1991 Pacific hurricane season | |
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Seasonal boundaries | |
First system formed | May 16, 1991 |
Last system dissipated | November 12, 1991 |
Strongest storm | |
Name | Kevin |
• Maximum winds | 145 mph (230 km/h) (1-minute sustained) |
• Lowest pressure | 935 mbar (hPa; 27.61 inHg) |
Seasonal statistics | |
Total depressions | 16 |
Total storms | 14 |
Hurricanes | 10 |
Major hurricanes (Cat. 3+) | 5 |
Total fatalities | 24 |
Total damage | Unknown |
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The 1991 Pacific hurricane season was a near-average Pacific hurricane season. The worst storm this year was Tropical Storm Ignacio, which killed 23 people in Mexico and injured 40 others. Elsewhere, Hurricane Fefa caused flooding in Hawaii. Hurricane Kevin was the strongest system of the season and became the then longest-lasting hurricane in the eastern north Pacific basin at the time, and Hurricane Nora was the strongest November storm to that point. The season officially started on May 15, 1991, in the eastern Pacific, and on June 1, 1991, in the central Pacific. It lasted until November 30, 1991, in both basins. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.