreen–75Cat 1—1,040

10 storms with an IBTrACS 1962 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 24 Jun 1962, last 5 Oct 1962.

Tropical storms9

Tropical-stage US-agency wind of 34 kt or more

Hurricanes2

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)0

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 50

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormValerie

75 kt · 86 mph / 139 km/h

Lowest pressureNot recorded

No tropical-stage pressure in the archive

Longest track record4.5 days

Bernice, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind1

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 1962 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 1962 Pacific hurricane season?

The archive records 2 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 9 tropical storms, with 0 major hurricanes reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 1962 Pacific hurricane season?

Valerie, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 75 kt (Category 1) on 24 Jun 1962, 00:00 UTC.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 1962?

None. No storm in the 1962 Pacific hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale in the archive.

When did the 1962 Pacific hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 24 Jun 1962 and the last on 5 Oct 1962, from 10 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 1962 Pacific hurricane season?

Valerie, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 24 Jun 1962, 00:00 UTC.

METHODOLOGY

Data sources and limitations

The map and totals are generated from NOAA’s IBTrACS v04r01 archive. A storm belongs to this page when the archive lists it in the Eastern Pacific basin for the 1962 season, so a December storm whose track ends in January stays with its season. Storms that cross between basins appear on the page of their archive basin only.

Counts use US-agency one-minute winds during the tropical stage: 34 kt for a tropical storm, 64 kt for hurricane strength and 96 kt for major intensity, on the Saffir–Simpson scale in every basin. Local agencies classify storms differently, and official season summaries can differ from the archive. Accumulated cyclone energy sums squared winds at six-hourly synoptic times, counting observations in the calendar year. Storms with no US-agency wind are mapped but cannot enter the counts.

The map frame is the same for every Eastern Pacific season, so a track that leaves it is cut at the edge. Lines show each storm’s center, not its size, rainfall or flood extent. Coastlines use Natural Earth’s 1:10m land data.

Archive retrieved

NOAA IBTrACS archive · Field documentation

Sources & methodology