High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Hurricane Hernan was sixth tropical cyclone to strike Mexico at hurricane intensity in the year 1996. The thirteenth tropical cyclone, eighth named storm, and fifth hurricane of the 1996 Pacific hurricane season, Hernan developed as a tropical depression from a tropical wave to the south of Mexico on September 30. The depression quickly strengthened, and became Tropical Storm Hernan later that day. Hernan curved north-northwestward on the following day, before eventually turning north-northeastward. While offshore of Mexico on October 2, Hernan intensified into a hurricane. Six hours later, Hernan peaked as an 85 mph (140 km/h) Category 1 hurricane. The storm weakened slightly thereafter, and by 1000 UTC on October 3, Hernan made landfall in Barra de Navidad, Jalisco, with winds of 75 mph (120 km/h). Only two hours later, Hernan weakened to a tropical storm. By October 4, Hernan weakened to a tropical depression, and dissipated over Nayarit on the following day.