Storms are named for historical reasons to avoid confusion when communicating with the public, as more than one storm can exist at a time. Names are drawn in order from predetermined lists. For tropical cyclones, names are assigned when a system has one-, three-, or ten-minute winds of more than 65 km/h (40 mph). Standards, however, vary from basin to basin. For example, some tropical depressions are named in the Western Pacific, while within the Australian and Southern Pacific regions, the naming of tropical cyclones are delayed until they have gale-force winds occurring more than halfway around the storm center.
1990 – a typhoon that brought heavy rain to the Philippines and Taiwan before making landfall in China and then in North Korea; also known as Iliang in the PAR.
1993 – a very strong typhoon that made affected the northern Philippines and made landfall in southern China; also known as Walding within the PAR.
Abel (1996) – a tropical depression that affected the Philippines; also known as Reming within the PAR.
Abela (2016) – a severe tropical storm that became a remnant low as it neared the coast of Madagascar.
Abele (2010) – a tropical cyclone in the South-West Indian Ocean that stayed away from land.
1963 – a Category 2 typhoon that struck northern Luzon in the Philippines, then crossed the South China Sea and made a second landfall in China; also known as Ising within the PAR.
1965 – a tropical storm that formed in the South China Sea and made landfall in Guangdong, China.
1968 – a Category 5 super typhoon that did not approach land.
1971 (September) – a Category 1 typhoon that made landfall on Taiwan; also known as Warling within the PAR.
1971 (December) – a long-lived storm that made landfall in Madagascar twice and also brought rain to Réunion.
1972† – a Category 1 hurricane that made landfall on the Florida Panhandle and affected much of the East Coast of the United States as well as Cuba and Canada, causing 128 deaths and $2.1 billion (1972 USD) in damage.
1974 – a Category 3 typhoon that stayed well clear of land.
1978 – a tropical storm in the South China Sea that killed three in Hong Kong before striking China.
1981 – a Category 2 typhoon that caused severe flooding in Taiwan, East China, and South Korea, leaving 159 dead or missing and at least $135 million (1981 USD) in damage; also known as Pining within the PAR.
1984 – a Category 4 typhoon that killed 895 people in the Philippines and another 134 in Vietnam; also known as Undang within the PAR.
1988 – a severe tropical storm that formed near Iwo Jima, but otherwise did not affect land
1995 † – a Category 4 severe tropical cyclone that meandered in the Coral Sea.
Agni (2004) – a tropical cyclone of the 2004, known for its record proximity to the equator, had little impact on Somalia.
Agnielle (1995) – an intense tropical cyclone, JTWC estimated second highest 1-minute winds in the Indian Ocean.
Aivu (1989)† – a severe tropical cyclone that caused extensive damage across parts of Queensland.
Aka (1990) – a tropical storm formed in the central part of the northern part of the Pacific Ocean approached Johnston Island, no damage was recorded.
1982 – a severe tropical storm that made landfall on Mindanao and later along the South Central Coast of Vietnam; also known as Mamie beyond the PAR.
1986 – a strong typhoon that remained east of the Philippines; also known as Judy beyond the PAR.
1990 – a severe tropical storm that traversed the Philippines as a disturbance before striking Hainan Island and causing flooding in Guangdong Province, China; also known as Nathan beyond the PAR.
1994 – a tropical depression that was only recognized by PAGASA and JTWC.
1998 – a tropical depression that was only recognized by PAGASA and JTWC.
Akará (2024) – formed in the South Atlantic meandered off the coast of Brazil.
1982 – a Category 1 hurricane that formed near Cuba, where it caused 23 deaths due to heavy flooding.
1988 – a weak storm that parallelled the eastern coast of the United States and crossed the Canadian Maritimes.
1994 – a strong tropical storm that made landfall in Florida, and continued over Georgia and Alabama, resulting in 30 deaths and causing significant damage from flooding.
2000 – a long-lived Category 3 hurricane that did not approach land.
2006 – a near-hurricane strength storm that made landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida.
