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Monthly Eastern North Pacific Tropical Weather Summary



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ABPZ30 KNHC 011254
TWSEP 

Monthly Tropical Weather Summary
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
800 AM PST Thu Dec 1 2022

For the eastern North Pacific, east of 140 degrees west longitude:

No tropical cyclones formed in the eastern Pacific basin in the 
month of November.  Based on a 30-year climatology (1991-2020), one 
named storm typically forms in November every second or third 
year.  This is the first November since 2017 in which a named 
storm did not form during the final month of the hurricane season. 

Overall, the 2022 eastern Pacific hurricane season featured an 
above average number of named storms and hurricanes, and an average 
number of major hurricanes.  Seventeen named storms formed in the 
basin in 2022 (Bonnie and Julia are not included since they formed 
in the Atlantic basin).  Ten hurricanes occurred in the basin with 
four of those becoming major hurricanes (category 3 or greater on 
the 
Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale).  This compares to the 
long-term (1991-2020) averages of fifteen named storms, eight 
hurricanes, and four major hurricanes. In terms of Accumulated 
Cyclone Energy (ACE), which measures the strength and duration of 
tropical storms and hurricanes, the activity in the Eastern Pacific 
was near the long-term (1991-2020) average. 

Reports on individual cyclones, when completed, are available at
the National Hurricane Center website at:
www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/index.php?season=2022&basin=epac

Summary Table

Name                  Dates          Max Wind (mph)
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H  Agatha           28-31 May            110
H  Blas             14-19 Jun             85*
TS Celia            16-28 Jun             60*
MH Bonnie^           1-9  Jul            115
MH Darby             9-16 Jul            140
H  Estelle          15-21 Jul             85*
H  Frank         26 Jul-2 Aug             90*
TS Georgette     27 Jul-3 Aug             60*
H  Howard            6-11 Aug             85
TS Ivette           13-16 Aug             40
TS Javier            1-4  Sep             45
H  Kay             4-9  Sep  105
TS Lester           15-17 Sep             45
TS Madeline         17-20 Sep             65
TS Newton           21-25 Sep             60
MH Orlene        29 Sep-4 Oct            130
TS Paine             3-5  Oct             45
H  Julia^            6-9  Oct             85
MH Roslyn           20-23 Oct            130    

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* Denotes a storm for which the post-storm analysis is complete.

^ Denotes storms that formed in the Atlantic basin and entered the 
  eastern Pacific as tropical cyclones. The dates and maximum wind 
  listed include the system's entire lifecycle in both basins.

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Hurricane Specialist Unit