Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In the period 1951 to 2000, Baja California had one hurricane and three tropical storms make landfall. During the same period, Baja California Sur witnessed nineteen hurricanes and thirty tropical storms. During the same time period, the region got hit by two major hurricanes (Hurricane Oliva in 1967 and Hurricane Kiko in 1989). [1]
Hurricane Jimena / h i ˈ m ɛ n ə / [2] is tied with Hurricane Norbert as the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall on western portion of the Baja California Peninsula. [1] Jimena was the twelfth named storm, fifth hurricane, third major hurricane and overall second-strongest tropical cyclone of the 2009 Pacific hurricane season.
Tropical Storm Patricia was a short-lived tropical cyclone that briefly affected parts of Baja California Sur before rapidly degenerating over water. Developing from a tropical wave that traversed the Atlantic Ocean during September 2009, Patricia was first classified as a tropical depression on October 11 several hundred miles south of the Baja California Peninsula.
Due to the location and geography of the peninsula, Baja California is the region in Mexico that receives the most landfalls by tropical cyclones of tropical storm intensity or stronger. In the period 1951 to 2000, Baja California had one hurricane and three tropical storms make landfall.
Of these storms, Hurricane Jimena became the first cyclone of the season to make landfall, as well as the strongest storm to strike the west coast Baja California Sur, alongside Hurricane Norbert in 2008. [13] Following the well-above average August, September experienced below-average activity with ACE reaching 70% of the long-term mean. [14]
As of Friday afternoon, Kristy was located about 1115 miles southwest of the southern tip of Baja, California and continues to move west. Hurricane Kristy tracker: See path of Category 3 storm ...
Hurricane Hilary hurtled towards Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Sunday, blanketing the region with heavy rain amid warnings of catastrophic and life-threatening flooding on the peninsula ...
July 20–21, 1902 – A tropical cyclone struck the southern Baja California peninsula and dissipated, although the monsoon drew its moisture northward. San Diego recorded 0.83 in (21 mm), which was the highest July rainfall total for the city until 2015 when it was surpassed by Hurricane Dolores.