During the same period, Baja California Sur witnessed nineteen hurricanes and thirty tropical storms.
This coincides with the statistical peak in the eastern north Pacific hurricane season, which occurs in early September or late August.
The watches and warnings will be issued in coastal area between internationally recognized points known as breakpoints.
The Baja California Peninsula has twenty-two breakpoints, running from the United States-Mexico border, south along the Pacific coast to Cabo San Lucas, and north along the Gulf of California coast to Calamajue.
[133] However, tropical cyclones can still bring dangerous conditions such as flooding to areas not covered by warnings and watches.