Jalisco, Mexico: storm history

59 storms have passed within 50 km of Jalisco from 1945 to 2023. The map shows Mexico; search for a town in Jalisco to see storms near it.

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Years1842 to 2026
Ocean basin

Choosing a minimum category hides storms with no wind speed in the record. To see which storms have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

How to read the lines. Each line is the track of one storm, drawn through its six-hourly positions and coloured by its intensity at each point (the Saffir-Simpson scale), so a line changes colour as the storm strengthens or weakens. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see which storms have passed nearby. Weaker storms appear as you zoom in. Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are the same kind of storm with different names in different oceans.

Storms near Jalisco

The record holds 59 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Jalisco, Mexico between 1945 and 2023. The busiest month is October, with 23 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 5 strength.

  • 59storms within 50 km
  • 4major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 24at category 1 strength or more

A storm counts once, however many times it came close. The category is the storm's strongest point within 50 km, which can be weaker than its peak elsewhere.

How strong were the storms near Jalisco?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression814%
Tropical storm2746%
Category 11424%
Category 2610%
Category 312%
Category 423%
Category 512%
Unknown intensity00%

The agency behind most of the intensity figures here is the NOAA National Hurricane Center (HURDAT2, eastern Pacific).

Jalisco storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 13 in 1990s.1940s11950s51960s31970s101980s41990s132000s52010s122020s6

The 2020s only run to 2023, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1945, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1940s1
1950s5
1960s3
1970s10
1980s4
1990s13
2000s5
2010s12
2020s6

Earlier decades hold fewer storms partly because they were harder to see. Before weather satellites (about the 1960s) many storms that stayed at sea went unrecorded, so compare decades with care.

Storms by month
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 23 in Oct.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May4Jun10Jul4Aug6Sep12Oct23Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May4
Jun10
Jul4
Aug6
Sep12
Oct23
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest storms near Jalisco

  • Patricia (2015)20 October 2015 to 24 October 2015, peak Category 5 (185 kt), 872 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of October 1959 (Eastern and central Pacific)22 October 1959 to 29 October 1959, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 958 hPa
  • Lidia (2023)3 October 2023 to 11 October 2023, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 942 hPa
  • Kenna (2002)22 October 2002 to 26 October 2002, Category 3 (100 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (145 kt), 913 hPa
  • Virgil (1992)1 October 1992 to 5 October 1992, Category 2 (95 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 948 hPa

Most recent storms near Jalisco

  • Lidia (2023)3 October 2023 to 11 October 2023, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 942 hPa
  • Beatriz (2023)29 June 2023 to 1 July 2023, peak Category 1 (75 kt), 992 hPa
  • Rick (2021)22 October 2021 to 25 October 2021, peak Category 2 (90 kt), 977 hPa

Many of these storms killed people and destroyed homes. The figures are the official record's, and this page says nothing about their human cost.

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