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EPac 1960 1960 Pacific hurricane season summary map.png June 9, 1960 October 23, 1960 Estelle 977 75 8 8 6 1 0 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 1960 North Indian Ocean cyclone season 1960 Atlantic hurricane season 1960 Pacific typhoon season
The 1960 Pacific hurricane season was an event in the annual seasons of Tropical Cyclone development. It officially started on May 15, 1960, in the eastern Pacific and lasted until November 30, 1960. The 1960 season was the first season that Eastern Pacific hurricanes were named.hurricane.com 2007 Hurricane Naming August 20, 2007 http://www.hurricane.com/hurricane-names.php https://web.archive.org/web/20070818001516/http://www.hurricane.com/hurricane-names.php August 18, 2007 live
Eight tropical cyclones, seven named storms and five hurricanes formed during the 1960 season, none of the hurricanes reached beyond category 3 status on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.Unisys 2007 1960 Pacific Hurricane Season August 20, 2007 http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/e_pacific/1960/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070807232508/http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/e_pacific/1960/index.html August 7, 2007 dead mdy-all
Seasonal summary
Systems
Tropical Storm Annette
EPac Tropical Storm Annette weather map, June 11, 1960.jpg Annette 1960 track.png June 9 June 12 45 996 http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/IPS/cdns/cdns.html
Tropical Storm Annette formed on June 9 as a 45 mph (70 km/h) tropical storm south of Mexico and moved westward before dissipating on June 12.Unisys 2007 Annette 1960 Best Track Data August 20, 2007 http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/e_pacific/1960/ANNETTE/track.dat https://web.archive.org/web/20070807213845/http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/e_pacific/1960/ANNETTE/track.dat August 7, 2007 dead mdy-all The storm never made landfall and the effects from Annette is unknown.
Tropical Storm Bonny
EPac Tropical Storm Bonny weather map, June 23, 1960.jpg Bonny 1960 track.png June 22 June 26 45 998 http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/IPS/cdns/cdns.html
Tropical Storm Bonny formed on June 22 southwest of Mexico and moved northwestward as a 45 mph (70 km/h) tropical storm. Bonny then turned northward and then turned westward before dissipating south of Baja California on June 26.
Hurricane Celeste
EPac Hurricane Celeste weather map, July 21, 1960.jpg Celeste 1960 track.png July 20 July 22 75 994 http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/IPS/cdns/cdns.html
The remnants of Hurricane Abby crossed over Mexico into the Pacific OceanRaymond A. Green 1960 Weather and Circulation of July NOAA August 20, 2007 http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/088/mwr-088-07-0257.pdf and regenerated into a hurricane on July 20 and was named Celeste. The hurricane moved northwestward where it winds peaked at 85 mph (135 km/h) before it weakened into a tropical storm and dissipated on July 22.
Hurricane Diana
EPac Hurricane Diana weather map, August 18, 1960.jpg Diana 1960 track.png August 17 August 20 80 989
Hurricane Diana formed on August 16L.P. Stark 1960 Weather and Circulation of August NOAA August 22, 2007 http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/088/mwr-088-08-0286.pdf And reached hurricane strength on August 17 where it moved northwestward. Diana briefly weakened into a tropical storm on August 18 before reaching hurricane strength again the following day.Unisys 2007 Diana 1960 Best Track Data August 22, 2007 http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/e_pacific/1960/DIANA/track.dat https://web.archive.org/web/20070808063611/http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/e_pacific/1960/DIANA/track.dat August 8, 2007 dead mdy-all After brushing southern Baja California Peninsula, Diana entered the Gulf of California where it became extratropical on August 20.
Hurricane Estelle
EPac Hurricane Estelle weather map, September 6, 1960.jpg Estelle 1960 track.png August 29 September 9 75 977 http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/IPS/cdns/cdns.html
Estelle formed on August 29 south-southwest of Guatemala. The storm moved west-northwest, paralleling the coast of Mexico as an 85 mph (135 km/h) hurricane before becoming extratropical on September 9. The remnants of Estelle brought heavy rainfall across southern California with rainfall totals reaching 3.1 inches (76.2 mm) in Julian.Jack Williams Background: California's tropical storms USA Today August 23, 2007 https://www.usatoday.com/weather/whhcalif.htm May 17, 2005
Hurricane Fernanda
EPac Hurricane Fernanda weather map, September 6, 1960.jpg Fernanda 1960 track.png September 3 September 8 75 999 http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/IPS/cdns/cdns.html
Fernanda formed on September 3 southwest of Guatemala where it moved west-northwest as a category 1 hurricane before dissipating on September 8 southwest of Mexico.
Hurricane Gwen
EPac Gwen 1960 surface analysis map.png October 4 October 5 75 1000 http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/IPS/cdns/cdns.html
Only one report of Gwen was submitted to the National Weather Bureau by the vessel Lord Lodrington early on October 4. The system was given the name Gwen and an Air Force reconnaissance aircraft sent to monitor the system. However, by the time they reached the area where the hurricane was positioned, found the storm had completely dissipated. Due to the lack of reports no track data was produced for Gwen.http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/imgsrv/pdf?id=mdp.39015024328893;orient=0;size=100;seq=934;num=36;attachment=0 Mariners Weather Log April 27, 1961 National Weather Bureau 27 October 2013
Hurricane Hyacinth
EPac Hurricane Hyacinth weather map, October 22, 1960.jpg Hyacinth 1960 track.png October 21 October 23 75 989 http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/IPS/cdns/cdns.html
Hyacinth formed as a hurricane on October 21 and recurved northeastward where it made weakened into a tropical storm before it made landfall as a tropical depression on October 23. Damage from Hyacinth, if any, is unknown.
Storm names
The following names were used for tropical storms that formed in the North Pacific Ocean east of 140°W during 1960. The names came from a series of four rotating lists. Names were used one after the other without regard to year, and when the bottom of one list was reached, the next named storm received the name at the top of the next list. This was the first season in which tropical storms in the basin were officially given names.https://australiasevereweather.com/cyclones/2008/summ0711a.htm Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Summary: November 2007 First Installment Gary Padgett July 11, 2008 Australian Severe Weather February 24, 2024
Annette
BonnyCeleste
DianaEstelle
FernandaGwen
Hyacinth
No tropical storms formed in the North Pacific between 140°W and the International Date Line in 1960. Had there been, their names would have been drawn from the Western Pacific typhoon naming list.
See also
Tropical cyclones
Tropical cyclone
List of Pacific hurricanes
1960 Atlantic hurricane season
1960 Pacific typhoon season
1960 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
Australian region cyclone seasons: 1959–60 1960–61
South Pacific cyclone seasons: 1959–60 1960–61
South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 1959–60 1960–61
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