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EASTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

2023 Pacific hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 19 storms · 27 Jun 2023–26 Nov 2023

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY115.2
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2023 Pacific hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 19 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: 27 Jun–2 Jul, peak 90 kt, Category 2Beatriz: 29 Jun–1 Jul, peak 75 kt, Category 1Calvin: 11 Jul–19 Jul, peak 110 kt, Category 3Unnamed: 20 Jul–21 Jul, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionEugene: 5 Aug–7 Aug, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormFernanda: 12 Aug–17 Aug, peak 115 kt, Category 4Greg: 14 Aug–18 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormHilary: 16 Aug–20 Aug, peak 120 kt, Category 4Irwin: 26 Aug–29 Aug, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormJova: 4 Sep–10 Sep, peak 140 kt, Category 5Unnamed: 15 Sep–18 Sep, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionKenneth: 19 Sep–22 Sep, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 23 Sep–24 Sep, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionLidia: 3 Oct–11 Oct, peak 120 kt, Category 4Max: 8 Oct–10 Oct, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormNorma: 17 Oct–23 Oct, peak 115 kt, Category 4Otis: 22 Oct–25 Oct, peak 145 kt, Category 5Pilar: 28 Oct–5 Nov, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormRamon: 21 Nov–26 Nov, peak 40 kt, Tropical storm

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2023 Pacific hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Adrian–90Cat 29701,110
Beatriz–75Cat 1992600
Calvin–110Cat 39533,520
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1006720
Eugene–60Tropical storm9921,460
Fernanda–115Cat 49493,330
Greg–45Tropical storm10001,420
Hilary–120Cat 49401,590
Irwin–40Tropical storm9981,490
Jova–140Cat 59262,400
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1006760
Kenneth–45Tropical storm10001,440
Unnamed–30Tropical depression10061,380
Lidia–120Cat 49421,490
Max–60Tropical storm990300
Norma–115Cat 49391,040
Otis–145Cat 5922710
Pilar–55Tropical storm9952,070
Ramon–40Tropical storm1002590

19 storms with an IBTrACS 2023 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 27 Jun 2023, last 26 Nov 2023.

Tropical storms16

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

Hurricanes9

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)7

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 52

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormOtis

145 kt · 167 mph / 269 km/h

Lowest pressure922 hPa

Otis, 25 Oct 2023

Longest track record12 days

Fernanda, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2023 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 2023 Pacific hurricane season?

The archive records 9 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 16 tropical storms, with 7 major hurricanes reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 2023 Pacific hurricane season?

Otis, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 145 kt (Category 5) on 25 Oct 2023, 03:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 922 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2023?

2 storms in the 2023 Pacific hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Jova, Otis.

When did the 2023 Pacific hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 27 Jun 2023 and the last on 26 Nov 2023, from 19 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 2023 Pacific hurricane season?

Adrian, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 28 Jun 2023, 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 2023 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