1960 Pacific hurricane season
The Pacific hurricane season 1960 officially began on May 15, 1960 at the Eastern Pacific Ocean and 1 June 1960 in the central Pacific. It ended on 30 November 1965. This season was the first in the Eastern Pacific storms were named, before the storms were just numbered.
During this season, eight tropical storms, five of which intensified into a hurricane formed.
Storms
Tropical Storm Annette
The tropical storm Annette was formed on June 8, south of Mexico. He moved towards the west and dissipated on June 12. The storm never hit the country and there are no damages by Annette known.
Tropical Storm Bonny
The tropical storm Bonny was formed on 22 June and moved in a northwesterly direction. The storm then turned north and then again towards the west and then dissolved on June 26, just south of Baja California, on.
Hurricane Celeste
The remnants of Hurricane Abby, which has formed in the Atlantic Ocean, moving in the eastern Pacific and intensified on 20 July there again to a hurricane. He has now been renamed Celest. The hurricane was moving northwest and there had its maximum wind speed of 135 km / h before it weakened to a tropical storm and broke up on July 22.
Hurricane Diana
Hurricane Diana was formed on August 16 and reached hurricane strength on August 17, where he was moving to the northwest. Diana weakened briefly to a tropical storm on August 18 and reached hurricane strength the next day.
Hurricane Estelle
Estelle was formed on August 29 south-southwest of Guatemala. The storm is moving west-northwest, parallel to the coast of Mexico as a 135 km / h hurricane before extratropical on September 9. The remains of Estelle brought heavy rains over Southern California with 76.2 mm of rainfall in Julian.
Hurricane Fernanda
Fernanda was formed on September 3, southwest of Guatemala, he moved west-northwest as a Category 1 hurricane before it disbanded on September 8, southwest of Mexico.
Tropical Storm Gwen
A tropical cyclone in the eastern Pacific, the name Gwen was given. However, the system is not in the best track data. The reason why is unknown.
Hurricane Hyacinth
Hyacinth was formed as a hurricane on October 21 and umkurvte the Mexican state of Jalisco, where it weakened to a tropical storm before it hit as a tropical depression on October 23rd at the coast. The damage of hyacinth, if any, is unknown.
Course of the season
Storm names
The following names were used for named storms that formed in the eastern Pacific in 1960. No names have been removed from the list, so all was again used in the 1972 season. Names that were not assigned are marked in gray.
- Annette
- Bonny
- Celeste
- Diana
- Estelle
- Fernanda
- Gwen
- Hyacinth
- IVA (unused)
- Joanne (unused)
- Kate ( unused)
- Liza (unused)
- Madeline (unused)
- Naomi (unused)
- Orla (unused)
- Pauline (unused)
- Rebecca (unused)
- Simone (unused)
- Tara (unused)
- Valerie (unused)
- Willa (unused)