anda , ▁developed ▁on ▁May   2 2 ▁before ▁intens ifying ▁into ▁a ▁h urr icane ▁on ▁May   2 4 . ▁At ▁ 0 3 0 0   UTC ▁on ▁May   2 5 , ▁it ▁intens ified ▁into ▁Category   3 ▁on ▁the ▁S aff ir – Sim pson ▁h urr icane ▁wind ▁scale , ▁becoming ▁the ▁second - ear liest ▁major ▁h urr icane ▁on ▁record , ▁behind ▁ 2 0 1 2 ' s ▁H urr icane ▁Bud . ▁At ▁ 1 5 0 0   UTC , ▁Am anda ▁reached ▁its ▁peak ▁intensity ▁with ▁wind s ▁of ▁ 1 5 5   m ph ▁( 2 5 0   km / h ), ▁becoming ▁the ▁strong est ▁May ▁h urr icane ▁on ▁record ▁in ▁the ▁eastern ▁Pacific . ▁In ▁mid - J une , ▁H urr icane ▁Crist ina ▁intens ified ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁earliest ▁second ▁major ▁h urr icane ▁on ▁the ▁record ▁in ▁the ▁East ▁Pacific , ▁be ating ▁the ▁previous ▁record ▁set ▁by ▁H urr icane ▁Dar by ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁On ▁August   2 4 , ▁H urr icane ▁Marie ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁Category   5 ▁Pacific ▁h urr icane ▁since ▁H urr icane ▁Cel ia ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁sixth ▁most ▁inten se ▁Pacific ▁h urr icane ▁on ▁record ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁minimum ▁atmos pher ic ▁pressure . ▁ ▁This ▁tim eline ▁includes ▁information ▁that ▁was ▁not ▁operation ally ▁released , ▁meaning ▁that