Storm history › East Pacific › 1959 season
Hurricane Patsy (1959)
Patsy was a Category 5 hurricane of the 1959 East Pacific season. It was tracked from September 6, 1959 to September 11, 1959, about 5 days, and covered 1,363 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 175 mph (280 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 990 mb.
Its peak winds rank 7th of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record.
- Peak wind
- 175 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb
- Strongest
- Category 5 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 5 days
- Track length
- 1,363 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 18.1
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 7th highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Hurricane John (1994), Hurricane Rita (1978).
- Lowest pressure: 410th lowest of 808 East Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Elida (2026), Tropical Storm Max (2023), Tropical Storm Omais (2021) and 11 more.
- Energy: 16% of the 1959 East Pacific season's ACE.