Tropical cyclones in 2015
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During 2015, tropical cyclones formed in seven major bodies of water, commonly known as tropical cyclone basins. Tropical cyclones will be assigned names by various weather agencies if they attain max
Taken by various of satellites throughout 2015, these are the 40 tropical cyclones that reached at least Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale during that year, from Bansi in January to Ula in December (second to last image), though it peaked in January 2016. Among them, Patricia (third image in the fourth row) was the most intense with a minimum central pressure of 872 hPa.
Hurricanes Kilo (left), Ignacio (center), and Jimena (right), all at major hurricane intensity, spanning the Central and Eastern Pacific basins on August 30
Cyclone Bansi
Cyclone Marcia
Hurricane Patricia
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Hurricane Patricia was the most powerful tropical cyclone on record worldwide in terms of maximum sustained winds. It was also the second-most intense on record worldwide in terms of pressure, with a
Tropical cyclones in 2015
…maximum sustained winds of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph). During the year, 140 systems have formed and 93 were named. The most intense storm of the year was Hurricane Patricia, with maximum 1-minute sustained wind speeds of 345 km/h (215 mph) and a minimum pressure of 872 hPa (25.75 inHg). The deadliest tropical cyclone was…
Patricia shortly after its record peak intensity while approaching Western Mexico on October 23
President Enrique Peña Nieto meets with cabinet members to discuss Hurricane Patricia on October 23
Evacuation from hotel Riu Vallarta on the morning before Hurricane Patricia made landfall
The sprawling precursor to Hurricane Patricia over Central America on October 17