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Tropical Cyclone
Hurricane Boris (1996)
27 June 1996 · Eastern Pacific · Category 1
Hurricane Boris formed in the Eastern Pacific basin on 27 June 1996 and lasted 5 days. Its sustained winds reached 148 km/h, Category 1 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 979 hPa. It made landfall in Mexico.
- Formed
- 27 June 1996
- Dissipated
- 1 July 1996
- Duration
- 5 days
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 148 km/h (80 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 1
- Minimum Pressure
- 979 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 1Mexico135 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 4Hurricane Yates241 km/h
- Cat. 4Hurricane Douglas213 km/h
- Cat. 3Hurricane Fausto194 km/h
- Cat. 2Hurricane Alma167 km/h
- Cat. 1Hurricane Hernan139 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Cristina111 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth