Hurricane Otto Makes the Jump from Atlantic to Pacific

Hurricane Otto made a historic trip across Central America in late November 2016. Otto crossed through Nicaragua and Costa Rica after a record late hurricane landfall on Thanksgiving Day.

Otto's hurricane landfall was the latest in any calendar year on record in the Atlantic Basin, according to Colorado State University tropical scientist, Dr. Phil Klotzbach.

In a post-season report, the National Hurricane Center upgraded Otto's peak intensity by one category based on ground, satellite and airborne reconnaissance information that was massaged and interrogated after the storm. 

Maximum sustained winds were 115 mph at landfall, making Otto a Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Otto intensified from a tropical storm to a Category 3 hurricane in just 24 hours in the day leading up to landfall.

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