Before the satellite age started in the 1960s, data on east Pacific hurricanes is extremely unreliable.
On October 9, as a major hurricane it struck the west coast of Mexico, a short distance south of Mazatlán.
[2] A tropical depression, a continuation of Atlantic Hurricane 10, entered the Pacific Ocean on October 5.
[3] A circulation center associated with this cyclone moved along the Mexican coast, and remained recognizable until it was west of Acapulco.
Its remnants headed north, where they brought rain to the mountains of southern and central California on September 30 and October 1.