The most notable storm was Hurricane Iniki, which caused billions of dollars of damage to the Hawaiian Islands, primarily in Kauai, along with six fatalities.

Warmer than usual sea surface temperatures due to an El Niño fostered the high level of tropical activity during the year.

Ekeka continued westward, passing through the Marshall Islands and later over Chuuk, before dissipating on February 9 about 310 mi (500 km) off the north coast of Papua New Guinea.

[6] Maintaining its peak intensity for 30 hours, Agatha gradually decelerated as it passed within 100 mi (160 km) southwest of the Mexican coast.

Waves up to 16 ft (4.9 m) were reported along the coast of Mexico and torrential rains triggered flash flooding resulting in ten fatalities.

Although the storm developed an impressive upper-level outflow and well-organized thunderstorm activity and was moving into an area sea surface temperatures of 78 °F (26 °C), the National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecast only slight intensification.

Upon becoming a tropical cyclone the storm formed further east than most Pacific hurricanes due to little wind shear and warm sea surface temperatures near Central America.

Due to very strong steering currents, Darby accelerated as it paralleled the coast of Mexico, and the system strengthened into a hurricane on July 5 while also substantially increasing in size.

[29] After passing over northern South America, a large area of disturbed weather formed about 460 mi (740 km) west of Acapulco on July 9 and was classified as a tropical depression two days later.

Continuing westward, the system developed into Tropical Depression Seven-E on July 13 about 660 mi (1,060 km) south-southeast of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula.

[47] The system was located over warm waters,[48] and moving west-northwest, the depression paralleled the coast of Mexico and strengthened into Tropical Storm Georgette on July 15.

[47] About 30 hours later, it weakened to a tropical depression, devoid of deep convection,[54] and shortly thereafter entered the Central Pacific Hurricane Center's area of responsibility.

Around that time, the system was south of Hawaii, and it brought locally gusty winds as high as 60 mph (95 km/h) to the northern part of the Big Island.

[69] The remnants of Lester extended through the eastern United States,[64] resulting in rainfall records in Minnesota, Nebraska, Colorado, and North Dakota.

Iniki continued westward and strengthened over the unusually favorable central Pacific; it reached hurricane status on September 9 while 470 miles (760 km) south-southeast of Hilo.

The subtropical ridge, which typically keeps hurricanes well away from the Hawaiian Islands, weakened due to an approaching upper level-trough and allowed Iniki to turn to the northwest.

With very favorable upper-level outflow and warm water temperatures, Iniki steadily intensified, and attained major hurricane status on September 10 while south-southwest of the island chain.

As Iniki turned to the north, it continued to strengthen, reaching a peak of 145 mph (233 km/h) winds on September 11 while 170 miles (270 km) south-southwest of Kauaʻi.

Kauaʻi citizens remained hopeful for monetary aid from the government or insurance companies, though after six months they felt annoyed with the lack of help.

[83] The tropical wave from which Paine originated moved off the coast of Africa on August 25, reaching the Caribbean on September 2, and eventually crossed Central America and the Yucatán Peninsula.

The circulation finally organized enough to be classified as Tropical Depression Nineteen-E early on September 11, a couple hundred miles southwest of Baja California.

By September 21, deep convection began to rapidly increase, followed by a visible eye on satellite imagery the next day, which indicated that Roslyn had reached hurricane intensity.

After passing near Clarion Island, Tina attained peak intensity on September 30, with winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 932 mbar (27.5 inHg).

Despite weak shearing over the system, it became Tropical Storm Virgil later that day, rapidly intensifying to a hurricane on the October 2, when a distinct and well defined eye appeared on satellite images.

After moving ashore, Hurricane Winifred rapidly weakened to a depression over the mountainous terrain of Mexico by October 10, while continuing on a northeast track and finally degenerating to a remnant low later that day.

On October 25, the NHC classified it as Tropical Depression Twenty-Seven-E, about 805 mi (1,296 km) south of the southern tip of Baja California Sur, Mexico.

[100] Throughout October 25, banding features developed and the upper-level outflow became better established, with the environment characterized by low wind shear and warm sea surface temperatures.

[110] Although the center of the storm never moved over land, the system's outer bands brought locally heavy rain and gusty winds to parts of Sinaloa and Jalisco.

[112][113] On October 23, a tropical disturbance developed within the trade-wind trough of low pressure about 830 km (515 mi) to the south of Johnston Island.

[112] 27W subsequently gradually intensified further, before it was classified as a tropical storm and named Dan by the JTWC, just after it had moved into the Western Pacific basin.