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Hurricane Patricia was the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere and the second-most intense worldwide in terms of barometric pressure .. Western Hemisphere. Western Hemisphere. Hurricane Patricia. Hurricane Patricia. tropical cyclone. tropical cyclone. barometric pressure. barometric pressure. It also featured the highest one-minute maximum sustained winds ever recorded in a tropical cyclone .. tropical cyclone. tropical cyclone. Originating from a sprawling disturbance near the Gulf of Tehuantepec in mid-October 2015 , Patricia was first classified a tropical depression on October 20 .. Gulf of Tehuantepec. Gulf of Tehuantepec. tropical depression. tropical depression. Initial development was slow , with only modest strengthening within the first day of its classification .. The system later became a tropical storm and was named Patricia , the twenty-fourth named storm of the annual hurricane season .. annual hurricane season. 2015 Pacific hurricane season. Exceptionally favorable environmental conditions fueled explosive intensification on October 22 .. explosive intensification. rapid intensification. A well-defined eye developed within an intense central dense overcast and Patricia grew from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in just 24 hours -- a near-record pace .. eye. Eye ( cyclone ). central dense overcast. central dense overcast. The magnitude of intensification was poorly forecast and both forecast models and meteorologists suffered from record-high prediction errors .. forecast models. Tropical cyclone forecast model. On October 23 , two Hurricane Hunter missions both revealed the storm to have acquired maximum sustained winds of 205 mph -LRB- 335 km / h -RRB- and a pressure of 879 mbar -LRB- hPa ; 25.96 inHg -RRB- .. Hurricane Hunter. 53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron. mbar. Bar ( unit ). hPa. Pascal ( unit ). inHg. Inches of Mercury. Since the peak intensity was assessed to have occurred between the missions , the National Hurricane Center ultimately estimated Patricia to have acquired winds of 215 mph -LRB- 345 km / h -RRB- and pressure of 872 mbar -LRB- hPa ; 25.75 inHg -RRB- .. mbar. Bar ( unit ). hPa. Pascal ( unit ). inHg. Inches of Mercury. National Hurricane Center. National Hurricane Center. This ranked it just below Typhoon Tip of 1979 as the most intense tropical cyclone on record .. tropical cyclone. tropical cyclone. Typhoon Tip. Typhoon Tip. Patricia 's exceptional intensity prompted the retirement of its name in April 2016 .. retirement of its name. List of retired Pacific hurricane names. Late on October 23 , Patricia made landfall in a significantly weakened state near Cuixmala , Jalisco .. landfall. landfall. Cuixmala. Cuixmala. Jalisco. Jalisco. Despite weakening greatly , it was the strongest landfalling hurricane on record along the Pacific coast of Mexico with winds estimated at 150 mph -LRB- 240 km / h -RRB- .. Mexico. Mexico. Interaction with the mountainous terrain of Mexico induced dramatic weakening , faster than the storm had intensified .. Mexico. Mexico. Within 24 hours of moving ashore , Patricia degraded into a tropical depression and dissipated soon thereafter late on October 24 .. tropical depression. tropical depression