 This season , twenty @-@ two tropical cyclones formed in the north Pacific Ocean east of the dateline . All but two of them became tropical storms or hurricanes . In the Eastern Pacific region ( 140 ° W to North America ) , nineteen tropical depressions formed , of which seventeen became tropical storms , nine further intensifying into hurricanes , and five ultimately reaching major hurricanes of Category 3 intensity or higher on the Saffir Simpson Scale . These numbers are slightly above the long @-@ term averages of fifteen tropical storms , nine hurricanes , and four major hurricanes . 
