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1983 Pacific hurricane season
Season summary map
First storm formed May 21, 1983
Last storm dissipated December 7, 1983
Strongest storm Kiko and Raymond - 125 knots (232 km/h) –
21
Total fatalities Unknown
Total damage Unknown
seasons
1981, 1982, 1983 1984, 1985

The 1983 Pacific hurricane season officially started May 15, 1983 in the eastern Pacific, and June 1, 1983 in the central Pacific, and lasted until November 30, 1983. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.

This season, there were a record-setting 21 named storms this year. Of those storms, twelve became hurricanes. Eight hurricanes reached Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. No named storms formed in the central Pacific; however, there were two tropical depressions. A strong El Niño contributed to this level of activity. That same El Niño influenced a relatively quiet season in the Atlantic.

The most notable storms were hurricane Tico, Tropical Storm Octave, and Hurricane Winnie. Hurricane Tico left thousands homeless in Mazatlan; Tropical Storm Octave killed several people in one of Arizona's worst disasters; and Hurricane Winnie was a rare December cyclone.

Tropical cyclones of the 1983 Pacific hurricane season
T
Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale
TD TS C1 C2 C3 C4 C5

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Temporada de huracanes en el Pacífico de 1983 para niños

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