List of Atlantic–Pacific crossover hurricanes
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An Atlantic–Pacific crossover hurricane is a tropical cyclone that develops in the Atlantic Ocean and moves into the Pacific Ocean, or vice versa. In recorded history, a total of seven tropical cyclones have done this. It is more common for the remnants of an Atlantic tropical cyclone to redevelop into a different storm in the Pacific; in such a scenario, they are not considered the same system.

Listed in chronological order

Name Year Month
Unnamed 1842 October
Unnamed 1876 September, October
Unnamed 1911 September
Unnamed 1923 October
Unnamed 1949 September, October
Irene-Olivia
Hurricane Irene–Olivia
Hurricane Irene–Olivia was the first actively tracked tropical cyclone which moved into the eastern Pacific Ocean from the Atlantic basin. It originated as a tropical depression on September 11, 1971, in the tropical Atlantic. The cyclone tracked nearly due westward at a low latitude, passing...

1971 September
Fifi-Orlene 1974 September, October
Greta-Olivia
Hurricane Greta-Olivia
Hurricane Greta–Olivia was a Category 4 hurricane that crossed over Central America, changing names upon reaching the Eastern Pacific during the 1978 Atlantic hurricane season and 1978 Pacific hurricane season. Striking Honduras on the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Fifi, the Greta threatened to...

1978 September
Joan-Miriam
Hurricane Joan-Miriam
Hurricane Joan was a powerful hurricane that caused death and destruction in over a dozen countries in the Caribbean and Central America. Moving on a due west course for nearly two weeks in October 1988, Hurricane Joan caused widespread flooding and over 200 deaths after moving into Central America...

1988 October, November
Cesar-Douglas
Hurricane Cesar-Douglas
Hurricane Cesar–Douglas was a devastating tropical cyclone that killed 122 people throughout Central and South America in late-July 1996. The Category 1 hurricane formed in late July in the Caribbean Sea and pounded Central America with rain, killing 67 people and causing local governments to deem...

1996 July, August

Listed by Minimum Pressure

Name Pressure (mbar)
Joan-Miriam 932
Greta-Olivia
Hurricane Greta-Olivia
Hurricane Greta–Olivia was a Category 4 hurricane that crossed over Central America, changing names upon reaching the Eastern Pacific during the 1978 Atlantic hurricane season and 1978 Pacific hurricane season. Striking Honduras on the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Fifi, the Greta threatened to...

947
Cesar-Douglas
Hurricane Cesar-Douglas
Hurricane Cesar–Douglas was a devastating tropical cyclone that killed 122 people throughout Central and South America in late-July 1996. The Category 1 hurricane formed in late July in the Caribbean Sea and pounded Central America with rain, killing 67 people and causing local governments to deem...

947
Fifi-Orlene 971
Irene-Olivia
Hurricane Irene–Olivia
Hurricane Irene–Olivia was the first actively tracked tropical cyclone which moved into the eastern Pacific Ocean from the Atlantic basin. It originated as a tropical depression on September 11, 1971, in the tropical Atlantic. The cyclone tracked nearly due westward at a low latitude, passing...

989
Unnamed (1842) Unknown
Unnamed (1876) Unknown
Unnamed (1911) Unknown
Unnamed (1923) Unknown
Unnamed (1949) Unknown

Listed by maximum winds

Name Wind
Miles per hour Kilometers per hour
Unnamed (1876) 100 160
Unnamed (1911)  105 165
Unnamed (1923)  105 165
Unnamed (1949)  130 215
Irene-Olivia
Hurricane Irene–Olivia
Hurricane Irene–Olivia was the first actively tracked tropical cyclone which moved into the eastern Pacific Ocean from the Atlantic basin. It originated as a tropical depression on September 11, 1971, in the tropical Atlantic. The cyclone tracked nearly due westward at a low latitude, passing...

