What is 1983 Pacific hurricane season?
{{Infobox hurricane season | Track=1983 Pacific hurricane season map.png | First storm formed=[[May 21]], [[1983]] | Last storm dissipated=[[December 7]], [[1983]] | Strongest storm name=''Kiko'' and ''Raymond'' - {{convert|125|kn|km/h|0}} | Total storms=21 | Major storms=8 | Total damages=66 million | Total fatalities=23-128 | Basin=Pacific hurricane | five seasons=[[1981 Pacific hurricane season|1981]], [[1982 Pacific hurricane season|1982]], '''1983''' [[1984 Pacific hurricane season|1984]], [[1985 Pacific hurricane season|1985]] }} The '''1983 Pacific hurricane season''' officially started [[May 15]], [[1983]] in the eastern Pacific, and [[June 1]], [[1983]] in the central Pacific, and lasted until [[November 30]], [[1983]]. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northeastern [[Pacific Ocean]]. This season, there were a record-setting 21 named storms this year. Of those storms, twelve became hurricanes. Eight hurricanes reached Category 3 or higher on the [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale]]. No named storms formed in the central Pacific; however, there were two tropical depressions. A strong [[El Niño]] contributed to this level of activity. That same El Niño influenced a relatively quiet [[1983 Atlantic hurricane season|season]] in the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]]. The most notable storms were hurricane Tico, Tropical Storm Octave, and Hurricane Winnie. Hurricane Tico left thousands homeless in Mazatlan; Tropical Storm Octave killed several people in one of [[List of Arizona hurricanes|Arizona's worst disasters]]; and Hurricane Winnie was a rare December cyclone. ==Other websites== * [http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/e_pacific/1983/index.html Unisys Weather archive for the Eastern Pacific, 1983] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051101150527/http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/e_pacific/1983/index.html |date=2005-11-01 }} * [http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/pages/hurrclimate.php#1983 Central Pacific Hurricane Center archive] {{1983 Pa