All storm pages · 2023 Pacific season
Hurricane Otis 2023
Category 5 hurricane · Eastern and Central Pacific · October 22 to October 25, 2023
Otis's peak sustained wind of 165 mph is tied for the seventh-highest of the 1,262 storms in the eastern and central Pacific record since 1949, and one of 24 Category 5 storms in that record. No storm in the record came ashore in Guerrero with stronger winds than its 160 mph landfall on October 25, 2023; 9 storms have a landfall record there. Within 24 hours ending October 25, its winds rose by 105 mph (90 knots), tied for the third-largest one-day gain in the eastern and central Pacific record. The name Otis is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired central and eastern North Pacific names.
Strength over time
- First record (low) 445 miles south of Pochutla, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Tropical storm 385 miles south of Pochutla, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Hurricane 170 miles southwest of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Major hurricane 140 miles south-southeast of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
- Peak 55 miles south-southeast of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico; lowest pressure 922 mb
- Landfall Guerrero
- Last record (tropical storm) 20 miles north of Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, Mexico
Against every Pacific storm since 1949
In the 2023 season
Storm 18 of 20 in 2023, hurricane 10 of 10; it formed after Norma and before Pilar. Otis produced 4% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. See the season.
Places the center passed
The center came within 50 miles of 5 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.
| Place | Closest | Wind then | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico | 0 mi | 155 mph | October 25 |
| Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, Mexico | 4 mi | 65 mph | October 25 |
| Atoyac, Guerrero, Mexico | 21 mi | 125 mph | October 25 |
| Tecpan, Guerrero, Mexico | 35 mi | 115 mph | October 25 |
| Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico | 44 mi | 125 mph | October 25 |
Similar landfalls in Guerrero
Storms whose strongest landfall record in Guerrero came closest to Otis's 160 mph:
- John (2024)120 mph, September 24, 2024
- Rick (2021)105 mph, October 25, 2021
- Max (2017)90 mph, September 14, 2017
- Boris (1996)90 mph, June 29, 1996