The 2014 Pacific hurricane season was an extremely active East Pacific hurricane season. The season began on May 15, 2014, and it ended on November 30, 2014, dates of which conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Pacific basin. During the season, a total of 23 depressions formed with 22 strengthening to tropical storms, 14 becoming hurricanes, and 7 further strengthening to a major hurricane (Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale). Many of the storms this season affected Mexico, and unusually, there were two Category 5 hurricanes in this season (Hernan and Marie). Hernan was the strongest storm of the season, and despite its strength, it didn't harm anyone throughout its path. However, Marie, the other Category 5, was a ve