The 1987 Pacific hurricane season was the last year in which the Eastern Pacific Hurricane Center was the primary warning center for tropical cyclones in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The season officially started May 15, 1987 in the eastern Pacific, and June 1, 1987 in the central Pacific, and lasted until November 30, 1987. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when the vast majority tropical cyclones form in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.
Despite there being 20 named systems, 5 above the average, there were very few notable storms this year. Only four storms came anywhere near to making landfall. Hurricane Eugene was the first Pacific hurricane to make landfall in Mexico in July since the 1954 season and caused the all of the season's three deaths and $2.6 million of the seasons $4.7 million in damage. Tropical Storm Pilar and Hurricane Norma also came close to land, with the former producing record rain in Baja California Sur. The remnants of Hurricanes Ramon and Norma caused rain in the Continental United States. Elsewhere, Peke was a central north Pacific hurricane that crossed the International Dateline and became a typhoon of the 1987 Pacific typhoon season.
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