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The 1980 Pacific hurricane season began on April 5, 1980 with the crossing of the dateline by Tropical Storm Carmen and ended with the dissipation of Tropical Depression Newton on October 29.{{EPAC hurricane best track}} Of the sixteen tropical cyclones that in the eastern north Pacific Ocean during 1980, one was a tropical depression, eight were tropical storms,{{EPAC hurricane best track}} and seven were hurricanes, of which three were major hurricanes of Category or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. Of these systems, all except one tropical storm formed east of 140°W in the eastern Pacific proper.{{EPAC hurricane best track}} These totals are below the long term average of fifteen tropical storms, nine hurricanes, and four major hurricanes.{{cite web|publisher=Climate Prediction Center|title=Background Information: Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season|url=http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Epac_hurr/background_information.html|accessdate=2010-04-09}} Two tropical cyclones existed in the central Pacific, both of which crossed in from other tropical cyclone basins. This total is below the average of four or five tropical cyclones per year.

{{Infobox Hurricane Small

|Basin=EPac

|Image=Tropical Storm Carmen 1980.jpg

|Track=Carmen 1980 track.png

|Formed=April 4

|Dissipated=April 9

|1-min winds=45

}}

A tropical low strengthened into a tropical depression just after crossing the dateline into the western Pacific. It was designated Tropical Depression 02. It strengthened into Tropical Storm Carmen as it moved generally northwards. It soon recurved and entered the Central Pacific on April 5, and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center relinquished responsibility to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Carmen soon came nearly to a standstill and dissipated April 9.

Tropical Storm Carmen caused no deaths or damages in the Central Pacific Hurricane Center's area of responsibility. It is the strongest April tropical cyclone in the central Pacific by virtue of being the only one to occur in that month.{{cite web|url=http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/summaries/|title=Previous Tropical Systems in the Central Pacific|accessdate=2010-04-09|publisher=Central Pacific Hurricane Center|year=2010| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20100325050644/http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/summaries/| archivedate= 25 March 2010 | url-status= live}} In addition, it was the first northern hemisphere tropical cyclone to cross the dateline from west to east since Tropical Storm Virginia in 1968.

{{Infobox Hurricane Small

|Basin=EPac

|Image=Agatha80.jpg

|Track=Agatha 1980 track.png

|Formed=June 9

|Dissipated=June 15

|1-min winds=100

}}

A disturbance southwest of Clipperton Island developed a circulation and organized into a tropical depression on June 9. Later that day, it slowly edged north and intensified into a tropical storm. Agatha then went to the west northwest, and intensified into a hurricane. Agatha peaked in windspeed on June 12. After that, it slowly weakened, becoming a tropical storm on June 13 and a tropical depression on June 14. Agatha dissipated the next day.{{cite journal|title=Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclones of 1981|author=Emil B. Gunther|journal=Monthly Weather Review|publisher=American Meteorological Society|date=August 1981|year=1981|format=PDF|url=http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0493%281981%29109%3C1701%3AENPTCO%3E2.0.CO%3B2|accessdate=2010-04-11|pages=1702–3|doi=10.1175/1520-0493(1981)109<1701:ENPTCO>2.0.CO;2|issn=1520-0493|volume=109|issue=8|bibcode = 1981MWRv..109.1701G }} Agatha did not come near land and caused no casualties or damage.

{{Infobox Hurricane Small

|Basin=EPac

|Image=Blas80.jpg

|Track=Blas 1980 track.png

|Formed=June 16

|Dissipated=June 19

|1-min winds=50

}}

A disturbance south-southwest of Acapulco developed a circulation and was designated Tropical Storm Blas, skipping the depression stage. Blas headed northwest, and intensified, peaking in windspeed on June 16. The cyclone then steadily weakened, and dissipated on June 19, twelve hours after weaking into a tropical depression.{{cite journal|title=Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclones of 1981|author=Emil B. Gunther|journal=Monthly Weather Review|publisher=American Meteorological Society|date=August 1981|year=1981|format=PDF|url=http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0493%281981%29109%3C1701%3AENPTCO%3E2.0.CO%3B2|accessdate=2010-04-11|pages=1703–4|doi=10.1175/1520-0493(1981)109<1701:ENPTCO>2.0.CO;2|issn=1520-0493|volume=109|issue=8|bibcode = 1981MWRv..109.1701G }} Blas stayed well away from land and caused no known impact.

