1987 Pacific hurricane season
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| First storm formed: | June 7, 1987 |
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| Last storm dissipated: | October 31, 1987 |
| Strongest storm: | Max - 135 knots |
| Total storms: | 20 |
| Major storms (Cat. 3+): | 4 |
| Total damage: | unknown |
| Total fatalities: | unknown |
| Pacific hurricane seasons 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 |
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The 1987 Pacific hurricane season officially started May 15, 1987 in the eastern Pacific, and June 1, 1987 in the central Pacific, and lasted until November 30, 1987. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.
Despite there being twenty cyclones, there were very few notable storms this year. Only three storms came anywhere near to threatening land.
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[edit] Activity
The activity this season continued the trend of above average numbers of tropical storms. There were nine tropical storms, nine hurricanes, and four major hurricanes that reached Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. In the Central Pacific, one hurricane and one tropical storm formed.
[edit] Hurricane Eugene
Eugene brushed the west coast of Mexico as a Category 2. It is one of very few Pacific hurricanes to make landfall in Mexico in July.
[edit] Tropical Storm Knut
Knut was a minimal tropical storm that stayed way out to sea. Despite this, the name was retired. The reason for this is not clear.
[edit] Hurricane Norma
Norma dissipated just before making landfall in Baja California.
[edit] Tropical Storm Pilar
Pilar was a minimal and short-lived tropical storm that also dissipated before landfall in Baja California. Pilar was a tropical storm for just six hours.
[edit] 1987 storm names
The following names were used for named storms that formed in the eastern Pacific in 1987. The names not retired from this list were used again in the 1993 season. This is the same list used for the 1981 season. Storms were named Pilar, Ramon and Selma for the first time in 1987. Names that were not assigned are marked in gray.
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Two names from the Central Pacific list were used - Oka and Peke. This was the first usage for both names.
[edit] Retirement
The World Meteorological Organization retired one Eastern Pacific name in the spring of 1988: Knut. It was replaced in the 1993 season by Kenneth.
[edit] Administrative Changes
This is the last season that the Eastern Pacific Hurricane Center in Redwood City was responsible for forecasting in this basin, a task it had performed since some time in the 1970s. The EPHC was folded into the National Hurricane Center, which took responsibility for this basin the following year.
[edit] See also
- List of notable tropical cyclones
- 1987 Atlantic hurricane season
- 1987 Pacific typhoon season
- 1986-87 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season
- 1987-88 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season
- 1985-1989 North Indian cyclone seasons
