1969 Pacific hurricane season

1969 Pacific hurricane season
Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
First system formed	June 9, 1969
Last system dissipated	October 23, 1969
Strongest storm
Name	Doreen
• Maximum winds	85 mph (140 km/h) (1-minute sustained)
• Lowest pressure	993 mbar (hPa; 29.32 inHg)
Seasonal statistics
Total depressions	15
Total storms	10
Hurricanes	4
Total fatalities	1 direct, 9 indirect
Total damage	Unknown
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1969 Atlantic hurricane season 1969 Pacific typhoon season 1969 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
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The 1969 Pacific hurricane season had below average tropical cyclone activity, with only ten named storms forming; most of these storms never approached land. Only four named storms reached hurricane strength, of which none became a major hurricane. It officially started on May 15, 1969, in the eastern Pacific Ocean (east of 140°W in the Northern Hemisphere), and ended on November 30, 1969. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form east of this region of the Pacific. The first named storm of the season, Tropical Storm Ava, developed on July 1, and the last, Hurricane Jennifer, dissipated on October 23. At the time, Ava was the latest forming first named storm in any Eastern Pacific season on record.^[1]

Notable storms included Tropical Storm Emily and Hurricane Jennifer. The precursor disturbance of Emily killed nine people in Mexico and left 100,000 homeless. Hurricane Jennifer was the only landfalling named storm of the season, causing one death. In this season, only three storms (Ava, Bernice, and Florence) were operationally categorized as tropical depressions at the first advisory. All other storms were operationally upgraded directly to storm strength, bypassing the depression stage.^[1]