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Hurricane Elida 2002
Category 5 hurricane · Eastern and Central Pacific · July 23 to July 30, 2002
Within 24 hours ending July 24, Elida's winds rose by 85 mph (75 knots), tied for the sixth-largest one-day gain in the eastern and central Pacific record. It reached Category 5 with 160 mph winds, one of 24 eastern and central Pacific storms to do so since 1949. With a peak of 160 mph, it ranked tied for the second-strongest of the 19 storms of the 2002 season.
Strength over time
- First record (tropical depression) 285 miles south of Pochutla, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Tropical storm 290 miles south-southwest of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Hurricane 395 miles south-southwest of Petatlán, Guerrero, Mexico
- Major hurricane 410 miles south-southwest of Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico
- Peak 475 miles southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico; lowest pressure 921 mb
- No longer tropical (low) 605 miles southwest of Santa Maria, California
- Last record 410 miles southwest of Monterey, California
Against every Pacific storm since 1949
In the 2002 season
Storm 6 of 19 in 2002, hurricane 3 of 8; it formed after Douglas and before Pacific Storm 7 of 2002. Elida produced 15% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. See the season.
Closest to land
Nearest town of 10,000 people or more: Pochutla, Oaxaca, Mexico, 282 miles from the center on July 23 (depression stage).
Also peaked at 160 mph
Of 14 storms from other Pacific seasons, the nearest in time:
- Ioke (2006)900 mb, no landfall record
- Guillermo (1997)919 mb, no landfall record
- Oliwa (1997)no pressure recorded, no landfall record
- Emilia (1994)926 mb, no landfall record