{{Infobox Hurricane Small

|Basin=EPac

|Image=TD3-E80.jpg

|Formed=June 17

|Dissipated=June 19

|1-min winds=30

}}

A disturbance south of Acapulco developed into a tropical depression on June 17. It moved northwest and then west, and never strengthened much. The tropical cyclone dissipated on June 19 after moving over cooler waters.{{cite journal|title=Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclones of 1981|author=Emil B. Gunther|journal=Monthly Weather Review|publisher=American Meteorological Society|date=August 1981|year=1981|format=PDF|url=http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0493%281981%29109%3C1701%3AENPTCO%3E2.0.CO%3B2|accessdate=2010-04-11|pages=1704|doi=10.1175/1520-0493(1981)109<1701:ENPTCO>2.0.CO;2|issn=1520-0493|volume=109|issue=8|bibcode = 1981MWRv..109.1701G }} It caused no known impact.

{{Infobox Hurricane Small

|Basin=EPac

|Image=Celia80.jpg

|Track=Celia 1980 track.png

|Formed=June 25

|Dissipated=June 29

|1-min winds=65

}}

A disturbance moving west-northwestward organized into a tropical depression on June 25. It quickly became a tropical storm. Celia intensified into a hurricane on June 26 and peaked in intensity from June 26 to June 28. Celia then curved to the northwest as it wheeled around the edge of a ridge. Celia weakened into a tropical storm on June 28, a depression on June 29, and dissipated just after that. It remnants remained, and cloudiness and moisture associated with the cyclone were carried into the Continental United States by an upper-level trough.{{cite journal|title=Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclones of 1981|author=Emil B. Gunther|journal=Monthly Weather Review|publisher=American Meteorological Society|date=August 1981|year=1981|format=PDF|url=http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0493%281981%29109%3C1701%3AENPTCO%3E2.0.CO%3B2|accessdate=2010-04-11|pages=1705–6|doi=10.1175/1520-0493(1981)109<1701:ENPTCO>2.0.CO;2|issn=1520-0493|volume=109|issue=8|bibcode = 1981MWRv..109.1701G }}

Those remnants clouds and moisture brought rain to Santa Barbara County, California on the last two days of June.{{cite news|publisher=USA Today|date=2005-05-17|url=http://www.usatoday.com/weather/whhcalif.htm|accessdate=2010-04-12|author=Jack Williams|title=Background: California's Tropical Storms}} Other than that, Celia caused no impact.

{{Infobox Hurricane Small

|Basin=EPac

|Image=Tropical Storm Darby 1980.jpg

|Track=Darby 1980 track.png

|Formed=July 1

|Dissipated=July 3

|1-min winds=45

}}

On July 1, a westward-moving disturbance located to the southwest of Acapulco organized into a tropical depression. The next day, it intensified into a tropical storm as it briefly jogged to the north. Darby peaked in wind speed just after that. It then weakened into a depression on July 3 and dissipated later that day.{{cite journal|title=Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclones of 1981|author=Emil B. Gunther|journal=Monthly Weather Review|publisher=American Meteorological Society|date=August 1981|year=1981|format=PDF|url=http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0493%281981%29109%3C1701%3AENPTCO%3E2.0.CO%3B2|accessdate=2010-04-11|pages=1706|doi=10.1175/1520-0493(1981)109<1701:ENPTCO>2.0.CO;2|issn=1520-0493|volume=109|issue=8|bibcode = 1981MWRv..109.1701G }} Darby did not affect land, hence causing neither casualties or damage.

