A Few Other Tropical Storms Have Managed The American Crossing

This new toy is handy! One can do historical research easily!

Several recorded tropical storms have crossed through Central America or Mexico:

(unnamed): 1876
(unnamed): 1911
Iva: 1961
Irene/Olivia: 1971
Fifi: 1974
Debby: 1988
Diana: 1990
Gert: 1993
Dolly: 1996
Ernesto: 2012 ????

But usually the storms were so weakened by the crossing they quickly died.

Only two recorded previous storms seemed to have had significant careers after the crossing, and both storms headed up towards Baja California for dissolution.:

Irene/Olivia: 1971

Debby: 1988

Of course, the storm whose destructive example helps keep me up late at night is Octave: 1983.

Look how far Octave was from Arizona when it started breaking up! It never occurred to me that it presented a danger. Nevertheless, despite its distance from the Grand Canyon State, the rains resulting from its death plume of moisture meted out destruction far and wide in southern Arizona.

Might Tropical Storm Ernesto end up in nearly the same place? Will something similar happen this time? Stay tuned!