Eastern Pacific hurricanes of category 5 in the 2000 to 2024 seasons

Map of 10 locations in Eastern North Pacific

A historical run of Eastern North Pacific tropical cyclones that reached the top of the Saffir-Simpson scale across the 2000 to 2024 seasons, each plotted as the full line of its track rather than a single point. Some stayed offshore and were felt only as surf and rain; others crossed the coast of mainland Mexico or passed close to the Hawaiian islands. The entries record where each storm formed, how fast it strengthened, and what happened at the end of the track.

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  • Hurricane Otis (2023) — Otis was a compact but very powerful cyclone that made landfall just west of Acapulco at Category 5 intensity, the first Pacific hurricane…
  • Hurricane Jova (2023) — Jova was the first Pacific hurricane to reach Category 5 strength since Willa in 2018. In the 24 hours ending early on 7 September its maxi…
  • Hurricane Willa (2018) — Willa reached its peak with sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) before weakening and coming ashore early on 24 October in the Mexican sta…
  • Hurricane Walaka (2018) — Walaka became a Category 3 major hurricane around 12:00 UTC on 1 October, the fourth storm to reach that strength in the Central Pacific th…
  • Hurricane Lane (2018) — Lane began as an area of low pressure well southwest of Mexico on 13 August and was the first of three Category 5 hurricanes in the 2018 Pa…
  • Hurricane Patricia (2015) — Patricia grew out of a sprawling disturbance near the Gulf of Tehuantepec and was classified as a tropical depression on 20 October. It wen…
  • Hurricane Marie (2014) — Marie developed an eye on 24 August and intensified quickly, attaining Category 5 status at 18:00 UTC that day with winds of 160 mph (260 k…
  • Hurricane Celia (2010) — Celia reached Category 5 strength on 24 June, the first storm of the 2010 East Pacific season to do so. Its 140-knot peak matched the figur…
  • Hurricane Rick (2009) — Rick formed as a tropical depression on 15 October several hundred miles south-southeast of Acapulco and became a hurricane within 24 hours…
  • Hurricane Kenna (2002) — Kenna came ashore near San Blas, Nayarit, at 16:30 UTC on 25 October as a Category 4 hurricane with estimated sustained winds of 140 mph (2…

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