{{Infobox Hurricane Small

|Basin=EPac

|Image=Tropical Storm Estelle 1980.jpg

|Track=Estelle 1980 track.png

|Formed=July 12

|Dissipated=July 13

|1-min winds=40

}}

An area of disturbed weather developed gale-force winds and a cyclonic circulation, and was upgraded directly to tropical storm status on July 12. Estelle's winds peaked in velocity just after that. The cyclone then steadily weakened as it curved to the west northwest. Estelle dissipated on July 13. Estelle did not affect land. No damage or casualties were attributed to this tropical cyclone.

{{Infobox Hurricane Small

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|Formed=July 18

|Dissipated=July 22

|1-min winds=45

}}

A tropical disturbance northeast of Clipperton organized into a tropical depression on July 18. Heading northwestwards, it intensified into a tropical storm on July 20. Frank reached its maximum wind speed shortly after that. The cyclone then turned to the west and gradually weakened, dissipating on July 22.{{cite journal|title=Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclones of 1981|author=Emil B. Gunther|journal=Monthly Weather Review|publisher=American Meteorological Society|date=August 1981|year=1981|format=PDF|url=http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0493%281981%29109%3C1701%3AENPTCO%3E2.0.CO%3B2|accessdate=2010-04-11|pages=1706–7|doi=10.1175/1520-0493(1981)109<1701:ENPTCO>2.0.CO;2|issn=1520-0493|volume=109|issue=8|bibcode = 1981MWRv..109.1701G }} No reports of damage or casualties were attributed to Tropical Storm Frank.

{{Infobox Hurricane Small

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|Image=Hurricane Georgette 1980.jpg

|Track=Georgette 1980 track.png

|Formed=July 28

|Dissipated=July 31

|1-min winds=65

}}

A tropical disturbance southwest of Acapulco became a tropical depression on July. The cyclone headed northwest. It intensified into a tropical storm on July 29. That same day, Georgette was briefly a hurricane. The cyclone turned to the west and weakened, dissipating on July 31.{{cite journal|title=Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclones of 1981|author=Emil B. Gunther|journal=Monthly Weather Review|publisher=American Meteorological Society|date=August 1981|year=1981|format=PDF|url=http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0493%281981%29109%3C1701%3AENPTCO%3E2.0.CO%3B2|accessdate=2010-04-11|pages=1707|doi=10.1175/1520-0493(1981)109<1701:ENPTCO>2.0.CO;2|issn=1520-0493|volume=109|issue=8|bibcode = 1981MWRv..109.1701G }} Georgette did not affect land. Consequently, it caused no known impact.

{{Infobox Hurricane Small

|Basin=EPac

|Image=Hurricane Howard 1980.jpg

|Track=Howard 1980 track.png

|Formed=July 31

|Dissipated=August 7

|1-min winds=90

}}

A tropical disturbance south of Acapulco developed into a tropical depression on July 31. It headed west, and then gradually curved to the northwest as it paralleled the coast of Mexico. The cyclone became a storm shortly after forming, a hurricane on August 2, and peaked in windspeed on August 4. It then steadily weakened after that, and dissipated over cool waters shortly after becoming a tropical depression on August 7.{{cite journal|title=Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclones of 1981|author=Emil B. Gunther|journal=Monthly Weather Review|publisher=American Meteorological Society|date=August 1981|year=1981|format=PDF|url=http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0493%281981%29109%3C1701%3AENPTCO%3E2.0.CO%3B2|accessdate=2010-04-11|pages=1708|doi=10.1175/1520-0493(1981)109<1701:ENPTCO>2.0.CO;2|issn=1520-0493|volume=109|issue=8|bibcode = 1981MWRv..109.1701G }} Howard threatened the coasts of Southern California and the northern part of the Baja California Peninsula, but in the end never approached land. Hence, Howard caused no impact.

