Definitions for "1988 Pacific hurricane season"
The 1988 Pacific hurricane season officially started May 15, 1988 in the eastern Pacific, and June 1, 1988 in the central Pacific, and lasted until November 30, 1988. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. The season was somewhat unusual in that the only landfall was in the Hawaiian Islands, although there were numerous near-misses.