2012 – a tropical storm that formed and remained of shore of the Carolinas.
Albine (1979) – an intense tropical cyclone that did not significantly impact land.
Alby (1978)† – a severe tropical cyclone that was regarded as the most devastating tropical cyclone to impact southwestern Western Australia on record.
Alcide (2018) – an intense tropical cyclone that passed just northeast of Madagascar.
Alda (1999) – a severe tropical cyclone that did not cause significant damage.
1974 – a tropical storm that made landfall in southwestern Mexico.
1978 – a Category 1 hurricane that made landfall near Zihuatanejo, Guerrero.
1982 – a storm that moved erratically off the coast of southern Mexico.
1988 – a tropical storm that approached the Acapulco area of the Mexican coast, it did not make landfall.
1994 – a tropical storm that remained far from land.
2000 – a Category 2 hurricane that stayed far from the coast of southwestern Mexico.
2006 – a tropical storm that brushed the coast of southwestern Mexico.
2012 – a tropical storm that remained far out to sea.
2018 – a Category 4 hurricane that rapidly intensified from a tropical storm to Category 4 strength in 24 hours far off the coast of southwestern Mexico.
1980 – a short-lived tropical storm that formed to the north of Iwo Jima.
1981 – a Category 2 cyclone in the southern Indian Ocean that stayed well out to sea and did not approach any land.
1984 – a Category 1 typhoon that passed north over Taiwan before dissipating over South Korea.
1987 – a minimal typhoon that brushed north Taiwan before striking mainland China; caused little damage from the typhoon, but its remnants contributed to some significant flooding in Korea.
1990 – a Category 5 cyclone (on the Australian scale) that formed in the Timor Sea and moved to the southwest without approaching land.
1998 (July) – a weak storm that never affected land in the Atlantic Ocean.
1998 (October) – a weak tropical storm that formed to the east of the Philippines before it was absorbed by the more powerful Typhoon Zeb; Japan Meteorological Agency analyzed it as a tropical depression, not as a tropical storm.
2001 – a tropical storm that formed to the north of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands before passing west of 90°E, when it was renamed Andre.
2004 – a Category 2 hurricane that came within 10 miles (16 km) of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, then strengthened to Category 3 once clear of land.
2010 – a Category 2 hurricane that made landfall in Belize as a tropical storm and passed over the Yucatán Peninsula before making landfall in Tamaulipas, Mexico, at maximum intensity.
2016 – a rare Category 1 hurricane that formed in mid-January, made landfall in the Azores causing heavy rainfall and gusty winds.
2022 – a short-lived tropical storm that produced heavy rainfall in the Yucatán Peninsula, western Cuba and South Florida while developing.
Alexandra (1991) – a severe tropical storm that did not significantly affect land.
Alexina (1993) – a moderate tropical storm that did not significantly affect land.
Alfa (1973) – weak subtropical storm that paralleled the East Coast of the United States.
1947 – a Category 4 typhoon that did not approach land.
1953 – a long-lived Category 3 typhoon which did not affect land; crossed the International Date Line before dissipating.
1953 – a strong tropical storm that caused a few deaths in Cuba.
1954 (June) – a Category 1 hurricane that killed 55 in Mexico.
1954 (December) – the latest Atlantic hurricane ever known to form and only one of two Atlantic storms known to exist in 2 calendar years; originally named as a 1955 storm; caused minimal damage in the Lesser Antilles.
1958 – a Category 4 typhoon that affected Japan; responsible for over 40 deaths on Hokkaidō.
1961 – a Category 1 typhoon that formed in the South China Sea before making landfall near Hong Kong, killing four people there.
1964 – a short-lived Category 1 typhoon to the east of the Philippines.
1966 – a Category 4 typhoon that made landfall in eastern China.
1969 – a tropical storm that affected southern Japan.
1972 – a Category 2 typhoon that passed close to Japan's Boso Peninsula
1973 (July) – a Category 1 hurricane which affected Bermuda and eastern Canada.
1974 – stayed well east of the coast of New South Wales and Queensland.
