What is 2004 Pacific hurricane season?
{{Infobox hurricane season | Basin=EPac | Year=2004 | Track=2004 Pacific hurricane season summary map.png | First storm formed=May 22, 2004 | Last storm dissipated=October 26, 2004 | Strongest storm name=[[Hurricane Javier (2004)|Javier]] | Strongest storm winds=130 | Strongest storm pressure=930 | Average wind speed=1 | Total depressions=17 | Total storms=12 | Total hurricanes=6 | Total intense=3 | Fatalities=0 | Damages= | Inflated= | five seasons=[[2002 Pacific hurricane season|2002]], [[2003 Pacific hurricane season|2003]], '''2004''', [[2005 Pacific hurricane season|2005]], [[2006 Pacific hurricane season|2006]] |Track alt=Howard 2004 track png}} The '''2004 Pacific hurricane season''' officially started [[May 15]], [[2004]] in the eastern Pacific, and [[June 1]], [[2004]] in the central Pacific, and lasted until [[November 30]], [[2004]]. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most [[tropical cyclones]] form in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. ==Storms== ===Hurricane Darby=== {{Infobox Hurricane Small |Basin=EPac |Image=Darby 2004-07-28 2124Z.jpg |Track=Darby 2004 track.png |Formed=July 26 |Dissipated=August 1 |1-min winds=105 |Pressure=957 }} Tropical Depression Five-E formed south of [[Mexico]] on [[July 26]]. Later that day, it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Darby, and only four hours later, at 2 am (0900 UTC) on [[July 27]], is upgraded to Hurricane Darby. It moved due west at this point, aiming directly for the big island of [[Hawaii]]. It reached Category 3 strength on [[July 29]], the first major hurricane in the northeastern Pacific basin since [[2002]]. However, long before it reached Hawaii, it lost strength and dissipated on the evening of [[July 31]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2005-09-25|title=NHC/TPC Tropical Cyclone Report|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/2004darby.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050925205725/http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/2004darby.shtml|archive-date=2005-09-25|access-date=2022-11-25}}</ref> {{clear}} === Hurricane Howard === {{Infobo