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EASTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

2009 Pacific hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 21 storms · 18 Jun 2009–27 Oct 2009

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY126.0
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2009 Pacific hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 21 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 BengalUnnamed: 18 Jun–20 Jun, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionAndres: 21 Jun–24 Jun, peak 70 kt, Category 1Blanca: 6 Jul–9 Jul, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormCarlos: 10 Jul–16 Jul, peak 90 kt, Category 2Dolores: 15 Jul–16 Jul, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormLana: 30 Jul–3 Aug, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormFelicia: 4 Aug–11 Aug, peak 125 kt, Category 4Enrique: 3 Aug–7 Aug, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 9 Aug–11 Aug, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionGuillermo: 12 Aug–19 Aug, peak 110 kt, Category 3Hilda: 22 Aug–28 Aug, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormIgnacio: 25 Aug–27 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormKevin: 29 Aug–1 Sep, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormJimena: 29 Aug–4 Sep, peak 135 kt, Category 4Linda: 7 Sep–11 Sep, peak 70 kt, Category 1Marty: 16 Sep–19 Sep, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormNora: 23 Sep–25 Sep, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormOlaf: 1 Oct–3 Oct, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormPatricia: 11 Oct–14 Oct, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormRick: 15 Oct–21 Oct, peak 155 kt, Category 5Neki: 18 Oct–27 Oct, peak 110 kt, Category 3

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2009 Pacific hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1001820
Andres–70Cat 1984910
Blanca–45Tropical storm9981,840
Carlos–90Cat 29711,770
Dolores–50Tropical storm9972,270
Lana–55Tropical storm9952,020
Enrique–55Tropical storm9941,550
Felicia–125Cat 49352,330
Unnamed–30Tropical depression10061,610
Guillermo–110Cat 39544,270
Hilda–55Tropical storm9952,840
Ignacio–45Tropical storm9991,630
Jimena–135Cat 49311,980
Kevin–45Tropical storm10001,950
Linda–70Cat 19851,810
Marty–40Tropical storm10021,740
Nora–50Tropical storm9971,590
Olaf–40Tropical storm9961,500
Patricia–50Tropical storm9961,040
Rick–155Cat 59061,880
Neki–110Cat 39503,220

21 storms with an IBTrACS 2009 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 18 Jun 2009, last 27 Oct 2009.

Tropical storms19

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

Hurricanes8

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)5

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 51

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormRick

155 kt · 178 mph / 287 km/h

Lowest pressure906 hPa

Rick, 18 Oct 2009

Longest track record13.5 days

Guillermo, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2009 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 2009 Pacific hurricane season?

The archive records 8 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 19 tropical storms, with 5 major hurricanes reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 2009 Pacific hurricane season?

Rick, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 155 kt (Category 5) on 18 Oct 2009, 06:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 906 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2009?

1 storm in the 2009 Pacific hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Rick.

When did the 2009 Pacific hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 18 Jun 2009 and the last on 27 Oct 2009, from 21 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 2009 Pacific hurricane season?

Andres, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 23 Jun 2009, 03:00 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 2009 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