pacific hurricane season pacific hurricane season moderately active pacific hurricane season included hurricane pacific hurricane season officially started eastern pacific june area responsibility lasted november regions dates conventionally period year tropical cyclones form northeastern pacific_ocean hurricane struck northwestern mexico june hurricane hit north october storm season remnants dropped heavy rainfall portions arizona rainfall left damaging flooding rivers towns people killed damage totaled million usd tropical storm landfall baja california peninsula later providing rain arizona unusually high number storms threatened known pacific tropical cyclones threatened total storms observed average reached hurricane intensity seasonal summary named storms season average named storms active season recorded time record broken pacific hurricane season saw storms despite activity hurricane observed major hurricanes category higher saffir simpson hurricane wind scale noted totals long term averages seven respectively season decade long absence major hurricanes 1960s major hurricane observed noted possible storms missed lack satellite coverage region time satellite data scarce years shy start satellite era began midst cold phase time period tendency suppress pacific hurricane activity season tropical cyclone advisories issued held responsibility basin storms hurricane tropical cyclone season hurricane observed june west acapulco guerrero moved northwestward coast producing high seas strong winds southwestern mexico estimated attained peak winds mph turned northeast struck near june dissipating early day tropical storm july tropical storm developed south baja california peninsula maintained west northwestward track duration remaining minimal tropical storm july storm dissipated tropical storm middle august tropical storm formed southwest coast mexico given tracked northwest turning north dissipated august unnamed august tropical storm previous storm dissipating tropical storm developed west lasting days dissipated august halfway hawaii west coast mexico hurricane august satellite imagery indicated hurricane defined eye located central pacific_ocean slowly weakened moved lukewarm waters deteriorated rapidly wind shear increased august system consisted circulation weak associated convection weakened tropical depression august remained tropical cyclone september time observed south hawaii tropical storm tropical storm named developed september west moving northwestward days storm turned north striking baja california september dissipating remnants storm later brought moderate rain arizona tropical storm later month storm similar existed tropical storm formed september southwest acapulco maintained general northwest movement duration september crossed western portion baja california peninsula moved water struck peninsula dissipating remnant moisture caused severe flash floods vicinity inches precipitation falling hour period inches rainfall fell near arizona desert museum ensuing flood tributaries produced path destruction miles long miles wide conveyed cubic feet second peak carried proper peaked rivers reached depths feet overflowed banks places feet flooding storm inundated towns sells helicopters rescued families fort indirect death related flooding ambulance able reach elderly woman flooding killed cattle damage counties exceeded million usd crop damage flooding prompted disaster declaration governor provided funds affected people unnamed september tropical storm september tropical storm developed southwest coast mexico storm moved west northwest days dissipating september september october tropical cyclones september october satellite imagery indicated tropical storms central pacific_ocean designated tropical storm passed north september represented storms basin directly affect island produced westerly winds tropical storm existed september affecting land similarly tropical storm existed october open pacific waters day tropical storm passed near nuclear tests impact reported lastly satellite imagery indicated tropical storm october northeast hurricane storm season hurricane formed october southwest mexican coast moved northwestward curving north later turned northwest estimated attained peak winds mph october closest approach southern tip baja california peninsula began motion northeast later day hurricane moved southern dissipating october hurricane responsible light rainfall states arizona new_mexico tropical depressions non developing tropical depressions season surface observations satellite imagery indicated formation tropical depression north july moved west northwestward developing eventually dissipated august central pacific august named tropical depression basin tropical depression following numbering advisories discontinued nautical miles longer considered threat shipping lanes land masses storm names following names named storms formed eastern pacific names retired list list list names 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1962 Pacific hurricane season