The name Paine has been used for four
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 ...
s in the Eastern Pacific Ocean:
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Hurricane Paine (1986)
Hurricane Paine was the sixteenth tropical storm and eighth hurricane of the fairly active 1986 Pacific hurricane season; moisture from the system contributed to one of the most significant flooding events in Oklahoma history. Paine formed on Se ...
– Category 2, brushed the southern
Baja California peninsula before hitting
Sonora
Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 ...
; its remnants contributed to severe flooding in the
South Central United States
The West South Central states, colloquially known as the South Central states, is a region of the United States defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as covering four states: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. The West South Central or Sou ...
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Hurricane Paine (1992) – Category 1, never neared land
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Hurricane Paine (2016) – Category 1, dissipated just west of the Baja California peninsula
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Tropical Storm Paine (2022) – weak tropical storm, dissipated in the open ocean
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