2014 Pacific hurricane season (Steven's)

The 2014 Pacific hurricane season was an extremely active East Pacific hurricane season. The season began on May 15, 2014, and it ended on November 30, 2014, dates of which conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin. During the season, a total of 23 depressions formed with 22 strengthening to tropical storms, 14 becoming hurricanes, and 7 further strengthening to a major hurricane (Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale). Many of the storms this season affected Mexico, and unusually, there were two Category 5 hurricanes in this season (Hernan and Marie). Hernan was the strongest storm of the season, and despite its strength, it didn't harm anyone throughout its path. However, Marie, the other Category 5, was a very large and very devastating Category 5 that struck southern Mexico as a Category 4, bringing massive flash flooding and becoming the costliest hurricane in EPac history, beating the last record set by Manuel only a year earlier. After Marie dissipated in Mexico, it later regenerated and struck Baja at its secondary peak intensity of Category 1 strength before crossing the Gulf of California, making another landfall in mainland Mexico and finally dissipating.

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Season summary
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Storm names
The following names were used to name tropical cyclones in the East Pacific this year. This is the same list used in the 2008 season, expect for Amanda, which replaced Alma. Names that were not used during the season are marked in.

Central Pacific
In the Central Pacific, if a storm reaches tropical storm intensity, it is given a name from a different naming list. Only one name, Wali, was used this year.

Retirement
Due to extensive damage and deaths, the name Marie was retired and will never be used again for an East Pacific tropical cyclone. It was replaced by Martha for use in the 2020 season.

List for 2020: