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Hurricane Patricia 2015
Category 5 hurricane · Eastern and Central Pacific · October 20 to October 24, 2015
Patricia's peak sustained wind of 215 mph is the 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. Its central pressure fell to 872 mb, the lowest among the 754 eastern and central Pacific storms with a recorded pressure. No storm in the record came ashore in Jalisco with stronger winds than its 150 mph landfall on October 23, 2015; 10 storms have a landfall record there. The name Patricia is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired central and eastern North Pacific names.
Strength over time
- First record (tropical depression) 155 miles southwest of Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico
- Tropical storm 205 miles south-southeast of Pochutla, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Hurricane 230 miles south-southwest of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
- Major hurricane 230 miles southwest of Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico
- Peak 145 miles southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico
- Landfall Jalisco
- Last record (tropical depression) 35 miles north-northeast of Zacatecas, Mexico
Against every Pacific storm since 1949
More from the record
Within 24 hours ending October 23, its winds rose by 120 mph (105 knots), the largest one-day gain in the eastern and central Pacific record.
In the 2015 season
Storm 28 of 31 in 2015, hurricane 16 of 17; it formed after Olaf and before Rick. Patricia produced 5% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. See the season.
Places the center passed
The center came within 50 miles of 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zacatecas, Mexico | 6 mi | 35 mph | October 24 |
| Villanueva, Zacatecas, Mexico | 10 mi | 40 mph | October 24 |
| Autlan, Jalisco, Mexico | 25 mi | 115 mph | October 24 |
| Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico | 26 mi | 35 mph | October 24 |
| Valparaíso, Zacatecas, Mexico | 42 mi | 45 mph | October 24 |
| Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico | 49 mi | 160 mph | October 23 |
Similar landfalls in Jalisco
Storms whose strongest landfall record in Jalisco came closest to Patricia's 150 mph:
- Lidia (2023)140 mph, October 11, 2023
- Jova (2011)100 mph, October 12, 2011
- Calvin (1993)100 mph, July 7, 1993
- Nora (2021)85 mph, August 28, 2021
A peak of its own
No other Pacific storm in the record peaked at exactly 215 mph.