Why doesn t california have hurricanes?

"In the eastern Pacific region, one has to go all the way down to the central Mexico coastline to find water warm enough to sustain hurricanes. ... But to make it all the way to the U.S. West Coast, the storms have to traverse a long stretch of ocean water that is far too cold to sustain hurricanes. read more

Hurricanes do form in the Pacific Ocean, just as they do in the Atlantic, but none of these storms seem to reach the continental U.S. read more

There are two reasons why hurricanes do not strike California: sea surface temperatures, and the usual upper level steering winds in the eastern Pacific, with sea surface temperature being the most important. read more

California does get by hurricanes almost every year! Baja California that is, of course. That gives you an idea of where a possible landfalling U.S. California hurricane would come from. read more

Because California doesn't border the Atlantic Ocean. It borders the Pacific ocean. In the Pacific they have typhoons, not hurricanes. read more

The few tropical storms having hit southern California all came in form the open Pacific during El Niño events, which greatly enhance the Eastern Pacific hurricane season and allow the cyclones to travel over ocean surface normally too cold for tropical storms to exist. read more