Pre-1900 Pacific hurricane seasons
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The following is a list of pre-1900 Pacific hurricane seasons. Data on most of the storms that formed is unavailable, however, some regions had a large enough coastal population or ship traffic to give data on the occurrence of hurricanes. These seasons all began May 15 in the East Pacific and June 1 in the Central Pacific and ended November 30. These dates conventionally delimit the period of time when tropical cyclones form in these regions.
[edit] Seasons
[edit] 1832 Pacific hurricane season
This is the first known East Pacific tropical cyclone. In December of this year it was tracked from near the Big Island to a point near Johnston Atoll.[1]
[edit] 1839 Pacific hurricane season
On November 1, a hurricane struck near Mazatlán, doing heavy damage to boats and watercraft.[2]
[edit] 1840 Pacific hurricane season
On November 1, a hurricane hit San Blas, where it did heavy damage to shipping.[2]
[edit] 1843 Pacific hurricane season
On September 23, German shipping logs recorded a cyclone near 17°N 147°W. Its path was towards the Big Island of Hawaii, but what happened to it is unknown.[1]
[edit] 1847 Pacific hurricane season
A tropical cyclone existed On October 24 of this year.[3]
[edit] 1849 Pacific hurricane season
A system existed on June 21 and 22.[3]
[edit] 1850 Pacific hurricane season
Eight systems are recorded. They existed on an unknown date, June 24, August 5, September 9 to 11, September 26, October 1 to 6, October 3 and an unknown date in October.[3]
[edit] 1851 Pacific hurricane season
Three systems are recorded. They existed on September 16, October 21, and some time in October.[3]
[edit] 1852 Pacific hurricane season
A system was reported from July 16 to 19.[3]
[edit] 1854 Pacific hurricane season
A tropical cyclone existed on October 3.[3]
[edit] 1855 Pacific hurricane season
Seven systems are recorded.[4] One existed in June and two in August from the third to sixth and eighth through ninth days of that month respectively. Another was recorded on September 4.[3]
[edit] 1857 Pacific hurricane season
Two tropical cyclones existed, on June 20 and September 6.[3]
[edit] 1858 Pacific hurricane season
A system was recorded on August 17.[3]
On October 2, the 1858 San Diego Hurricane caused heavy damage in southern California.[5]
On November 21, a cyclone was reported at a location of 21°N 174°W.[1]
[edit] 1859 Pacific hurricane season
A tropical cyclone existed on September 10.[3]
[edit] 1865 Pacific hurricane season
A system existed on July 25.[3]
[edit] 1870 Pacific hurricane season
On June 17, German shipping logs reported a tropical cyclone.[3]
From September 21 to September 24, German shipping logs reported a tropical cyclone, with a path running northwest from near 17°N 141°W to close to the Big Island to near 19°N 160°W.[1]
[edit] 1871 Pacific hurricane season
A system was recorded by German shipping logs on July 3.[3]
On July 10, a storm of unknown strength was encountered by the USS Jamestown. There was a moderate gale, rain, squalls, diving barometer, choppy seas, and winds that changed direction in a counter clockwise manner.[1]
On August 8, a severe cyclones storm struck Hawaii. Heavy rains flooded a plantation on the Big Island, causing around $5000 (1871 dollars) in damage. Trees were blown down. On Maui, there was considerable damage to trees and buildings.[1]
[edit] 1874 Pacific hurricane season
From November 17 to November 20, German shipping records recorded a cyclone. This may have actually been a type of seasonal extratropical system known as a Kona storm.[1]
[edit] 1876 Pacific hurricane season
Atlantic Hurricane 4, which had made landfall in Southern Nicaragua on October 3 as a Category 2, survived passage over Central America and emerged into the Pacific Ocean as a tropical storm on October 4. It dissipated or was lost track of on October 3.[6]
[edit] 1877 Pacific hurricane season
A tropical cyclone existed on November 5.[3]
[edit] 1880 Pacific hurricane season
Two tropical cyclones were reported. They existed on July 6 and October 13.[3]
[edit] 1881 Pacific hurricane season
In late September, a hurricane with winds estimated near 110 knots struck Mazatlán.[2]
On October 27, a major hurricane with estimated winds of 110 knots hit Manzanillo.[2]
[edit] 1882 Pacific hurricane season
In July, a cyclone was reported near the location 13°N, 118°W. It may have been travelling southwestward.[7]
On September 7, German shipping logs recorded the existence of a tropical cyclone.[3]
[edit] 1883 Pacific hurricane season
Two tropical cyclones existed, from September 21 to 23 and on October 3.[3]
[edit] 1884 Pacific hurricane season
Two tropical cyclones are known. One existed from September 28 to 30, the other on October 23.[3]
[edit] 1885 Pacific hurricane season
Four systems existed, on July 31, September 12, October 5 to 6, and October 25.[3]
[edit] 1886 Pacific hurricane season
A system was recorded on September 19 by German shipping logs.[3]
[edit] 1887 Pacific hurricane season
On July 6 and from October 3 to 6, two tropical cyclones were recorded.[3]
[edit] 1888 Pacific hurricane season
Four systems are known. They existed on August 9 to 10, August 13 to 14, September 10 to 11, and September 20.[3]
[edit] 1889 Pacific hurricane season
The one tropical cyclone known this year existed on August 2 and 3.[3]
[edit] 1890 Pacific hurricane season
A tropical cyclone existed on August 18 and 19.[3]
[edit] 1891 Pacific hurricane season
On August 2, a cyclone existed. Another existed five days later, on August 7.[3] Extreme rainfall fell in southern California on August 12, with 16.10 inches at Campo; 11.50 inches fell in only 80 minutes.[8] This could have been related to the August 7 cyclone.
[edit] 1892 Pacific hurricane season
A system existed on July 19.[3]
[edit] 1895 Pacific hurricane season
On October 1, a cyclone first spotted on September 29 made landfall in Mexico, having rapidly moved north for its short life. It caused much loss of life and property damage.[7]
[edit] 1899 Pacific hurricane season
A cyclone, which passed near the Revillagigedo Islands, paralleled the coast from August 29 to August 31.[9]
A cyclone moved east-southeast from September 3 to September 5 of this year.[9]
[edit] See also
- List of notable tropical cyclones
- List of Pacific hurricane seasons
- Pre-1980 North Indian cyclone seasons
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Tropical Cyclone's in the 1800's. Retrieved on September 7, 2006.
- ^ a b c d Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclones, 1947-1961. Mariners Weather Log (November 1962). Retrieved on September 7, 2006.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Stephen Visher (June, 1922). Tropical Cyclones in the Northeast Pacific, between Hawaii and Mexico. Monthly Weather Review 295. Retrieved on October 25, 2006.
- ^ Visher, p 297
- ^ Michael Chenoweth; Christopher Landsea. The San Diego Hurricane of 2 October 1858. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. Retrieved on September 7, 2006.
- ^ Hurricane #4-Storm Track. Retrieved on September 7, 2006.
- ^ a b Willis Edwin Hurd (February 1929). Tropical Cyclones of the Eastern North Pacific Ocean 46. Monthly Weather Review. Retrieved on September 7, 2006.
- ^ National Weather Service Forecast Office San Diego, California. A History of Significant Local Weather Events. Retrieved on 2007-02-02.
- ^ a b Hurd p. 45
