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Hurricane Celia 2010
Category 5 hurricane · Eastern and Central Pacific · June 18 to June 28, 2010
Celia reached Category 5 with 160 mph winds, one of 24 eastern and central Pacific storms to do so since 1949. No other storm of the 2010 eastern and central Pacific season matched its 160 mph peak; the season had 13 storms. It generated 48% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy, more than any other 2010 storm.
Strength over time
- First record (low) 195 miles southwest of Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico
- Tropical storm 205 miles south of Pochutla, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Hurricane 355 miles southwest of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Major hurricane 755 miles southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico
- Peak 780 miles south-southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico; lowest pressure 921 mb
- No longer tropical (low) 1,050 miles southwest of Ciudad Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico
- Last record 975 miles southwest of Ciudad Constitución, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Against every Pacific storm since 1949
More from the record
Its winds climbed 60 mph in the 24 hours to June 25.
In the 2010 season
Storm 4 of 13 in 2010, hurricane 1 of 3; it formed after Blas and before Darby. See the season.
Closest to land
Nearest town of 10,000 people or more: Pochutla, Oaxaca, Mexico, 173 miles from the center on June 18 (depression stage).
Also peaked at 160 mph
Of 15 storms from other Pacific seasons, the nearest in time:
- Ioke (2006)900 mb, no landfall record
- Genevieve (2014)918 mb, no landfall record
- Marie (2014)918 mb, no landfall record
- Elida (2002)921 mb, no landfall record