1951 Pacific hurricane season

Seasonal summary

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Systems

Tropical Storm One

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A tropical storm hit near Acapulco early in the season in May.

Hurricane Two

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A hurricane hit near Acapulco early in the season in June.

Tropical Storm Three

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Three came close to land.

Tropical Storm Four

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Tropical Storm Four existed from July 5 to July 6.

Tropical Storm Five

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Tropical Storm Five existed from August 3 to August 10.

Tropical Storm Six

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On August 24, a tropical storm was first observed south of Mexico. It paralleled the coastline, and moved northward into Baja California on the 28th. It dissipated the next day, and caused moderate flooding in southern California.

Tropical Storm Seven

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Tropical Storm Seven existed from September 11 to September 15.

Hurricane Eight

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Hurricane Eight existed from September 23 to September 28.

Tropical Storm Nine

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The final tropical cyclone of the season existed from November 27 to November 30.

Other system

A warm-core kona storm The system weakened below tropical storm intensity as it passed through the island of Oahu. By six hours later, the system left the island and continued southward. Then, the system slowed down and curved back north toward Oahu. The system made a second landfall on Oahu near Mākaha, just past 0000 UTC on March 28. Later, the system scrapped the northwestern coast of the island. It re-entered the Pacific six hours later and turned west. The system then sped up and made its last landfall near Kealia, just past 0000 UTC on March 29. The storm moved quickly across the island, and it left the island about six hours later. The JTWC stopped tracking the system east of the island of Nīhoa eighteen hours later, after it had started to move across the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

The system has been considered a tropical or an extratropical cyclone. The JTWC The system contributed to the already above-average rainfall in the Hawaiian Islands. The rainfall amount for March 1951 was nearly 200 to 700 percent above normal. The rainfall set records for that month, but they were later broken in 2006.

References

References

1. "Tropical system One Best Track".
2. (2010). "1951 MISSING (1951080N23195)". Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
3. Simpson, R. H.. (February 1952). "Evolution of a Kona Storm, a Subtropical Cyclone". American Meteorological Society.
4. Winston, Jay S.. (March 1951). "The Weather and Circulation of March 1951". American Meteorological Society.
5. (June 2006). "Record Rainfall Totals". Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources – Engineering Division.