The North American country of Mexico regularly experiences tropical cyclones from both the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. Tropical cyclones that produce maximum sustained winds of more than 119 kilometre per hour (74 mph) are designated as hurricanes, which can produce deadly and damaging effects, particularly where they make landfall, or move ashore. Hurricane strength has been ranked using the Saffir-Simpson scale since 1972, from a minimal hurricane as a Category 1 to the most powerful as a Category 5. The most recent Category 5 hurricane to hit Mexico was Hurricane Otis in 2023, which was also the costliest Mexican hurricane.

Climatology From 1951 to 2000, Pacific hurricanes most frequently struck the northwestern Mexican states Baja California Sur or Sinaloa, as well as Michoacán in southern Mexico. Atlantic hurricanes during the same period were most likely to hit Quintana Roo along the eastern Yucatán peninsula and Veracruz along the Bay of Campeche. Along both coasts, the month with the most landfalls was September, although they can occur as early as May.

List of states The category listed for each state indicates the maximum category of sustained winds that were recorded or analyzed to have occurred in that state. It is not necessarily the category of the storm at the time of landfall or closest approach (if the strongest winds were occurring elsewhere or only over water at the time).

Atlantic states

Campeche Name Saffir–SimpsonCategory Date of closest approach Year Brenda 1973

Quintana Roo Name Saffir–SimpsonCategory Date of closest approach Year Unnamed 1857 Unnamed 1866 Unnamed 1870 Unnamed 1879 Unnamed 1880 Unnamed 1887 Unnamed 1887 Unnamed 1888 Unnamed 1889 Unnamed 1893 Unnamed 1895 Unnamed 1903 Unnamed 1909 Unnamed 1916 Unnamed 1922 Unnamed 1933 Unnamed 1942 Unnamed 1944 Charlie 1951 Hilda 1955 Janet 1955 Beulah 1967 Carmen 1974 Gilbert 1988 Roxanne 1995 Dolly 1996 Emily 2005 Wilma 2005 Dean 2007 Ernesto 2012 Gamma 2020 Delta 2020 Zeta 2020 Grace 2021 Beryl 2024

Tabasco Name Saffir–SimpsonCategory Date of closest approach Year Unnamed 1922 Unnamed 1944

Tamaulipas

Name Saffir–SimpsonCategory Date of closest approach Year Unnamed 1851 Unnamed 1878 Unnamed 1880 Unnamed 1886 Unnamed 1892 Unnamed 1895 Unnamed 1903 Unnamed 1909 Unnamed 1921 Unnamed 1933 Unnamed 1933 Unnamed 1933 Unnamed 1933 Unnamed 1936 Unnamed 1938 Charlie 1947 Charlie 1951 Alice 1954 Gladys 1955 Hilda 1955 Inez 1966 Beulah 1967 Ella 1970 Caroline 1975 Anita 1977 Barry 1983 Gilbert 1988 Keith 2000 Erika 2003 Emily 2005 Alex 2010 Ingrid 2013

Veracruz

Name Saffir–SimpsonCategory Date of closest approach Year Unnamed 1859 Unnamed 1866 Unnamed 1888 Unnamed 1931 Unnamed 1936 Item 1950 Janet 1955 Anna 1956 Debby 1988 Diana 1990 Gert 1993 Dolly 1996 Stan 2005 Dean 2007 Lorenzo 2007 Karl 2010 Franklin 2017 Katia 2017 Grace 2021

Yucatán Name Saffir–SimpsonCategory Date of closest approach Year Isidore 2002

Pacific states

Baja California

Name Saffir–SimpsonCategory Date of closest approach Year Nora 1997

Baja California Sur

Name Saffir–SimpsonCategory Date of closest approach Year Unnamed 1941 Unnamed 1949 Unnamed 1954 Unnamed 1957 Unnamed 1958 Unnamed 1959 Katrina 1967 Pauline 1968 Irah 1973 Doreen 1977 Paul 1982 Kiko 1989 Lester 1992 Henriette 1995 Fausto 1996 Nora 1997 Ignacio 2003 Marty 2003 John 2006 Henriette 2007 Norbert 2008 Jimena 2009 Odile 2014 Newton 2016 Lorena 2019 Olaf 2021 Norma 2023Polo 2026

Chiapas Name Saffir–SimpsonCategory Date of closest approach Year Barbara 2013

Colima Name Saffir–SimpsonCategory Date of closest approach Year Unnamed 1955 Unnamed 1959 Bridget 1971 Lily 1971 Andres 1979 Eugene 1987 Winifred 1992 Calvin 1993

