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First storm formed | May 29, 2010 |
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Last storm dissipated | December 21, 2010 |
Strongest storm | Celia – 921 mbar (hPa) (27.21 inHg), 160 mph (260 km/h) |
Total depressions | 13 |
Total storms | 8 |
Hurricanes | 3 |
Major hurricanes (Cat. 3+) | 2 |
Total fatalities | 195+ |
Total damage | $1.62 billion (2010 USD) |
Pacific hurricane seasons 2008, 2009, 2010, After-2010 |
The 2010 Pacific hurricane season was the least active season since 1977, it officially started on May 15, 2010 and on June 1st for the Central Pacific and officially ended on November 30, 2010. These dates are when a storm is likely to start in 2010. The first storm of this season formed about two weeks before the first storm of 2009 did. So far, there have been five tropical depression, four of those five became a tropical storm, while only one because a hurricane. In addition, one storm, Hurricane Celia, was the second earliest category 5 hurricane on record
The first storm, Tropical Storm Agatha killed at least 196 people in Central America. No other storms in the 2010 Pacific hurricane season have affected land yet.