1975 – a Category 1 typhoon that passed over Luzon in the Philippines and the Chinese island of Hainan.
1976 – formed in the Timor Sea and moved west over the open ocean.
1979 – a Category 3 typhoon that caused severe damage in the Marshall Islands.
1980 – a Category 3 tropical cyclone that formed near Sumatra and moved out into the open sea; renamed Adelaide when it crossed into the South-West Indian Ocean basin.
1975† – formed near New Caledonia and moved south towards South Island, New Zealand.
1986 – formed in the Timor Sea near Christmas Island before moving west; was renamed Krisostoma when it passed over 90°E.
1991 – formed in the central Indian Ocean, well away from land.
1998 – formed near the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and brought minor effects to the islands.
Alix (1960) – a Category 1 tropical cyclone that affected Mauritius.
Allen (1980)† – a rare and extremely powerful Cape Verde hurricane that affected the Caribbean, eastern and northern Mexico, and southern Texas in August 1980.
1989 – partially developed from the remnants of Hurricane Cosme from the Pacific Ocean, it brought heavy rain to the southern United States, killing 11 and causing $500 million (1989 USD) in damage.
1995 – a Category 1 hurricane that made landfall on the Florida Panhandle as a tropical storm; killed three and caused minor damage.
2001† – struck Houston, Texas, killing 41 and causing $9 billion in damages, mostly due to heavy rains and flooding.
Allyn (1949) – a Category 4 typhoon that struck Guam and affected Japan.
1958 – tropical storm that made landfall in northeastern Mexico.
1962 – struck North Carolina as a tropical storm before heading out to sea.
1966 – rare Atlantic major hurricane in June; killed 93, mostly in Honduras, and did $210 million damage (in 1966 dollars), mostly to Cuba.
1970 – one of only four May hurricanes in the Atlantic; killed seven in eastern Cuba and one in Miami.
1974 – struck Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela, also caused 49 indirect deaths from a plane crash.
1984 – tropical storm that remained over the open Pacific Ocean.
1990 – earliest hurricane on record in the eastern Pacific proper (east of 140°W), did not affect land.
1996 – Category 2 hurricane that killed 20 in Mexico.
2002 – one of five Pacific major hurricanes in the month of May, never affected land.
2008† – easternmost forming Pacific tropical cyclone, struck Nicaragua and despite minimal impacts became one of three eastern Pacific tropical storms to have its name retired.
2003 – a long-lived tropical cyclone that lasted for 16 days affected the island nations of Micronesia, Taiwan, and Japan in April 2003, as well as the earliest typhoon in a calendar year to ever make landfall on the latter.
1975 – tropical storm that formed in the Arafura Sea and soon moved inland over Australia's Northern Territory.
1978 – formed at the extreme western end of the Gulf of Mexico; caused catastrophic flooding in Texas that resulted in 33 deaths and $110 million (1978 USD) in damage.
1981 – meandered across the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Northern Territory before dissipating over the Timor Sea.
Ami (2003)† – made landfall on Vanua Levu before subsequently crossing the western tip of Taveuni and then traversing the Lau Group.
1962 (August) – first made landfall in Taiwan as a Category 4 super typhoon, then in China as a typhoon; moved out into the South China Sea, and finally made landfall in South Korea as a tropical storm.
1962 (October) – passed near Rodrigues and brushed St. Brandon.
1982 – crossed the Marshall Islands as a Category 3 typhoon, Guam as a tropical storm, then restrengthened to a typhoon before crossing the Philippines.
1986 – crossed the southern Philippines as a Category 2 typhoon, then dissipated in the South China Sea.
1989 – formed southeast of Hawaii; travelled west of the International Dateline and dissipated north of Mindanao.
1993 – formed near the Philippines; made landfall on Mindanao.
1997 – JMA analyzed it as a tropical depression, not as a tropical storm), an early-season storm that approached the Philippines, but died out before affecting land.
61st IHC action items(PDF) (Report). Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology. November 29, 2007. pp. 5–7. Archived from the original(PDF) on June 13, 2004. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
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