Can a Hurricane/TS ever hit Los Angeles or San Diego?

[HouTXmetro]

Just wondering if an E.Pac Hurricane could ever hit Either San Diego or Los Angeles. Does anyone know if that region ever had a close call with a Tropical System?

[cycloneye]

http://ams.allenpress.com/pdfserv/10.11 ... 85-11-1689

On october 2,1958 a hurricane made landfall in San Diego.Read all about it at link.

[HURAKAN]

According to a statement released last year, in October 2nd, 1858, 8 years later California became an state, a hurricane hit San Diego. There have been also tropical depressions hitting the state since records had been taken. But, it's not normal for tropical cyclones to get that far north in the EPAC.

For more information of the October Hurricane, visit this web page, it's really cool!
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Landsea/ch ... andsea.pdf

[Aslkahuna]

The last EPAC storm to hit the SoCA coast was the "El Cordonazo de San Francisco" storm of September 25, 1939 which came through the LAX area as a TS with winds of 50 mph and heavy rains. Arizona is a different story as the last EPAC storm that came in as a TS was Nora in 1997. Prior to that Lester in 1992 came in just west of Sierra Vista. Both Yuma and Sierra Vista have experienced wind gusts in excess of 75mph from EPAC Tropical Storms. In a paper for his Graduate class this semester, my son identified 104 Tropical systems that came into AZ from EPAC during the 1900-1999 period or about 1 a year-most of them as either TD's or Tropical Lows.

Steve

[Stratosphere747]

Steve,

What is the farthest north, the actual center of a storm has made landfall, thru the Gulf of California?

[HurricaneBill]

Usually in El Nino years, the chances of a TS or TD moving into the SW U.S. are the strongest.

El Nino years are also when Mexico is at risk for an intense EPAC hurricane to make landfall.

[Aslkahuna]

Nora made landfall just east of the CO River delta which is as far north as you can get in the Sea of Cortez. The center then passed just east of Yuma bringing 60 mph gusts to Yuma and over 12 inches ofr rain to the mountains north of Yuma. Incidentally, Kathleen made it all of the way to ID before dissipating in 1977.

Steve