High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Hurricane Tico was among the deadliest and costliest Pacific hurricanes on record. Forming on October 11, the cyclone steadily intensified off the Pacific coast of Mexico. Three days after forming, Tico reached hurricane intensity. Early on October 19, Tico peaked as a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. Later that day, Tico made landfall in Sinaloa. The remains were tracked into the Mid-Atlantic States for five more days.