1939 Pacific hurricane season | |
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Seasonal boundaries | |
First system formed | June 12, 1939 |
Last system dissipated | October 25, 1939 |
Strongest storm | |
Name | Ten |
• Lowest pressure | 930 mbar (hPa; 27.46 inHg) |
Seasonal statistics | |
Total storms | 10 |
Hurricanes | 4 |
Total fatalities | 93 |
Total damage | $2 million (1939 USD) |
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The 1939 Pacific hurricane season ran through the summer and fall of 1939. Before the satellite age started in the 1960s, data on east Pacific hurricanes was extremely unreliable. Most east Pacific storms were of no threat to land. However, 1939 saw a large number of storms threaten California.