The name Aletta has been used for nine
tropical cyclone
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s in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
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Tropical Storm Aletta (1974), made landfall in southwest Mexico.
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Hurricane Aletta (1978), a Category 1 hurricane that made landfall near
Zihuatanejo
Zihuatanejo (), or Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, is the fourth-largest city in the Mexican state of Guerrero. It was known by 18th century English mariners as Chequetan or Seguataneo. Politically the city belongs to the municipality of Zihuatanejo de Azuet ...
,
Guerrero
Guerrero is one of the 32 states that comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in Municipalities of Guerrero, 81 municipalities and its capital city is Chilpancingo and its largest city is Acap ...
.
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Tropical Storm Aletta (1982), moved erratically off the coast of southern Mexican and contributed to
severe flooding in central America.
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Tropical Storm Aletta (1988), approached the
Acapulco
Acapulco de Juárez (), commonly called Acapulco ( , also , nah, Acapolco), is a city and major seaport in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, south of Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semicircular bay and has ...
area of the Mexican coast, it did not make landfall.
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Tropical Storm Aletta (1994)
The 1994 Pacific hurricane season was the final season of the eastern north Pacific's consecutive active hurricane seasons that started in 1982. The season officially started on May 15, 1994, in the eastern Pacific, and on June 1, 1994, in the c ...
, formed well away from land.
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Hurricane Aletta (2000)
The 2000 Pacific hurricane season was an above-average Pacific hurricane season, although most of the storms were weak and short-lived. There were few notable storms this year. Tropical storms Miriam, Norman, and Rosa all made landfall in Mexico ...
, a Category 2 hurricane that stayed to the south of Mexico.
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Tropical Storm Aletta (2006)
The 2006 Pacific hurricane season was the first above-average season since 1994 which produced twenty-five tropical cyclones, with nineteen named storms, though most were rather weak and short-lived. Only eleven hurricanes formed and six major h ...
, brushed southwestern Mexico.
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Tropical Storm Aletta (2012)
The 2012 Pacific hurricane season was a moderately active Pacific hurricane season that saw an unusually high number of tropical cyclones pass west of the Baja California Peninsula. The season officially started on May 15 in the eastern Pacific ...
, remained far out to sea.
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Hurricane Aletta (2018)
The 2018 Pacific hurricane season was one of the most active Pacific hurricane seasons on record, producing the highest accumulated cyclone energy value on record in the basin. The season had the fourth-highest number of named storms23, tied wit ...
, a Category 4 hurricane that
rapidly intensified
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from to in 24 hours far off the coast of southwestern Mexico.
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