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2008 East Pacific hurricane season

The 2008 East Pacific season had 17 storms of tropical-storm strength or more, 7 of them hurricanes and 2 major (Category 3 or stronger).

The first storm was tracked from May 29, 2008 and the last ended on November 5, 2008. The strongest by wind was Hurricane Norbert (2008), at 130 mph (215 km/h). The season's accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) was 83.8.

Storms
17
Hurricanes
7
Major
2
Category 5
0
ACE
83.8
Every storm of the season, coloured by strength.

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5

Storms

StormDatesPeakPressureStrongestLandfalls
Tropical Storm AlmaMay 29 – May 3065 mph994 mbTropical storm1
Hurricane BorisJun 27 – Jul 680 mph985 mbCategory 1 hurricane—
Tropical Storm CristinaJun 27 – Jul 350 mph999 mbTropical storm—
Tropical Storm DouglasJul 1 – Jul 640 mph1003 mbTropical storm—
Unnamed tropical depression 5, 2008 East PacificJul 5 – Jul 735 mph1005 mbTropical depression—
Hurricane ElidaJul 11 – Jul 21105 mph970 mbCategory 2 hurricane—
Hurricane FaustoJul 16 – Jul 2490 mph977 mbCategory 1 hurricane—
Hurricane GenevieveJul 21 – Jul 3175 mph987 mbCategory 1 hurricane—
Tropical Storm KikaAug 4 – Aug 1640 mph1007 mbTropical storm—
Hurricane HernanAug 6 – Aug 16120 mph956 mbCategory 3 hurricane—
Tropical Storm IselleAug 13 – Aug 2350 mph999 mbTropical storm—
Tropical Storm JulioAug 23 – Aug 2750 mph998 mbTropical storm1
Tropical Storm KarinaSep 2 – Sep 340 mph1000 mbTropical storm—
Tropical Storm LowellSep 6 – Sep 1150 mph998 mbTropical storm1
Hurricane MarieOct 1 – Oct 1980 mph984 mbCategory 1 hurricane—
Hurricane NorbertOct 4 – Oct 12130 mph945 mbCategory 4 hurricane2
Tropical Storm OdileOct 8 – Oct 1360 mph997 mbTropical storm—
Unnamed tropical depression 18, 2008 East PacificOct 23 – Oct 2735 mph1008 mbTropical depression—
Tropical Storm PoloNov 2 – Nov 545 mph1003 mbTropical storm—