pacific hurricane season pacific hurricane season event tropical cyclone important system year hurricane intense pacific hurricane known time weaker tropical cyclones came close landfall pacific_coast mexico hurricane downed power communication lines parts baja california peninsula storms caused rain flooding tropical cyclone season caused deaths season quick start slow end overall activity average named systems total tropical storms seven hurricanes major category higher saffir simpson hurricane scale storm formed august active east pacific season officially started eastern pacific june central pacific lasted november dates conventionally period year tropical cyclones form northeastern pacific_ocean tropical cyclones season formed eastern north pacific_ocean coast mexico usual northern hemisphere traveled generally westward northwestward reached far waters south season summary season began formation pre tropical depression june ended dissipation tropical october season lasted total days named storms formed june july august september october november tropical depressions formed year data unavailable tropical cyclones formed eastern north pacific tropical cyclone basin encompasses pacific_ocean north equator east formed central north pacific remainder pacific_ocean east international tropical cyclones formed year tropical storms seven hurricanes hurricanes major hurricanes reached category higher saffir simpson scale totals long term averages thirteen tropical storms hurricanes major hurricanes time season total named tropical cyclones exactly average time basin weak satellite coverage season advisories tropical cyclone data released collected agencies california honolulu hawaii respective cities covered area coast north_america remainder area hurricane tropical depression formed june steadily strengthened headed generally westerly direction moved slowly hurricane june days later major hurricane sped june category hurricane started weakening slowed dissipated june deaths damages attributed hurricane minimum central pressure maximum sustained winds reached knots intense recorded east pacific hurricane time reached category intensity june earliest date east pacific season hurricane second known category storm east pacific strongest june storm fifth intense east pacific hurricane june category record flown hurricane hunter aircraft penetration pacific hurricane aircraft flights radars devices tested wind speed pressure wave heights measured reason hurricane pressure measured instead estimated photographed visible missions time coincidentally surface earth directly underneath space station hurricane best observed pacific hurricanes time tropical storm nearly stationary disturbance spent days organizing finally developed tropical depression june cyclone started heading northwest intensifying tropical storm landfall june location roughly southwest dissipated later day exposed ships deaths significant impact reported peak winds miles hour tropical storm tropical depression formed june westward moving area disturbed weather day developed gale force winds named headed northwesterly northwards landfall june approximately east acapulco dissipated inland day deaths casualties reported tropical cyclone hurricane july tropical storm formed disturbance named steadily intensified hurricane july briefly reached category strength july relatively high central pressure inhg weakened steadily path carried direct path weakened tropical storm entered area responsibility july frontal system stuck high pressure areas weakened areas merged creating larger high pressure area turned southwest july hurricane turned northwest strengthened hurricane major hurricane weakening dissipated august remnant vortex continued westward dissipated trough near sudden change track unusual formation dissipation lasted days traveled distance tied record longest lasting pacific hurricane longest lasting july tropical cyclone broke records season remains eighth longest lasting pacific tropical cyclone tied storms ships encountered incident involved greek ship called lost rudder waves managed escape continue way panama afternoon july swells waves seen damages deaths blamed tropical cyclone hurricane emily depression formed july headed west northwest strengthened tropical storm emily continued moving nearly parallel coast turning west steadily intensifying emily eventually reached category intensity july emily weakened turned northwest dissipated july emily wind field large bring areas east hurricane july tropical cyclone caused deaths damage hurricane florence july depression formed coast guatemala storm close approach mexican coast depression landfall strengthened tropical storm florence headed west west northwest hurricane july began weakening florence dissipated july damages deaths reported tropical storm depression formed july tropical disturbance quickly strengthened tropical storm named took path similar shore dissipated august time winds knots peak miles hour deaths damage impact reported tropical storm heather storm form august year formed august area circulation tropical depression august moving northwest bit tropical storm headed north mexico heather dissipated september making landfall tropical storm heather caused deaths damage location coastal area hurricane depression formed september tropical storm september hurricane september took northwesterly path reached category strength saffir simpson hurricane scale dropped landfall baja california entered tropical storm making landfall northwestern mexico approximately northwest landfall strongest season hurricane dissipated september heading east northeast mainland mexico blew power communication lines passage southern tip baja california peninsula heavy rain fell parts mexico highest total person injured houses destroyed cabo san lucas killed concern hurricane disrupt procedures end return earth seriously affected tropical storm september depression formed took northeasterly path rotating southern periphery hurricane interaction strengthened tropical storm late september peak tropical cyclone miles hour weakened depression turned north northeast brushed cyclone landfall near southeast dissipated september tropical depression caused rain parts mexico highest total killed damage reported hurricane tropical storm september hours forming headed sea october hurricane peaked day weakening storm strength crossed entered central pacific continued slightly south westward track dropped depression october dissipated shortly influence cold trough storm threatened land causing casualties damage hurricane depression formed october reached storm strength day generally paralleled coast mexico far offshore reached minimal hurricane strength october peaked day hurricane began weaken immediately dissipated october life traveled generally west northwestward westward threatened land causing known impact storm names names storms formed eastern pacific season list season storms named time year names retired list season names weren assigned colored gray names numbers typhoon list systems formed area names required
1973 Pacific hurricane season