List of storms named Patricia

The name Patricia was used for five tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific and once in the Western Pacific. It has also been used once for a European windstorm.

In the East Pacific:

• Hurricane Patricia (1970)
  – Category 2 hurricane that remained in the open ocean
• Hurricane Patricia (1974)
  – Category 1 hurricane that remained at sea
• Hurricane Patricia (2003)
  – Category 1 hurricane that also remained far from land
• Tropical Storm Patricia (2009) – briefly affected parts of Baja California Sur, causing no damage
• Hurricane Patricia (2015) – an intense Category 5 hurricane that became the strongest storm ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere, the second-strongest worldwide in terms of pressure, and the strongest in terms of 1-minute sustained winds

After the 2015 storm, the name Patricia was retired and replaced with

• Storm Patricia

See also

• Tropical Storm Patty (2012)
  – a similar name which has been used once in the Atlantic Ocean

List of storms with the same or similar names

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