Guerrero

Name Saffir–SimpsonCategory Date of closest approach Year Unnamed 1951 Unnamed 1956 Unnamed 1957 Tara 1961 Agatha 1971 Madeline 1976 Cosme 1989 Boris 1996 Hernan 1996 Max 2017 Rick 2021 Otis 2023 John 2024

Jalisco

Name Saffir–SimpsonCategory Date of closest approach Year Jova 2011 Patricia 2015 Lorena 2019 Nora 2021 Lidia 2023

Michoacán Name Saffir–SimpsonCategory Date of closest approach Year Emily 1963 Virgil 1992 Alma 1996

Nayarit Name Saffir–SimpsonCategory Date of closest approach Year Kenna 2002 Roslyn 2022

Oaxaca Name Saffir–SimpsonCategory Date of closest approach Year Pauline 1997 Rick 1997 Carlotta 2012 Agatha 2022 Erick 2025

Sinaloa Name Saffir–SimpsonCategory Date of closest approach Year Unnamed 1943 Unnamed 1957 Valerie 1962 Doreen 1962 Mona 1963 Naomi 1968 Orlene 1974 Olivia 1975 Liza 1976 Norma 1981 Paul 1982 Tico 1983 Waldo 1985 Roslyn 1986 Lidia 1993 Rosa 1994 Ismael 1995 Fausto 1996 Isis 1998 Lane 2006 Manuel 2013 Willa 2018 Pamela 2021 Orlene 2022

Sonora Name Saffir–SimpsonCategory Date of closest approach Year Katrina 1967 Newton 1986 Paine 1986 Norbert 2008Polo 2026

