All storm pages · 1959 Pacific season
Hurricane Patsy 1959
Category 5 hurricane · Eastern and Central Pacific · September 6 to September 10, 1959
Patsy's peak sustained wind of 175 mph is tied for the fifth-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. It produced 16% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. Its winds rose 50 mph in the 24 hours to September 7.
Strength over time
- First record (hurricane) far out at sea, at 20.0°N, 180.0°W
- Major hurricane far out at sea, at 20.8°N, 179.5°W
- Peak far out at sea, at 22.2°N, 178.5°W
- Last record (tropical storm) far out at sea, at 34.5°N, 179.8°W
Against every Pacific storm since 1949
In the 1959 season
Storm 11 of 15 in 1959, hurricane 3 of 5; it formed after Pacific Storm 9 of 1959 and before Pacific Storm 10 of 1959. See the season.
Closest to land
The best-track file has no landfall records for Pacific storms of 1959, so the track itself shows where this storm went. Nearest town of 10,000 people or more: Lihue, Hawaii, 1,206 miles from the center on September 7 (Category 4 hurricane stage).