List of Pacific hurricanes before 1900
A hurricane struck Tlapa in Guerrero, Mexico, producing strong winds, hail, excessive rains, and other natural phenomena.
[1] A hurricane tore the cover off the church and ruined many houses in the town of Huaynamota in Jalisco, Mexico.
[1] In December 1832, according to a log from a German Merchant Marine vessel later left at Deutsche Seewarte, a tropical cyclone occurred southeast of the Hawaiian Islands; it then tracked west-northwestward, approaching 350 miles south of Ka Lae, Hawaii (island), and thence to a point near Johnston Atoll.
[3] On 1 November 1839, a destructive hurricane struck Mazatlán, Sinaloa, doing heavy damage to boats and watercraft; most of the twelve ships then in the harbor sunk with their crews.
[4][5] On November 1, a destructive hurricane did heavy damage to shipping and sunk three vessels at San Blas, Nayarit.
The American barque Lark, sailing from Canton (now Guangzhou) for Valparaíso, experienced a "severe gale" on 23 September 1843 at 15°0′N 138°40′W / 15.000°N 138.667°W / 15.000; -138.667.
On or about 24 June 1850, the Joseph Butler encountered a "severe gale of wind" near 16°N 107°W / 16°N 107°W / 16; -107, 260 miles from the coast of Mexico, which carried away her main-mast (sailing).
On 5 August 1850, the barque Como encountered a "severe gale" at 14°20′N 117°0′W / 14.333°N 117.000°W / 14.333; -117.000, commencing at north and veering to west and south.
These winds suggest that the vessel traveled on the left side of the track of the storm, which passed to its northwest.
For five hours on 11 September 1850, the Diana at 22°N 116°W / 22°N 116°W / 22; -116 experienced a "severe hurricane" from the northeast, veering to southwest; the vessel "hove on beam-ends."
The veering intense wind suggests that the hurricane passed slightly northwest of the vessel, which experienced the left side.
On 3 October 1850, the brig Amazon, sailing from New York northward for San Francisco, encountered a "severe hurricane" at 13°30′N 116°50′W / 13.500°N 116.833°W / 13.500; -116.833.
Heavy rain accompanied squalls from southwest, which increased in frequency and intensity until 5 pm, when a "hurricane" commenced with the brig under reefing fore-topsail and mainsail.
The vessel reported a position of 13°40′N 116°30′W / 13.667°N 116.500°W / 13.667; -116.500 and thereafter drifted likely in a direction opposite the progression of the storm through a prolonged gale.
On 1 October 1850, a "severe gale" threw the Kingston, traveling from San Francisco for Panama City, on beam-ends, off the Mexican coast at 14°N.
The Belgrade, voyaging from San Francisco for El Realejo, recorded a fine breeze from the west-northwest and heavy swell from the southeast.
On the same route from San Francisco for El Realejo, the Galindo experienced a "severe hurricane," which threw her on beam-ends and dismasted her.
At 8 am, the vessel lost her foresail, and the gale increased to a "hurricane," which threw her on beam-ends with loss of main and mizzen topmasts with the head of the mainmast, when the ship righted a little.
On 5 October off Cabo San Lucas, a "violent hurricane" threw the Lavina on beam-ends, and she lay twenty-one hours.
[6] Before June or after October of this year, a system considered a tropical cyclone made landfall just north of the Golden Gate.
[6] Before June or after October, a system considered a tropical cyclone made landfall in northern California.
There was a moderate gale, rain, squalls, diving barometer, choppy seas, and winds that changed direction in a counter clockwise manner.
[2] Significant damage was reported by indigenous newspapers on both islands with the accounts suggesting a major category 3 hurricane.
[4] On the late afternoon of October 27, a major hurricane with estimated winds of 110 knots hit Manzanillo.
In Manzanillo Harbor, a ship, a bark, two schooners, several small boats, and numerous lighters were total losses.
[13] On 11 August 1891, a severe thunderstorm occurred at and about San Bernardino, California, where lightning struck and burned a barn.
Very heavy rain fell in the mountains east of Redlands, California, flooded a considerable extent country, and much damaged orchards.
On 12 August 1891, extreme rainfall fell at Campo, California—11.50 inches (292 mm) in 80 minutes before the cloudburst carried away the rain gauge.
[6] On October 1, a cyclone first spotted on September 29 made landfall in Mexico, having rapidly moved north for its short life.
