2018 Pacific hurricane season (NoJO's prediction)

the 2018 Pacific hurricane season was a very-inactive season with only 3 storms compared to the Atlantic's 29 storms.

Major Hurricane Aletta
First hurricane of the year, Aletta formed out of the remnants of Major Hurricane Beryl...Aletta rapidly strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane before striking Mexico and diminishing.

Major Hurricane Bud
Bud developed on June 12 and moved over Mexico on June 15 as a Category 3, Bud was retired by the Mexican government and the NHC. Bud would move on to form Tropical Storm Chris in the Atlantic.

Tropical Storm Carolotta
After a record inactive season, on December 3 the last system formed of the year, Carolotta. Carolotta diminished in less than 3 hours, making it the shortest lived TS in history.

Effects
the 2018 Pacific hurricane season broke more than 10 records, both Aletta and Bud were retired.

Records broken

 * Least active hurricane season in any basin in recorded history, mostly due to no La Niña in the Atlantic.


 * Shortest lived TS (Carolotta) - 3 hours, 8 minutes and 4 seconds


 * Only season with a majority of major hurricanes, with 2 major hurricanes and 1 tropical storm.
 * Only season with all but one storm name retired.
 * Lowest ACE ever recorded (0.0072%)
 * Oddest storm track ever recorded (Bud)
 * Least costly hurricane season ever ($47,243 in damages)
 * Least deadly hurricane season ever (2 killed, 3 injured and 1 missing)
 * Only season with all storms making landfall
 * Only season that the NHC cut short, with them officially ending advisories on October 1, not December 1.
 * Only season with no invests and no other systems reported.