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Tropical Cyclone
Hurricane Blanca (2015)
31 May 2015 · Eastern Pacific · Category 4
Hurricane Blanca formed in the Eastern Pacific basin on 31 May 2015 and lasted 9 days. Its sustained winds reached 232 km/h, Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 936 hPa. It made landfall in Mexico.
- Formed
- 31 May 2015
- Dissipated
- 9 June 2015
- Duration
- 9 days
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 232 km/h (125 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 4
- Minimum Pressure
- 936 hPa
Countries Hit
- TSMexico56 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 5Hurricane Patricia343 km/h
- Cat. 4Hurricane Jimena250 km/h
- Cat. 4Hurricane Olaf241 km/h
- Cat. 4Hurricane Sandra241 km/h
- Cat. 4Hurricane Andres232 km/h
- Cat. 4Hurricane Hilda232 km/h
- Cat. 4Hurricane Ignacio232 km/h
- Cat. 4Hurricane Kilo222 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth