 With a total track of about 6,500 mi (10,500 km), Hurricane Dora had the second longest track of a Pacific hurricane, behind only Hurricane John of 1994; the length of the track of Dora was more than four times the basin average.Dora was also the first Pacific hurricane to come close enough to be detected by radar.In addition, the hurricane was the first tropical cyclone to move across all three Pacific basins since John in 1994.