Hurricane Raymond in the eastern Pacific Ocean was the first major hurricane of 2013 in the entire Western Hemisphere.
Storm History
Raymond developed as Tropical Depression Seventeen-E on the evening of Saturday, Oct. 19.
From Sunday morning, Oct. 20, into early Monday, Oct. 21, Raymond rapidly intensified with top sustained winds increasing from 40 mph to 120 mph, becoming the first major hurricane of 2013 in the entire Western Hemisphere. Raymond peaked in intensity late Monday, Oct. 21, with top sustained winds of 125 mph.
Raymond brought heavy rainfall to the south-central Mexican coast. Acapulco, the largest city in Guerrero, reported nearly 10 inches of rain in the 72-hour period ending 7 a.m. CDT Wednesday, Oct. 23.
Raymond weakened to a tropical storm early on Wednesday, Oct. 23, as it lingered near the Mexican coast without making landfall. It then started to gradually move west away from the coast as a tropical storm before returning to hurricane strength in a second spurt of rapid intensification well offshore during the morning hours Sunday, Oct. 27. Winds increased to 105 mph late on Oct. 27, but then Raymond weakened significantly the next day.
Weakening continued thereafter until Raymond became a depression early on Wednesday, Oct. 30, and a remnant low later that same morning.
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