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EASTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

2015 Pacific hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 29 storms · 28 May 2015–28 Nov 2015

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2015 Pacific hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 29 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 BengalAndres: 28 May–4 Jun, peak 125 kt, Category 4Blanca: 31 May–9 Jun, peak 125 kt, Category 4Carlos: 10 Jun–17 Jun, peak 80 kt, Category 1Ela: 8 Jul–10 Jul, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormIune: 10 Jul–13 Jul, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormDolores: 11 Jul–18 Jul, peak 115 kt, Category 4Enrique: 12 Jul–18 Jul, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormFelicia: 23 Jul–24 Jul, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormGuillermo: 29 Jul–7 Aug, peak 95 kt, Category 2Unnamed: 27 Jul–29 Jul, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionHilda: 6 Aug–13 Aug, peak 125 kt, Category 4Unnamed: 16 Aug–17 Aug, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionLoke: 21 Aug–26 Aug, peak 65 kt, Category 1Ignacio: 25 Aug–4 Sep, peak 125 kt, Category 4Jimena: 26 Aug–9 Sep, peak 135 kt, Category 4Kevin: 31 Aug–5 Sep, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormKilo: 1 Sep–11 Sep, peak 95 kt, Category 2Linda: 5 Sep–10 Sep, peak 110 kt, Category 3Malia: 18 Sep–22 Sep, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 20 Sep–21 Sep, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionNiala: 25 Sep–28 Sep, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormMarty: 26 Sep–30 Sep, peak 70 kt, Category 1Oho: 3 Oct–8 Oct, peak 95 kt, Category 2Unnamed: 3 Oct–4 Oct, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionNora: 9 Oct–15 Oct, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormOlaf: 15 Oct–27 Oct, peak 130 kt, Category 4Patricia: 20 Oct–24 Oct, peak 185 kt, Category 5Rick: 18 Nov–22 Nov, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormSandra: 23 Nov–28 Nov, peak 130 kt, Category 4

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2015 Pacific hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Andres–125Cat 49371,450
Blanca–125Cat 49361,400
Carlos–80Cat 1978890
Ela–40Tropical storm10021,260
Iune–35Tropical storm10041,720
Dolores–115Cat 49462,140
Enrique–45Tropical storm10001,220
Felicia–35Tropical storm1004990
Unnamed–30Tropical depression10061,140
Guillermo–95Cat 29673,310
Hilda–125Cat 49371,840
Unnamed–30Tropical depression10031,300
Loke–65Cat 19851,910
Ignacio–125Cat 49424,210
Jimena–135Cat 49323,350
Kevin–50Tropical storm998860
Kilo–95Cat 29573,630
Linda–110Cat 39501,570
Malia–45Tropical storm9921,320
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1001310
Niala–55Tropical storm9921,170
Marty–70Cat 1987440
Oho–95Cat 29573,820
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1001710
Nora–60Tropical storm9931,410
Olaf–130Cat 49383,030
Patricia–185Cat 58721,190
Rick–35Tropical storm10021,440
Sandra–130Cat 49341,330

29 storms with an IBTrACS 2015 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 28 May 2015, last 28 Nov 2015.

Tropical storms25

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

Hurricanes16

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)10

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 51

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormPatricia

185 kt · 213 mph / 343 km/h

Lowest pressure872 hPa

Patricia, 23 Oct 2015

Longest track record15.8 days

Ignacio, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2015 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 2015 Pacific hurricane season?

The archive records 16 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 25 tropical storms, with 10 major hurricanes reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 2015 Pacific hurricane season?

Patricia, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 185 kt (Category 5) on 23 Oct 2015, 12:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 872 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2015?

1 storm in the 2015 Pacific hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Patricia.

When did the 2015 Pacific hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 28 May 2015 and the last on 28 Nov 2015, from 29 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 2015 Pacific hurricane season?

Andres, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 29 May 2015, 18:00 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 2015 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