1960 Pacific hurricane season

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1960 Pacific hurricane season
All the storms of the season
All the storms of the season
Formation of the
first storm
June 9, 1960
Dissolution of the
last storm
October 23, 1960
Strongest storm Celeste, Diana, Estelle, Fernanda, Hyacinth, 75  kn  (140  km / h )
Tropical lows 8th
Storms 8th
Hurricanes 5
Severe hurricanes ( Cat. 3+ ) 0
Total number of victims Unknown
Total damage Unknown
Pacific hurricane seasons
1958 , 1959 , 1960 , 1961 , 1962

The 1960 Pacific hurricane season officially began on May 15, 1960 in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and June 1, 1960 in the Central Pacific. It ended on November 30, 1965. This season was the first in the East Pacific storms were named, previously the storms were just numbered.

Eight tropical storms formed during that season, five of which intensified into a hurricane .

Storms

Tropical storm Annette

Tropical storm
Annette 1960 track.png
Duration June 9th - June 12th
intensity 45 kn (85 km / h ) (1 minute)

Tropical Storm Annette formed south of Mexico on June 8th . It moved west and disbanded on June 12th. The storm never hit land and Annette is not known to have suffered any damage.

Tropical storm Bonny

Tropical storm
Bonny 1960 track.png
Duration June 22nd - June 26th
intensity 45 kn (85 km / h ) (1 minute)

Tropical Storm Bonny formed on June 22nd and moved in a northwest direction. The storm then turned north and then west again and then resolved on June 26, south of Baja California .

Hurricane Celeste

Category 1 hurricane
Celeste 1960 track.png
Duration July 20th - July 22nd
intensity 75 kn (140 km / h ) (1 minute)

The remnants of Hurricane Abby , which formed in the Atlantic Ocean, moved to the Eastern Pacific and turned into a hurricane again on July 20. It has now been renamed Celest. The hurricane moved northwest and had its maximum wind speed of 135 km / h there before weakening into a tropical storm and resolving on July 22nd.

Hurricane Diana

Category 1 hurricane
Diana 1960 track.png
Duration August 17th August - 20th August
intensity 75 kn (140 km / h ) (1 minute) , 987 hPa

Hurricane Diana formed on August 16 and reached hurricane strength on August 17, where it moved northwest. Diana briefly weakened to a tropical storm on August 18th and regained hurricane strength the next day.

Hurricane Estelle

Category 1 hurricane
Estelle 1960 track.png
Duration August 29 - September 9
intensity 75 kn (140 km / h ) (1 minute)

Estelle formed on August 29, south-southwest of Guatemala. The storm is moving west-northwest, parallel to the coast of Mexico as a 135 km / h hurricane before becoming extra-tropical on September 9th. The remains of Estelle brought heavy rainfall over southern California with 76.2mm of rainfall in Julian.

Hurricane Fernanda

Category 1 hurricane
Fernanda 1960 track.png
Duration September 3 - September 8
intensity 75 kn (140 km / h ) (1 minute)

Fernanda formed southwest of Guatemala on September 3, moving west-northwest as a Category 1 hurricane before disintegrating southwest of Mexico on September 8.

Tropical Storm Gwen

Tropical storm
Temporary cyclone north.svg
Duration September 25th - September 27th
intensity 40 kn (75 km / h ) (1 minute)

A tropical cyclone in the eastern Pacific was given the name Gwen. However, the system is not included in the best track data. The reason for this is unknown.

Hurricane Hyacinth

Category 1 hurricane
Hyacinth 1960 track.png
Duration October 21 - October 23
intensity 75 kn (140 km / h ) (1 minute)

Hyacinth formed as a hurricane on October 21st and circled the Mexican state of Jalisco, where it weakened to a tropical storm before hitting the coast as a tropical depression on October 23rd. The harm, if any, to hyacinth is unknown.

Season course

Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale

Storm names

The following names were used for the named storms that formed in the Eastern Pacific in 1960. No names were removed from the list, so all were reinstated for the 1972 season. Names that have not been assigned are marked in gray .

  • Annette
  • Bonny
  • Celeste
  • Diana
  • Estelle
  • Fernanda
  • Gwen
  • Hyacinth
  • Iva  (unused)
  • Joanne  (unused)
  • Kate  (unused)
  • Liza  (unused)
  • Madeline  (unused)
  • Naomi  (unused)
  • Orla  (unused)
  • Pauline  (unused)
  • Rebecca  (unused)
  • Simone  (unused)
  • Tare  (unused)
  • Valerie  (unused)
  • Willa  (unused)

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. hurricane.com: Hurricane Naming . 2007. Archived from the original on August 18, 2007. Retrieved August 20, 2007.
  2. a b c d e f 1960 Pacific Hurricane Season . In: Unisys . 2007. Archived from the original on August 7, 2007. Retrieved August 20, 2007.
  3. Unisys: Annette 1960 Best Track Data . 2007. Archived from the original on August 7, 2007. Retrieved August 20, 2007.
  4. a b National Hurricane Center: Eastern Pacific hurricane best track analysis 1949-2014 ( English ) United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Oceanic & Atmospheric Research. October 15, 2015. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  5. LP Stark: Weather and Circulation of August (PDF; 1.1 MB) NOAA. 1960. Retrieved August 22, 2007.
  6. Unisys: Diana 1960 Best Track Data . 2007. Archived from the original on August 8, 2007. Retrieved August 22, 2007.
  7. Jack Williams: Background: California's tropical storms . In: USA Today , May 17, 2005. Retrieved August 23, 2007. 
  8. List ot Tropical Cyclone names . Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved on August 23, 2007.