Hurricane Patricia is the world's strongest hurricane or typhoon since at least 1970 when accurate satellite measurements of wind speeds began according to data gathered by meteorologist and hurricane expert Phil Klotzbach of Colorado State University. Another expert WeatherBell meterologist Ryan Maue said that storms before the satellite era can't be accurately ranked because of the poor quality of the historical records. Hurricane Patricia was a tropical cyclone that formed in the eastern Pacific and rapidly intensified into a Catagory 5 hurricane. Even more quickly than the storm strengthened it rapidly weakened over the rugged terrain of Mexico. Patricia initially formed on Oct 20 2015 and dissipated on Oct 24 2015 30 hours after peaking