{{Infobox Hurricane Small

|Basin=EPac

|Image=Hurricane Isis 1980.jpg

|Track=Isis 1980 track.png

|Formed=August 5

|Dissipated=August 11

|1-min winds=85

}}

A tropical disturbance south of Acapulco developed into a tropical depression on August 5 and a tropical storm the next day. Isis headed generally west northwest and peaked as a Category 2 hurricane on August 8. Isis then weakened, becoming a tropical storm on August 10, turning to the west, and dissipating the next day.{{cite journal|title=Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclones of 1981|author=Emil B. Gunther|journal=Monthly Weather Review|publisher=American Meteorological Society|date=August 1981|year=1981|format=PDF|url=http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0493%281981%29109%3C1701%3AENPTCO%3E2.0.CO%3B2|accessdate=2010-04-11|pages=1708–9|doi=10.1175/1520-0493(1981)109<1701:ENPTCO>2.0.CO;2|issn=1520-0493|volume=109|issue=8|bibcode = 1981MWRv..109.1701G }} Isis never affected land, and for that reason it was responsible for no casualties or damage.

{{Infobox Hurricane Small

|Basin=EPac

|Image=Hurricane Javier 1980.jpg

|Track=Javier 1980 track.png

|Formed=August 22

|Dissipated=August 29

|1-min winds=100

}}

An area of disturbed weather south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec became a tropical depression on August 22 and a storm the next day. Javier became a hurricane on August 24, and peaked as a major hurricane on August 25. Javier then weakened, becoming a tropical storm on August 27 and a storm the next day. It dissipated on August 29, having moved west-northwest for almost its entire life.{{cite journal|title=Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclones of 1981|author=Emil B. Gunther|journal=Monthly Weather Review|publisher=American Meteorological Society|date=August 1981|year=1981|format=PDF|url=http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0493%281981%29109%3C1701%3AENPTCO%3E2.0.CO%3B2|accessdate=2010-04-11|pages=1709–10|doi=10.1175/1520-0493(1981)109<1701:ENPTCO>2.0.CO;2|issn=1520-0493|volume=109|issue=8|bibcode = 1981MWRv..109.1701G }} Hurricane Javier had no impact on land. Consequently, no one was killed and nothing was damaged by this hurricane.

{{Infobox Hurricane Small

|Basin=EPac

|Image=Hurricane Kay 18 Sep 1980 1513z.png

|Track=Kay 1980 track.png

|Formed=September 16

|Dissipated=September 30

|1-min winds=120

}}

A tropical disturbance south of Acapulco developed into a tropical depression on September 16 and a tropical storm later that day. Kay headed in an irregular but generally west-northwest path out to sea. Kay strengthened into a hurricane on September 17. It continued strengthening and reached its peak as a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale on September 18. Kay then slowly weakened, and was a tropical storm by September 20. Kay's forward motion slowed as it neared the central Pacific. It restrengthened into a hurricane on September 23, and crossed 140°W and entered the Central Pacific Hurricane Center's area of responsibility the next day.{{cite journal|title=Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclones of 1981|author=Emil B. Gunther|journal=Monthly Weather Review|publisher=American Meteorological Society|date=August 1981|year=1981|format=PDF|url=http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0493%281981%29109%3C1701%3AENPTCO%3E2.0.CO%3B2|accessdate=2010-04-11|pages=1710–11|doi=10.1175/1520-0493(1981)109<1701:ENPTCO>2.0.CO;2|issn=1520-0493|volume=109|issue=8|bibcode = 1981MWRv..109.1701G }} Kay executed a small anticyclonic loop, and then began weakening again. It became a tropical storm again on September 27, and a depression two days later. The cyclone dissipated on September 30 while located north of the Hawaiian Islands. Kay had no effect on land, causing no damage or casualties. It was the strongest tropical cyclone of the season at {{convert|140|mph|0|abbr=on}}. Kay lasted for 14.5 days, enough to make it the fifth-longest lasting Pacific hurricane at the time.{{EPAC hurricane best track}}

