 | It has been suggested that this article be merged with 2024 Pacific hurricane season. (Discuss) Proposed since October 2024. |
&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Kristy_2024-10-24_2128Z.jpg) Hurricane Kristy at peak intensity on October 24 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| 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]
- ^ "Hurricane Kristy becomes first Category 5 storm without El Niño since 2010". The Weather Network. October 24, 2024. Retrieved October 25, 2024.