page_title: Timeline of the 2012 Pacific hurricane season
section_title: October
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of the 2012 Pacific hurricane season / Timeline of events / October
caption_attribution_description: English: Track map of Tropical Storm Olivia of the 2012 Pacific hurricane season. The points show the location of the storm at 6-hour intervals. The colour represents the storm's maximum sustained wind speeds as classified in the Saffir–Simpson scale (see below), and the shape of the data points represent the nature of the storm, according to the legend below. Saffir–Simpson scale Tropical depression≤38 mph≤62 km/h Category 3111–129 mph178–208 km/h Tropical storm39–73 mph63–118 km/h Category 4130–156 mph209–251 km/h Category 174–95 mph119–153 km/h Category 5≥157 mph≥252 km/h Category 296–110 mph154–177 km/h Unknown Storm type Tropical cyclone Subtropical cyclone Extratropical cyclone / Remnant low / Tropical disturbance / Monsoon depression
context_page_description: The 2012 Pacific hurricane season was an above-average year in which seventeen named storms formed. The hurricane season officially began on May 15 with the formation of Tropical Storm Aletta in the East Pacific—defined as the region east of 140°W—and on June 1 in the central Pacific—defined as the region west of 140°W to the International Date Line—and ended on November 30 in both basins. These dates conventionally delimit the period during each year when most tropical cyclones form. The final cyclone of the year, Tropical Storm Rosa, dissipated on November 3.
  The season produced seventeen tropical storms; ten became hurricanes, and five further intensified into major hurricanes. Impact during the season was relatively minimal. In late May, Hurricane Bud paralleled the western Mexico coastline before dissipating, causing minor damage and but no reported fatalities. In mid-June, Hurricane Carlotta came ashore in Oaxaca at Category 2 hurricane intensity, making it the easternmost tropical cyclone in the basin to make landfall at hurricane intensity since 1966. The storm killed seven and caused $12.4 million in damage.
context_section_description: October 6
  1200 UTC (5:00 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Fifteen-E develops from an area of low pressure roughly 860 mi (1,380 km) southwest of the southern tip of Baja California.
  1800 UTC (11:00 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Fifteen-E intensifies into Tropical Storm Olivia about 880 mi (1,420 km) southwest of the southern tip of Baja California.
  October 7
  1200 UTC (5:00 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Storm Olivia attains its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (97 km/h) a minimum barometric pressure of 997 mb (hPa; 29.44 inHg).
  October 9
  0000 UTC (5:00 p.m. PDT October 8) – Tropical Storm Olivia degenerates into a non-convective remnant area of low pressure roughly 885 mi (1,424 km).
  October 13
  1200 UTC (5:00 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Sixteen-E develops from an area of low pressure about 645 mi (1,038 km) south-southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
  1800 UTC (11:00 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Sixteen-E intensifies into Tropical Storm Paul.
  October 15
  0600 UTC (11:00 p.m. PDT October 14) – Tropical Storm Paul intensifies into a Category 1 hurricane roughly 595 mi (958 km) southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
  1800 UTC (11:00 a.m. PDT) – Hurricane Paul rapidly intensifies into a Category 3 hurricane and simultaneously attains its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (190 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 959 mb (hPa; 28.32 inHg).
  October 16
  1200 UTC (5:00 a.m. PDT) – Hurricane Paul weakens to a Category 2 hurricane.
  1800 UTC (11:00 a.m. PDT) – Hurricane Paul weakens to a Category 1 hurricane about 40 mi (64 km) south-southwest of Cabo San Lazaro, Mexico.
  October 17
  0000 UTC (5:00 p.m. PDT October 16) – Hurricane Paul weakens to a tropical storm.
  0600 UTC (11:00 p.m. PDT October 16) – Tropical Storm Paul degenerates into a non-convective remnant area of low pressure roughly 30 mi (48 km) northwest of Cabo San Lazaro, Mexico.
  October 30
  0600 UTC (11:00 p.m. PDT October 29) – Tropical Depression Seventeen-E develops from an area of low pressure about 700 mi (1,100 km) south-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California.
  1200 UTC (5:00 a.m. PDT) – Tropical Depression Seventeen-E intensifies into Tropical Storm Rosa.
  October 31
  0600 UTC (11:00 p.m. PDT October 30) – Tropical Storm Rosa attains its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (80 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 1001 mb (hPa; 29.56 inHg).
caption: Storm path of Tropical Storm Olivia
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