Although tropical cyclone formation was below average, the season was destructive. Twelve tropical cyclones formed during the season, of which five made landfall and two other impacted land areas. Two tropical cyclones that formed in other basins entered the eastern north Pacific Ocean. Early in the season, three tropical cyclones impacted Mexico in a ten-day span, while the first cyclone of the season formed before the season officially began. Hurricane Douglas was the strongest storm, reaching Category 4 intensity on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale and had its beginnings in the Atlantic as Hurricane Cesar.