 
80 130
Fifi-Orlene  110 175
Greta-Olivia
Hurricane Greta-Olivia
Hurricane Greta–Olivia was a Category 4 hurricane that crossed over Central America, changing names upon reaching the Eastern Pacific during the 1978 Atlantic hurricane season and 1978 Pacific hurricane season. Striking Honduras on the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Fifi, the Greta threatened to...

 
135 215
Joan-Miriam  145 230
Cesar-Douglas
Hurricane Cesar-Douglas
Hurricane Cesar–Douglas was a devastating tropical cyclone that killed 122 people throughout Central and South America in late-July 1996. The Category 1 hurricane formed in late July in the Caribbean Sea and pounded Central America with rain, killing 67 people and causing local governments to deem...

 
135 215
Unnamed (1842) Unknown Unknown

Other storms

There were several other tropical cyclones that formed in one basin, dissipated, and re-developed. In addition, there were tropical cyclones that developed and entered another basin briefly or at a weak intensity, however, they were not recognized as a Atlantic-Pacific crossover hurricane. In chronological order from most recent to earliest, they are:
  • Tropical Storm Hermine
    Tropical Storm Hermine (2010)
    Tropical Storm Hermine , was a rare basin-crossing tropical cyclone that caused widespread damage from Guatemala to Oklahoma in early September 2010. The system was first classified as Tropical Depression Eleven-E on September 3 in the Gulf of Tehuantepec...

     of 2010 developed from the remnants of Tropical Depression Eleven-E, which dissipated over Mexico.
  • Tropical Storm Alma
    Tropical Storm Alma
    Tropical Storm Alma of the 2008 Pacific hurricane season was the easternmost forming Pacific tropical cyclone on record and the first tropical storm on record to strike the Pacific coast of Nicaragua. In the spring of 2009, the WMO retired the name Alma and replaced it with Amanda for use in the...

     of 2008 formed off of the West Coast of Costa Rica, made landfall in Nicaragua with speeds up to 100 kilometres per hour (62.1 mph). The storm soon dissipated. A day later the storm's remnants after encountering a pair of two tropical wave
    Tropical wave
    Tropical waves, easterly waves, or tropical easterly waves, also known as African easterly waves in the Atlantic region, are a type of atmospheric trough, an elongated area of relatively low air pressure, oriented north to south, which move from east to west across the tropics causing areas of...

    s regenerated on Nicaragua's east coast into Tropical Storm Arthur
    Tropical Storm Arthur (2008)
    Tropical Storm Arthur was the first Atlantic tropical storm that formed during the month of May since 1981. The first tropical cyclone of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, the storm formed on May 30 from the interaction of two tropical waves and the remnants of the eastern Pacific Tropical...

     with sustained winds of 75 km/h (46.6 mph) and again made landfall in Nicaragua. It is not considered as crossover over as the initial storm had dissipated.
  • Tropical Storm Earl
    Tropical Storm Earl (2004)
    Tropical Storm Earl was the fifth tropical storm of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. It was a short-lived storm in mid-August 2004 that formed near the Windward Islands and remained weak throughout its short lifespan. It crossed over the Lesser Antilles on August 14 while a modest tropical...

     in 2004 dissipated in the southeast Caribbean Sea, but regenerated into Hurricane Frank in the East Pacific.
  • Tropical Depression Nine
    Tropical Depression Nine (2001)
    Tropical Depression Nine was the ninth tropical depression of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season. It formed off the Nicaraguan coast on September 19 and made landfall three hours later. The system quickly dissipated the next morning causing no reports of damage or deaths...

     in 2001 made landfall in Nicaragua and degenerated into a tropical wave. The wave later regenerated into a tropical depression that became Hurricane Juliette
    Hurricane Juliette (2001)
    Hurricane Juliette was a long lasting Category 4 hurricane in the 2001 Pacific hurricane season. It caused 12 deaths and $400 million in damage when it hit Baja California in late September.-Meteorological history:...

