1979 Pacific hurricane season

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**1979 Pacific hurricane season**
First storm formed:	May 31, 1979
Last storm dissipated:	November 18, 1979
Strongest storm:	Ignacio - 938 mb, 125 knots
Total storms:	10
Major storms (Cat. 3+):	4
Total damage:	unknown
Total fatalities:	unknown

Pacific hurricane seasons 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981

The 1979 Pacific hurricane season officially started May 15, 1979 in the eastern Pacific, and June 1, 1979 in the central Pacific, and lasted until November 30, 1979. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northeast Pacific Ocean.

With ten storms, less than two-thirds of the average of seventeen, this season was very inactive. There were six hurricanes, also below average. Of those hurricanes, four were major by reaching Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. As of the start of the 2006 season, the most recent with no tropical cyclones in the central Pacific.

Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
TD	TS	1	2	3	4	5

1 Storms
- 1.1 Hurricane Andres
- 1.2 Hurricane Ignacio
2 1979 storm names
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Storms

[edit] Hurricane Andres

In early June, Hurricane Andres approached the Mexican coast and disintegrated rapidly as it approached. It made landfall as a weak depression on June 4.

[edit] Hurricane Ignacio

Hurricane Ignacio was the strongest storm of the season, reaching Category 4 status. It then made a hairpin turn and approached the Mexican coast. It weakened to a tropical storm and made landfall on October 30.

[edit] 1979 storm names

The following names were used for named storms that formed in the eastern Pacific in 1979. This was the first time these names were used. Names that were not assigned are marked in gray.