 This season marked the end of the Northeastern Pacific 's most recent active period , which began in 1982 , and includes the five most active Pacific hurricane seasons . Beginning in 1995 , multi @-@ decadal factors switched to a phase that suppresses Pacific hurricane activity . Since then , Pacific hurricane seasons have generally been below normal ; the lone abnormally active season since then was in 1997 , where a strong El Nino event was observed . 