    .
  • Hurricane Gert
    Hurricane Gert (1993)
    Hurricane Gert was a large tropical cyclone that caused heavy flood damage and many deaths throughout Central America and Mexico in September 1993. The seventh named storm and third hurricane of the annual hurricane season, Gert originated from a tropical wave over the southwestern Caribbean...

     in 1993 crossed over Mexico and became Tropical Depression Fourteen-E in the East Pacific, but ended up dissipating before becoming a storm.
  • Tropical Storm Bret
    Tropical Storm Bret (1993)
    Tropical Storm Bret was the second named storm of the 1993 Atlantic hurricane season. The third tropical cyclone of the season, Bret formed on August 4 from a westward moving, African tropical wave. Bret would later peak as a 60 mph tropical storm as it neared Trinidad...

     from 1993 retained its circulation and was designated Tropical Depression Eight-E upon reaching the Pacific. The depression dissipated, reorganized, and became Hurricane Greg.
  • Hurricane Diana
    Hurricane Diana
    Hurricane Diana was the deadliest tropical cyclone during the 1990 Atlantic hurricane season, killing 139 people in Mexico. Forming out of a tropical wave on August 4, the system brushed Honduras before intensifying into a tropical storm the following day. Gradually gaining strength, Diana...

     in 1990 entered the East Pacific as a tropical depression, but dissipated less than six hours later. Diana was not re-classified during its brief existence in the East Pacific.
  • Hurricane Cosme
    Hurricane Cosme (1989)
    Hurricane Cosme was the third tropical cyclone and second hurricane of the 1989 Pacific hurricane season. Forming on June 19 from a tropical wave, the storm initially moved westward before being upgraded into Tropical Storm Cosme. It ultimately intensifying into a Category 1 hurricane. Cosme turned...

     in 1989 crossed from the Pacific and dissipated over northern Mexico. Its remnants contributed to the development of Tropical Storm Allison
    Tropical Storm Allison (1989)
    Tropical Storm Allison was a tropical cyclone that produced severe flooding in the southern United States. The second tropical cyclone and the first named storm of the 1989 Atlantic hurricane season, Allison formed on June 24 in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Development of Allison was a result...

    .
  • Hurricane Debby
    Hurricane Debby (1988)
    Hurricane Debby was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike the Gulf Coast of Mexico since Hurricane Barry in 1983. The eighth tropical depression, fourth tropical storm, and the first hurricane of the 1988 Atlantic hurricane season, Debby developed from a tropical wave off the west coast of the...

     in 1988 crossed over Mexico and became Tropical Depression Seventeen-E in the East Pacific, but ended up dissipating before becoming a storm.
  • An unnamed system in 1965 entered the Atlantic from the Pacific, but the tropical cyclone was operationally unnoticed.
  • Hurricane Hattie
    Hurricane Hattie
    Hurricane Hattie was the deadliest tropical cyclone of the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season, as well as the strongest, reaching a peak intensity equivalent to Category 5 hurricane intensity...

     in 1961 developed in the Atlantic, and crossed into the Pacific, eventually re-developing into Tropical Storm Simone in the Pacific. It also appeared that remnants of Simone re-emerged into the Atlantic basin to develop into Tropical Storm Inga. However, the viewpoint of U.S. Weather Bureau Office was that "the remnants of Hattie developed into neither Simone nor Inga.
  • Hurricane Six of 1923 formed as a tropical storm in the East Pacific. It crossed over central Mexico and emerged into the Gulf of Mexico on October 15.
  • Hurricane Four in 1911 crossed Central America and entered the East Pacific basin.
  • One existed before 1856 and made it to the Gulf of Mexico
    Gulf of Mexico
    The Gulf of Mexico is a partially landlocked ocean basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States, on the southwest and south by Mexico, and on the southeast by Cuba. In...

    .

See also

  • List of tropical cyclones
  • List of Pacific hurricanes
  • List of Atlantic hurricane seasons
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