Hurricane Blanca

The name Blanca has been used for ten tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

  • Hurricane Blanca (1966) never affected land and set a record for the farthest traveling storm that formed in the Eastern Pacific by traveling 4,300 miles.
  • Tropical Storm Blanca (1970) dissipated after 3 days and did not make landfall.
  • Tropical Storm Blanca (1974) did not make landfall.
  • Tropical Storm Blanca (1979) did not make landfall.
  • Hurricane Blanca (1985) did not affect any land.
  • Tropical Storm Blanca (1991) did not cause any casualties or damages.
  • Tropical Storm Blanca (1997) did not cause any major damage or casualties.
  • Tropical Storm Blanca (2003) did not have any effects on land.
  • Tropical Storm Blanca (2009) did not make landfall, but contributed to flooding in Mexico.
  • Hurricane Blanca (2015) was a record-breaking, two time Category 4 hurricane which made landfall in the Baja California Peninsula as a tropical storm, being the earliest storm on record to do so.
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