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Hurricane Lidia 2023

Category 4 hurricane · Eastern and Central Pacific · October 3 to October 11, 2023

Lidia's 140 mph landfall in Jalisco on October 11, 2023 ranks the second-strongest of the 10 storms with a landfall record there. Its winds climbed 60 mph in the 24 hours to October 11. With a peak of 140 mph, it ranked tied for the fourth-strongest of the 20 storms of the 2023 season.

Track of Lidia (2023) from the best-track record, coloured by strength10°N15°N20°N25°N115°W110°W105°W100°W95°WTepicJalisco, 140 mphPeak 140 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 3Category 400 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Lidia (2023) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160Oct 4Oct 5Oct 6Oct 7Oct 8Oct 9Oct 10Oct 11mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 525 miles south-southwest of Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico
  2. Tropical storm 525 miles south-southwest of Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico
  3. Hurricane 365 miles south-southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico
  4. Major hurricane 155 miles southwest of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico
  5. Peak 45 miles south-southwest of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico; lowest pressure 942 mb
  6. Landfall Jalisco
  7. No longer tropical (low) 60 miles north of Matehuala, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
  8. Last record 60 miles north of Matehuala, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Against every Pacific storm since 1949

Peak sustained wind140 mph · tied 84th of 1,26225 mph215 mph
Lowest central pressure942 mb · tied 75th of 754872 mb1009 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy12.0 · tied 243rd of 1,1540.185.3
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone8.2 days · tied 211th of 1,2620.0 days29.8 days

In the 2023 season

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Storm 15 of 20 in 2023, hurricane 8 of 10; it formed after Fourteen and before Max. Lidia produced 7% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of 3 towns or cities of 10,000 people or more while the system was tropical. Distances are to the interpolated track line, not the storm's edge.

PlaceClosestWind thenDate
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico20 mi120 mphOctober 11
Compostela, Nayarit, Mexico34 mi105 mphOctober 11
Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico48 mi100 mphOctober 11

Every storm within 50 miles of Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico

Similar landfalls in Jalisco

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Jalisco came closest to Lidia's 140 mph:

  • Patricia (2015)150 mph, October 23, 2015
  • Jova (2011)100 mph, October 12, 2011
  • Calvin (1993)100 mph, July 7, 1993
  • Nora (2021)85 mph, August 28, 2021

All 10 storms with a landfall record in Jalisco

Also peaked at 140 mph

Of 36 storms from other Pacific seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Darby (2022)953 mb, no landfall record
  • Erick (2025)944 mb, landfall in Oaxaca
  • Marie (2020)945 mb, no landfall record
  • Aletta (2018)943 mb, no landfall record