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2 Only systems that formed either before or on December 31, 2016 are counted in the seasonal totals. 3 The wind speeds for this tropical cyclone/basin are based on the IMD scale which uses 3-minute sustained winds. 4 The wind speeds for this tropical cyclone/basin are based on the Saffir–Simpson scale which uses 1-minute sustained winds.
The Northwest Pacific Ocean, or Western North Pacific, is the most active basin on the planet, accounting for one third of all tropical cyclone activity. Annually, an average of 25.7 tropical cyclones in the basin acquire tropical storm strength or greater; also, an average of 16 typhoons occurred each year during the 1968–1989 period.
The 2016 Pacific hurricane season was tied as the fifth-most active Pacific hurricane season on record, alongside the 2014 season. Throughout the course of the year, a total of 22 named storms, 13 hurricanes and six major hurricanes were observed within the basin.
February 20, 2016: Cyclone Winston in Viti Levu, Fiji. [16] Most intense at landfall (pressure) 884 mb (884.0 hPa; 26.1 inHg) February 20, 2016: Cyclone Winston in Viti Levu, Fiji. [16] Longest lasting tropical cyclone: 36 days: February 4, 2023 – March 14, 2023: Cyclone Freddy in the Australian region and South-West Indian Ocean [20]
The South Pacific tropical cyclone basin is located to the south of the Equator between 160°E and 120°W. [1] The basin is officially monitored by the Fiji Meteorological Service and the New Zealand MetService, while other meteorological services such as the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Météo-France as well as the United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center also monitor the basin. [1]
The effects of southwesterly wind shear unexpectedly abated late that day, and Matthew began a period of explosive intensification; during a 24-hour period beginning at 00:00 UTC on September 30, the cyclone's maximum winds more than doubled, from 80 to 165 mph (129 to 266 km/h), making Matthew a Category 5 hurricane, [1] the first since Felix ...
The 2016–17 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season was a below-average season, with five tropical storms, three of which intensified into tropical cyclones. It officially began on November 15, 2016, and ended on April 30, 2017, with the exception for Mauritius and the Seychelles , for which it ended on May 15, 2017.
Cyclone Raquel entering the basin on July 2, 2015. As the 2015–16 tropical cyclone year opened on July 1, Tropical Cyclone Raquel was located in the Australian region to the north-west of Honiara. [52] Over the next 24 hours, the system recurved eastwards and weakened into a tropical depression, as it entered the basin on July 2. [53]