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EASTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

1993 Pacific hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 18 storms · 11 Jun 1993–14 Oct 1993

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY200.9
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1993 Pacific hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 18 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 BengalAdrian: 11 Jun–19 Jun, peak 75 kt, Category 1Beatriz: 18 Jun–20 Jun, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 27 Jun–2 Jul, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionCalvin: 4 Jul–9 Jul, peak 95 kt, Category 2Dora: 14 Jul–20 Jul, peak 115 kt, Category 4Eugene: 15 Jul–25 Jul, peak 110 kt, Category 3Fernanda: 9 Aug–19 Aug, peak 125 kt, Category 4Unnamed: 12 Aug–15 Aug, no US-agency windGreg: 15 Aug–28 Aug, peak 115 kt, Category 4Hilary: 17 Aug–27 Aug, peak 105 kt, Category 3Keoni: 19 Aug–3 Sep, peak 100 kt, Category 3Irwin: 21 Aug–22 Aug, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormJova: 29 Aug–5 Sep, peak 115 kt, Category 4Kenneth: 5 Sep–17 Sep, peak 130 kt, Category 4Lidia: 8 Sep–14 Sep, peak 130 kt, Category 4Max: 30 Sep–4 Oct, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormNorma: 2 Oct–6 Oct, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 11 Oct–14 Oct, peak 30 kt, Tropical depression

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 1993 Pacific hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Adrian–75Cat 1979660
Beatriz–55Tropical storm995280
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—1,190
Calvin–95Cat 29661,120
Dora–115Cat 49451,670
Eugene–110Cat 39482,850
Fernanda–125Cat 49343,310
Unnamed–—Unclassified—710
Greg–115Cat 49482,380
Hilary–105Cat 39571,770
Keoni–100Cat 39403,020
Irwin–60Tropical storm999450
Jova–115Cat 49481,610
Kenneth–130Cat 49322,080
Lidia–130Cat 49301,960
Max–40Tropical storm1000480
Norma–45Tropical storm1000710
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—520

18 storms with an IBTrACS 1993 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 11 Jun 1993, last 14 Oct 1993.

Tropical storms15

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

Hurricanes11

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)9

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 50

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormKenneth

130 kt · 150 mph / 241 km/h

Lowest pressure930 hPa

Lidia, 11 Sept 1993

Longest track record15.5 days

Keoni, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind1

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 1993 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 1993 Pacific hurricane season?

The archive records 11 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 15 tropical storms, with 9 major hurricanes reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 1993 Pacific hurricane season?

Kenneth, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 130 kt (Category 4) on 11 Sept 1993, 06:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 932 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 1993?

None. No storm in the 1993 Pacific hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale in the archive.

When did the 1993 Pacific hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 11 Jun 1993 and the last on 14 Oct 1993, from 18 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 1993 Pacific hurricane season?

Adrian, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 15 Jun 1993, 12:00 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 1993 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