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EASTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

2000 Pacific hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 20 storms · 22 May 2000–8 Nov 2000

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY94.8
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2000 Pacific hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 20 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 BengalAletta: 22 May–28 May, peak 90 kt, Category 2Bud: 13 Jun–17 Jun, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormCarlotta: 17 Jun–25 Jun, peak 135 kt, Category 4Unnamed: 6 Jul–7 Jul, peak 25 kt, Tropical depressionUpana: 19 Jul–24 Jul, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 21 Jul–23 Jul, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionDaniel: 22 Jul–5 Aug, peak 110 kt, Category 3Emilia: 26 Jul–30 Jul, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormFabio: 1 Aug–8 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormGilma: 5 Aug–11 Aug, peak 70 kt, Category 1Hector: 10 Aug–16 Aug, peak 70 kt, Category 1Ileana: 13 Aug–17 Aug, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormJohn: 28 Aug–1 Sep, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormKristy: 31 Aug–3 Sep, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormLane: 5 Sep–14 Sep, peak 85 kt, Category 2Miriam: 15 Sep–17 Sep, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormNorman: 20 Sep–22 Sep, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormOlivia: 2 Oct–10 Oct, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormPaul: 25 Oct–29 Oct, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormRosa: 3 Nov–8 Nov, peak 55 kt, Tropical storm

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2000 Pacific hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Aletta–90Cat 2970850
Bud–45Tropical storm994770
Carlotta–135Cat 49321,760
Unnamed–25Tropical depression—520
Upana–40Tropical storm—2,070
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—670
Daniel–110Cat 39544,520
Emilia–55Tropical storm9941,680
Fabio–45Tropical storm10001,340
Gilma–70Cat 19841,520
Hector–70Cat 19831,450
Ileana–60Tropical storm991840
John–60Tropical storm994370
Kristy–35Tropical storm1004270
Lane–85Cat 29672,040
Miriam–35Tropical storm1004300
Norman–45Tropical storm998500
Olivia–55Tropical storm9941,010
Paul–40Tropical storm10031,200
Rosa–55Tropical storm993900

20 storms with an IBTrACS 2000 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 22 May 2000, last 8 Nov 2000.

Tropical storms18

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

Hurricanes6

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)2

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 50

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormCarlotta

135 kt · 155 mph / 250 km/h

Lowest pressure932 hPa

Carlotta, 21 Jun 2000

Longest track record13.8 days

Daniel, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2000 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 2000 Pacific hurricane season?

The archive records 6 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 18 tropical storms, with 2 major hurricanes reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 2000 Pacific hurricane season?

Carlotta, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 135 kt (Category 4) on 21 Jun 2000, 06:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 932 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2000?

None. No storm in the 2000 Pacific hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale in the archive.

When did the 2000 Pacific hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 22 May 2000 and the last on 8 Nov 2000, from 20 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 2000 Pacific hurricane season?

Aletta, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 24 May 2000, 09:00 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 2000 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