 With continued favorable conditions , Carlotta quickly developed a ragged central dense overcast , or centralized area of convection . An eye feature began developing on June 15 , and later that day Carlotta intensified into a hurricane while approaching southeastern Mexico . A Hurricane Hunters flight late on June 15 indicated Carlotta was rapidly intensifying , observing winds of 110 mph ( 175 km / h ) in the eye and well @-@ established outflow ; the crew also observed flight @-@ level winds of 114 mph ( 183 km / h ) . The NHC initially predicted the hurricane would move along the Mexican coast just offshore , which would have allowed Carlotta to maintain much of its intensity . Shortly after its peak , Hurricane Carlotta weakened slightly as to the eye 's began to interact with land . The hurricane made landfall near Puerto Escondido , Oaxaca early on June 16 , with winds estimated at 105 mph ( 165 km / h ) and a minimum pressure of 976 mbar ( 28 @.@ 8 inHg ) shortly after 0100 UTC on June 16 becoming the easternmost tropical cyclone in the Eastern Pacific to make landfall at hurricane intensity since 1966 . Carlotta rapidly weakened while moving inland , and it had deteriorated to tropical depression status by 12 hours after landfall . Although the cloud pattern became disrupted , the storm maintained a large area of thunderstorms . Very early on June 17 , the NHC reported that Carlotta had weakened into a post @-@ tropical remnant low ; the system still had a broad circulation over southwestern Mexico at the time . Later that day , the low degenerated into a trough along the west coast of Mexico . 
