The 2015 Pacific hurricane season is a current event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation, in which tropical cyclones form in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The season officially started on May 15 in the East Pacific Ocean and will start on June 1 in the Central Pacific; they will both end on November 30. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Pacific basin. However, the formation of tropical cyclones is possible at any time of the year.
| 2015 Pacific hurricane season | |
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| Seasonal boundaries | |
| First system formed | None yet |
| Last system dissipated | None yet |
| Seasonal statistics | |
| Total fatalities | Unknown |
| Total damage | Unknown |
Seasonal forecasts
| Source | Date | Named storms |
Hurricanes | Major hurricanes |
Ref |
| Average (1981–2010) | 15.4 | 7.6 | 3.2 | [1] | |
| Record high activity | 27 | 16† | 10 | [2] | |
| Record low activity | 8 | 3† | 0† | [2] | |
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| SMN | April 10, 2015 | 19 | 11 | 4 | |
On April 10, 2015, the Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN) issued its first outlook for the Pacific hurricane season, expecting a total of nineteen named storms, eleven hurricanes, and four major hurricanes[nb 1].
Storm names
The following names will be used for named storms that form in the northeastern Pacific Ocean during 2015. Retired names, if any, will be announced by the World Meteorological Organization in the spring of 2016. The names not retired from this list will be used again in the 2021 season.[3] This is the same list used in the 2009 season.
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For storms that form in the Central Pacific Hurricane Center's area of responsibility, encompassing the area between 140°W and the International Date Line, all names are used in a series of four rotating lists.[4] The next four names slated for use are shown below.
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Season effects
This is a table of all of the storms that have formed in the 2015 Pacific hurricane season. It includes their duration, names, landfall(s), denoted in parenthesis, damages, and death totals. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but were still related to that storm. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical, a wave, or a low, and all of the damage figures are in 2015 USD.
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| TD | TS | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 |
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Dates active | Storm category at peak intensity |
Max 1-min wind mph (km/h) |
Min. press. (mbar) |
Areas affected | Damage (USD) |
Deaths | Ref(s) | ||
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| 0 systems | None Yet | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
See also
- List of Pacific hurricanes
- List of Pacific hurricane seasons
- 2015 Atlantic hurricane season
- 2015 Pacific typhoon season
- 2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
- South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 2014–15, 2015–16
- Australian region cyclone seasons: 2014–15, 2015–16
- South Pacific cyclone seasons: 2014–15, 2015–16
- South Atlantic tropical cyclone
Notes
- ^ A major hurricane is a storm that ranks as Category 3 or higher on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale.
References
- ^ "Background Information: East Pacific Hurricane Season". Climate Prediction Center. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. May 22, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
- ^ a b National Hurricane Center; Hurricane Research Division; Central Pacific Hurricane Center (April 26, 2024). "The Northeast and North Central Pacific hurricane database 1949–2023". United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service. Archived from the original on May 29, 2024. A guide on how to read the database is available here. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Tropical Cyclone Names". National Hurricane Center. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 2013-04-11. Archived from the original on May 8, 2013. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
- ^ "Pacific Tropical Cyclone Names". Central Pacific Hurricane Center. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. April 11, 2013. Archived from the original (PHP) on May 8, 2013. Retrieved May 8, 2013.