Landfall table Name YearDamage(USD)DeathsRefs Unnamed 1851 Tamaulipas Unnamed 1857 Quintana Roo Unnamed 1859 Veracruz Unnamed 1866 Quintana Roo, Veracruz Unnamed 1870 Quintana Roo Unnamed 1878 Tamaulipas Unnamed 1879 Quintana Roo Unnamed 1880 Tamaulipas Quintana Roo Unnamed 1886 Tamaulipas Unnamed 1887 Quintana Roo Unnamed 1887 Quintana Roo Unnamed 1888 Quintana Roo, Veracruz Unnamed 1889 Quintana Roo Unnamed 1892 Tamaulipas Unnamed 1893 Quintana Roo 1895 1895 Quintana Roo, Tamaulipas 1903 1903 Quintana Roo Tamaulipas 1909 1909 Quintana Roo, Tamaulipas 1916 1916 Quintana Roo Unnamed 1921 Tamaulipas Unnamed 1922 Quintana Roo Tabasco Unnamed 1931 Veracruz Quintana Roo Unnamed 1933 Tamaulipas Unnamed 1933 Tamaulipas Unnamed 1933 Tamaulipas Quintana Roo Unnamed 1933 Quintana Roo Tamaulipas Unnamed 1936 Tamaulipas Unnamed 1936 Veracruz Unnamed 1938 Quintana Roo Tamaulipas Unnamed 1941 Baja California Sur Unnamed 1942 Quintana Roo Unnamed 1943 Sinaloa Unnamed 1944 Quintana Roo, Tabasco Charlie 1947 Veracruz Unnamed 1949 Baja California Sur Item 1950 Veracruz Unnamed 1951 Guerrero Charlie 1951 Quintana Roo Tamaulipas Alice 1954 Tamaulipas Unnamed 1954 Baja California Sur Gladys 1955 Tamaulipas Hilda 1955 Quintana Roo, Tamaulipas Janet 1955 Quintana Roo Veracruz Unnamed 1955 Colima Unnamed 1956 Guerrero Anna 1956 Veracruz Unnamed 1957 Guerrero Unnamed 1957 Baja California Sur Sonora https://ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-1957275N17241 Unnamed 1957 Sinaloa Unnamed 1958 Baja California Sur Sonora Unnamed 1959 Baja California Sur Baja California Unnamed 1959 Colima Tara 1961 Guerrero Valerie 1962 Sinaloa https://ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-1962175N17256 Doreen 1962 Sinaloa https://ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-1962274N14256 Emily 1963 Michoacán https://ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-1963180N15260 Mona 1963 Sinaloa https://ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-1963291N15249 Inez 1966 Tamaulipas Katrina 1967 Baja California Sur, Sonora Beulah 1967 Quintana Roo, Tamaulipas Olivia 1967 Baja California Sur Baja California Sur Naomi 1968 Sinaloa Pauline 1968 Baja California Sur Sonora Ella 1970 Tamaulipas Agatha 1971 Guerrero Bridget 1971 Colima Lily 1971 Colima Brenda 1973 Campeche Quintana Roo Irah 1973 Baja California Sur Sinaloa Dolores 1974 Guerrero Carmen 1974 Quintana Roo Orlene 1974 Sinaloa Caroline 1975 Tamaulipas Olivia 1975 Sinaloa Liza 1976 Sinaloa Madeline 1976 Guerrero Doreen 1977 Baja California Sur Anita 1977 Tamaulipas Andres 1979 Colima Norma 1981 Sinaloa Paul 1982 Baja California Sur, Sinaloa Barry 1983 Tamaulipas Tico 1983 Sinaloa Waldo 1985 Sinaloa Newton 1986 Sonora Paine 1986 Sonora Roslyn 1986 Sinaloa Eugene 1987 Colima Debby 1988 Veracruz Gilbert 1988 Quintana Roo Tamaulipas Cosme 1989 Guerrero Kiko 1989 Baja California Sur Diana 1990 Veracruz Lester 1992 Baja California Sur Sonora Virgil 1992 Michoacán Winifred 1992 Colima Calvin 1993 Colima Baja California Sur Lidia 1993 Sinaloa Gert 1993 Veracruz Rosa 1994 Sinaloa Henriette 1995 Baja California Sur Ismael 1995 Sinaloa Roxanne 1995 Quintana Roo Alma 1996 Michoacán Boris 1996 Guerrero Dolly 1996 Quintana Roo, Veracruz Fausto 1996 Baja California Sur, Sinaloa Hernan 1996 Guerrero Nora 1997 Baja California Sur, Baja California Pauline 1997 Oaxaca Rick 1997 Oaxaca Isis 1998 Sinaloa Keith 2000 Tamaulipas Isidore 2002 Yucatán Kenna 2002 Nayarit Erika 2003 Tamaulipas Ignacio 2003 Baja California Sur Marty 2003 Baja California Sur Emily 2005 Quintana Roo Tamaulipas Stan 2005 Veracruz Quintana Roo Wilma 2005 Quintana Roo John 2006 Baja California Sur Lane 2006 Sinaloa Lorenzo 2007 Veracruz Dean 2007 Quintana Roo Veracruz Henriette 2007 Baja California Sur Sonora Norbert 2008 Baja California Sur Sonora Jimena 2009 Baja California Sur Baja California Sur Alex 2010 Tamaulipas Karl 2010 Veracruz Quintana Roo Jova 2011 Jalisco Carlotta 2012 Oaxaca Ernesto 2012 Quintana Roo Veracruz Barbara 2013 Chiapas Ingrid 2013 Tamaulipas Manuel 2013 Sinaloa Michoacán Odile 2014 Baja California Sur Sonora Patricia 2015 Jalisco Newton 2016 Baja California Sur Sonora Franklin 2017 Veracruz Quintana Roo Katia 2017 Veracruz Max 2017 Guerrero Willa 2018 Sinaloa Lorena 2019 Jalisco, Baja California Sur Gamma 2020 Quintana Roo Quintana Roo Delta 2020 Quintana Roo Zeta 2020 Quintana Roo Grace 2021 Veracruz Quintana Roo Nora 2021 Jalisco Sinaloa Olaf 2021 Baja California Sur Pamela 2021 Sinaloa Rick 2021 Guerrero Agatha 2022 Oaxaca Orlene 2022 Sinaloa Roslyn 2022 Nayarit Lidia2023Jalisco$77.6 million3 Otis 2023 Guerrero Beryl 2024 Quintana Roo John 2024 Guerrero Michoacán Erick2025Oaxaca2Polo2026Baja California SurSonora

Climatological statistics

Superlatives

+Strongest Mexico Hurricanes†RankName‡SeasonWind SpeedBasinRef.mphkm/h1Janet1955175280AtlanticDean20073Gilbert1988160260Otis2023Pacific5Carmen1974155250Atlantic7"Two"1880150240Anita1977Wilma2005Patricia2015Pacific10Madeline1976145230†Strength refers to maximum sustained wind speed upon striking land.‡Systems prior to 1950 were not officially named.

+ Most Intense Mexico HurricanesRankNameSeasonLandfall PressureBasinRef.1Gilbert1988900 mbar (hPa)Atlantic2Dean2007905 mbar (hPa)3Janet1955914 mbar (hPa)4Anita1977926 mbar (hPa)5Wilma2005927 mbar (hPa)6Otis2023929 mbar (hPa)Pacific7"Two"1880931 mbar (hPa)Atlantic9Carmen1974933 mbar (hPa)Patricia2015933 mbar (hPa)Pacific10Isidore2002936 mbar (hPa)AtlanticIntensity is measured solely by central pressure

See also

List of United States hurricanes List of Belize hurricanes

Notes

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