Publication Date January 13, 2016 | Weather Underground

Pali Becomes Earliest Central Pacific Hurricane on Record

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Hurricane Pali was located more than 1,500 miles southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii, Wednesday and will remain no threat to land. The Weather Channel
Hurricane Pali was located more than 1,500 miles southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii, Wednesday and will remain no threat to land. The Weather Channel

Hurricane Pali became the earliest hurricane on record in the central Pacific Ocean Monday evening and is now one of the closest hurricane-strength tropical cyclones to the equator on record. 

This is on the heels of a historically active 2015 tropical season in the Pacific Ocean, including a Tropical Depression Nine-C, which formed near the end of the year and dissipated on Jan. 1, 2016.