Hurricane History Map

2009 Eastern and central Pacific season

23 storms formed in the Eastern and central Pacific basin in 2009, from 16 June 2009 to 27 October 2009.

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Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

How to read the lines. Each line is the track of one storm, drawn through its six-hourly positions and coloured by its intensity at each point (the Saffir-Simpson scale), so a line changes colour as the storm strengthens or weakens. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see which storms have passed nearby. Weaker storms appear as you zoom in. Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are the same kind of storm with different names in different oceans.

The 2009 season in numbers

The record holds 23 storms for the 2009 Eastern and central Pacific season, of which 20 had names.20 reached tropical storm strength (34 knots or more), 8 reached hurricane strength (category 1 or more) and 5 were major (category 3 or more).

  • 23storms
  • 20tropical storm strength or more
  • 8hurricane strength or more
  • 5major (category 3 to 5)
  • 127accumulated cyclone energy

Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the squared wind speed of every position of 34 knots or more, divided by 10,000. It is approximate here because the winds are 1-minute equivalents, and it is mostly useful for comparing seasons of one basin.

Strongest storms of 2009

  • Rick (2009)14 October 2009 to 21 October 2009, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 906 hPa
  • Jimena (2009)26 August 2009 to 5 September 2009, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 931 hPa
  • Felicia (2009)3 August 2009 to 12 August 2009, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 935 hPa
  • Guillermo (2009)9 August 2009 to 23 August 2009, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 954 hPa
  • Neki (2009)15 October 2009 to 27 October 2009, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 950 hPa

All 23 storms of 2009

StormPeak
Unnamed storm Tropical depression
Andres Category 1
Blanca Tropical storm
Carlos Category 2
Dolores Tropical storm
Lana Tropical storm
Felicia Category 4
Enrique Tropical storm
Unnamed storm Tropical depression
Maka Tropical storm
Guillermo Category 3
Hilda Tropical storm
Ignacio Tropical storm
Unnamed storm Tropical depression
Kevin Tropical storm
Jimena Category 4
Linda Category 1
Marty Tropical storm
Nora Tropical storm
Olaf Tropical storm
Patricia Tropical storm
Rick Category 5
Neki Category 3

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