2003 Pacific hurricane season

Infobox hurricane season
Basin=EPac
Year=2003
Track=2003 Pacific hurricane season map.png First storm formed=May 19, 2003
Last storm dissipated=October 26, 2003
Strongest storm name=Nora
Strongest storm winds=90
Strongest storm pressure=969
Average wind speed=1
Total depressions=17
Total storms=16
Total hurricanes=7
Total intense=0
Fatalities=14 total
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Damagespre=>
Inflated=2
five seasons=2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005The 2003 Pacific hurricane season saw an unusually large number of tropical cyclones affect Mexico. The most notable cyclones the year were Hurricanes Ignacio and Marty, which killed 2 and 12 people in Mexico, respectively, and were responsible for about $1 billion (2003 USD) in damage. Three other Pacific storms, two of them hurricanes, and three Atlantic storms also had a direct impact on Mexico. The only other significant storm of the season was Hurricane Jimena, which passed just to the south of Hawaii, the first storm to directly threaten Hawaii for several years.

The season officially started on May 15, 2003 in the eastern Pacific, and on June 1, 2003 in the central Pacific, and lasted until November 30, 2003. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. The season saw 16 tropical storms form, which is about average. However, this season was the first Pacific hurricane season since 1977 to have no systems become major hurricanes by reaching Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.

Season summary

Preseason forecasts

No central Pacific names were used; the first name used would have been Ioke.

ee also

*List of Pacific hurricanes
*List of Pacific hurricane seasons
*2003 Atlantic hurricane season
*2003 Pacific typhoon season
*2003 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
*South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 2002–03, 2003–04
*Australian region cyclone seasons: 2002–03, 2003–04
*South Pacific cyclone seasons: 2002–03, 2003–04

References

External links

* [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/2003epac.shtml NHC 2003 Pacific hurricane season archive]
* [http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/2003.html HPC 2003 Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Pages]
* [http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/summaries/2003.php Central Pacific Hurricane Center 2003 season summary]
* [http://www.vos.noaa.gov/MWL/april_04/np_hurr.shtml Mariners Weather Log: Summary of the 2003 Pacific hurricane season]