It has been suggested that this article be merged with 2024 Pacific hurricane season. (Discuss) Proposed since October 2024. |
Meteorological history | |
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Formed | October 21, 2024 |
Post-tropical | October 27, 2024 |
Category 5 major hurricane | |
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS) | |
Highest winds | 160 mph (260 km/h) |
Lowest pressure | 926 mbar (hPa); 27.34 inHg |
Overall effects | |
Fatalities | None |
Damage | None |
Areas affected | None |
Part of the 2024 Pacific hurricane season |
Hurricane Kristy was a powerful tropical cyclone in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The twelfth named storm, fifth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the 2024 Pacific hurricane season, Kristy formed from a trough of low pressure which absorbed the remnants of Atlantic basin Tropical Storm Nadine off the southern coast of Mexico. Through October 22 and October 23, Kristy rapidly intensified to a high-end Category 4 hurricane. Then, after slightly weakening due to an eyewall replacement cycle, Kristy briefly became a Category 5 hurricane on October 24, with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h).
Kristy is the first Category 5 Pacific hurricane in a non-El Niño year since Celia in 2010. Category 5 Pacific hurricanes rarely occur outside of El Niño years, which generally feature unusually favorable conditions for Pacific hurricanes.[1]