1932 Pacific Hurricane Season
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The 1932 Pacific hurricane season ran through the summer and fall of 1932. Before the
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age started in the 1960s, data on east Pacific hurricanes was extremely unreliable. Most east Pacific storms were of no threat to land.


Systems


Hurricane One

A tropical cyclone formed in the Gulf of Tehuantepec on June 18. It moved along the coast, became a hurricane, and was last seen June 21. The lowest pressure was an uncorrected . This hurricane was reported to have winds of 130 mph.


Tropical Storm Two

On August 21, tropical cyclone was heading northwestward south of the Revillagigedo Islands. A ship at the fringes of the cyclone measured a pressure of .


Hurricane Three

Between August 25 and 27, a "tropical hurricane" formed offshore southern Mexico, and moved north-northwest into southwest Mexico east of Manzanillo before dissipating.


Hurricane Four

Somewhere southwest of the Gulf of Tehuantepec, a tropical cyclone formed on September 24. It paralleled the coast, and intensified into a hurricane on September 25. It then recurved, and made landfall near Mazatlán late during the night of September 26 and 27, while still a hurricane. It dissipated inland over the mountains of Mexico. The lowest pressure reported by a ship was . The hurricane caused about $5,000,000 (1932 USD) in damage.


Hurricane Five

On September 26, a hurricane was spotted south of Acapulco. It headed along the coast, and entered the Gulf of California sometime on or after September 28, wherein it moved north-northwest and dissipated, with its remnants continuing into the Southwestern United States. Powerful winds in Mazatlán were attributed to this system. Over a four-day period ending October 1, those remnants caused heavy rain of up to in the mountains of Southern California. Over a seven-hour period, fell at Tehachapi. That total by itself is enough to make this tropical cyclone one of California's wettest tropical storm. Those rains also caused
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ing on Tehachapi and Agua Caliente Creeks, which killed fifteen people.


See also

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References

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