{{Infobox Hurricane Small

|Basin=EPac

|Image=Tropical Storm Lester 1980.jpg

|Track=Lester 1980 track.png

|Formed=September 21

|Dissipated=September 25

|1-min winds=35

}}

A westward-moving disturbance south of Acapulco strengthened into a tropical depression on September 21. Continuing on its path, it intensified into Tropical Storm Lester on September 23. Lester's motion then slowed down, and it spun about in the open ocean until it dissipated on September 25,{{cite journal|title=Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclones of 1981|author=Emil B. Gunther|journal=Monthly Weather Review|publisher=American Meteorological Society|date=August 1981|year=1981|format=PDF|url=http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0493%281981%29109%3C1701%3AENPTCO%3E2.0.CO%3B2|accessdate=2010-04-11|pages=1711|doi=10.1175/1520-0493(1981)109<1701:ENPTCO>2.0.CO;2|issn=1520-0493|volume=109|issue=8|bibcode = 1981MWRv..109.1701G }} having never affected land.

{{Infobox Hurricane Small

|Basin=EPac

|Image=Tropical Storm Madeline 1980.jpg

|Track=Madeline 1980 track.png

|Formed=October 11

|Dissipated=October 12

|1-min winds=45

}}

A disturbance east of Clipperton became a tropical depression and then a tropical storm. It headed northwest and weakened into a depression on October 12. It dissipated shortly after that.{{cite journal|title=Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclones of 1981|author=Emil B. Gunther|journal=Monthly Weather Review|publisher=American Meteorological Society|date=August 1981|year=1981|format=PDF|url=http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0493%281981%29109%3C1701%3AENPTCO%3E2.0.CO%3B2|accessdate=2010-04-11|pages=1711–12|doi=10.1175/1520-0493(1981)109<1701:ENPTCO>2.0.CO;2|issn=1520-0493|volume=109|issue=8|bibcode = 1981MWRv..109.1701G }} Because Tropical Storm Madeline did not come near land, it caused no known damages or casualties.

{{Infobox Hurricane Small

|Basin=EPac

|Image=Tropical Storm Newton 1980.jpg

|Track=Newton 1980 track.png

|Formed=October 28

|Dissipated=October 29

|1-min winds=35

}}

An area of disturbed weather southeast of Socorro Island became a tropical storm on October 28. It headed northeast and approached the coast of Mexico. However, an area of high wind shear and cool waters destroyed the cyclone on October 29, before it could reach the coast.{{cite journal|title=Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclones of 1981|author=Emil B. Gunther|journal=Monthly Weather Review|publisher=American Meteorological Society|date=August 1981|year=1981|format=PDF|url=http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0493%281981%29109%3C1701%3AENPTCO%3E2.0.CO%3B2|accessdate=2010-04-11|pages=1712|doi=10.1175/1520-0493(1981)109<1701:ENPTCO>2.0.CO;2|issn=1520-0493|volume=109|issue=8|bibcode = 1981MWRv..109.1701G }} Newton was the tropical cyclone that came closest to making landfall this season. No impact was reported.

The following names were used for named storms that formed in the eastern Pacific in 1980. No names were retired, so it was used again in the 1986 season. This was the first time these names were used since the modern lists began.

The central Pacific used names and numbers from the western Pacific's typhoon list. No names were required, as Carmen was named in the western Pacific.

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• List of Pacific hurricanes
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• 1980 Atlantic hurricane season
• 1980 Pacific typhoon season
• 1980 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
• Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons: 1979–80, 1980–81

{{Reflist}}

• [http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0493%281981%29109%3C1701%3AENPTCO%3E2.0.CO%3B2 Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclones of 1980]
• [http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/summaries/1980.php CPHC Season Summary]
• [http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/e_pacific/1980/index.html Unisys Weather archive for the Eastern Pacific, 1980]
• [http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/atcr/1980atcr/pdf/wnp/02.pdf ATCR archive for Tropical Storm Carmen]

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{{TC Decades|Year=1980|basin=Pacific|type=hurricane}}