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EASTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

1999 Pacific hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 14 storms · 18 Jun 1999–11 Oct 1999

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1999 Pacific hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 14 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: 18 Jun–22 Jun, peak 85 kt, Category 2Beatriz: 9 Jul–17 Jul, peak 105 kt, Category 3Unnamed: 14 Jul–15 Jul, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionUnnamed: 23 Jul–25 Jul, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionCalvin: 25 Jul–27 Jul, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 26 Jul–28 Jul, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionEugene: 6 Aug–15 Aug, peak 95 kt, Category 2Unnamed: 13 Aug–15 Aug, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionFernanda: 17 Aug–22 Aug, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormTanya: 19 Aug–24 Aug, peak 70 kt, Category 1Unnamed: 23 Aug–24 Aug, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionGreg: 5 Sep–9 Sep, peak 65 kt, Category 1Hilary: 17 Sep–21 Sep, peak 65 kt, Category 1Irwin: 8 Oct–11 Oct, peak 50 kt, Tropical storm

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 1999 Pacific hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Adrian–85Cat 29731,040
Beatriz–105Cat 39552,270
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—1,420
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—1,470
Calvin–35Tropical storm10051,090
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—290
Eugene–95Cat 29642,570
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—480
Fernanda–55Tropical storm9941,460
Tanya–70Cat 110002,400
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—580
Greg–65Cat 1986660
Hilary–65Cat 1987960
Irwin–50Tropical storm996540

14 storms with an IBTrACS 1999 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 18 Jun 1999, last 11 Oct 1999.

Tropical storms9

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

Hurricanes6

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)1

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 50

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormBeatriz

105 kt · 121 mph / 194 km/h

Lowest pressure955 hPa

Beatriz, 13 Jul 1999

Longest track record10.3 days

Eugene, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 1999 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 1999 Pacific hurricane season?

The archive records 6 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 9 tropical storms, with 1 major hurricane reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 1999 Pacific hurricane season?

Beatriz, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 105 kt (Category 3) on 13 Jul 1999, 00:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 955 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 1999?

None. No storm in the 1999 Pacific hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale in the archive.

When did the 1999 Pacific hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 18 Jun 1999 and the last on 11 Oct 1999, from 14 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 1999 Pacific hurricane season?

Adrian, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 20 Jun 1999, 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 1999 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