The 1960 Pacific hurricane season was an event in the annual seasons of Tropical Cyclone development. It officially started on May 15, 1960, in the eastern Pacific and lasted until November 30, 1960. The 1960 season was the first season that Eastern Pacific hurricanes were named.
Eight tropical cyclones, seven named storms and five hurricanes formed during the 1960 season, none of the hurricanes reached beyond category 1 status on the
Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.
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Tropical Storm Annette
Tropical Storm Annette formed on June 9 as a 45 mph (70 km/h) tropical storm south of
Mexico
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and moved westward before dissipating on June 12. The storm never made landfall and the effects from Annette is unknown.
Tropical Storm Bonny
Tropical Storm Bonny formed on June 22 southwest of
Mexico
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and moved northwestward as a 45 mph (70 km/h) tropical storm. Bonny then turned northward and then turned westward before dissipating south of
Baja California
Baja California, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California, is a state in Mexico. It is the northwesternmost of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1952, the area was known as the North Territory of B ...
on June 26.
Hurricane Celeste
The remnants of
Hurricane Abby crossed over Mexico into the Pacific Ocean and regenerated into a hurricane on July 20 and was named Celeste. The hurricane moved northwestward where it winds peaked at 85 mph (135 km/h) before it weakened into a tropical storm and dissipated on July 22.
Hurricane Diana
Hurricane Diana formed on August 16 And reached hurricane strength on August 17 where it moved northwestward.
Diana briefly weakened into a tropical storm on August 18 before reaching hurricane strength again the following day. After brushing southern
Baja California Peninsula, Diana entered the
Gulf of California
The Gulf of California (), also known as the Sea of Cortés (''Mar de Cortés'') or Sea of Cortez, or less commonly as the Vermilion Sea (''Mar Vermejo''), is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean that separates the Baja California peninsula from ...
where it became extratropical on August 20.
Hurricane Estelle
Estelle formed on August 29 south-southwest of
Guatemala
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...
. The storm moved west-northwest, paralleling the coast of
Mexico
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as an 85 mph (135 km/h) hurricane before becoming extratropical on September 9.
The remnants of Estelle brought heavy rainfall across southern California with rainfall totals reaching 3.1 inches (76.2 mm) in
Julian.
Hurricane Fernanda
Fernanda formed on September 3 southwest of
Guatemala
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where it moved west-northwest as a category 1 hurricane before dissipating on September 8 southwest of
Mexico
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.
Hurricane Gwen
Only one report of Gwen was submitted to the National Weather Bureau by the vessel Lord Lodrington early on October 4. The system was given the name Gwen and an Air Force reconnaissance aircraft sent to monitor the system. However, by the time they reached the area where the hurricane was positioned, found the storm had completely dissipated. Due to the lack of reports no track data was produced for Gwen.
Hurricane Hyacinth
Hyacinth formed as a hurricane on October 21 and recurved northeastward where it made weakened into a tropical storm before it made landfall as a tropical depression on October 23.
Damage from Hyacinth, if any, is unknown.
Storm names
The following names were used for tropical storms that formed in the North Pacific Ocean east of
140°W during 1960. The names came from a series of four rotating lists. Names were used one after the other without regard to year, and when the bottom of one list was reached, the next named storm received the name at the top of the next list. This was the first season in which tropical storms in the basin were officially given names.
No tropical storms formed in the North Pacific between 140°W and the
International Date Line
The International Date Line (IDL) is the line extending between the South and North Poles that is the boundary between one calendar day and the next. It passes through the Pacific Ocean, roughly following the 180.0° line of longitude and de ...
in 1960. Had there been, their names would have been drawn from the Western Pacific typhoon naming list.
See also
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Tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure area, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its locat ...
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List of Pacific hurricanes
This is a list of notable Pacific hurricanes, subdivided by reason for notability. Notability means that it has met some criterion or achieved some statistic, or is part of a top ten for some superlative. It includes lists and rankings of Pacific ...
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1960 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1960 Atlantic hurricane season was the least active Atlantic hurricane season, season since 1952 Atlantic hurricane season, 1952. The season officially began on June 15, and lasted until November 15. These dates conventionally del ...
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1960 Pacific typhoon season
The 1960 Pacific typhoon season had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1960, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year wh ...
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1960 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
The 1960 North Indian Ocean cyclone season featured two deadly tropical cyclones that collectively killed approximately 20,000 people collectively in East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh). The Indian subcontinent divides the North Indian ...
* Australian region cyclone seasons:
1959–60 1960–61
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this yea ...
* South Pacific cyclone seasons:
1959–60 1960–61
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this yea ...
* South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons:
1959–60 1960–61
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this yea ...
References
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