Tropical cyclones by year

The following is a list of tropical cyclones by year. Since the year 957, there have been at least 12,791 recorded tropical and subtropical cyclones in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans, which are known as basins. Collectively, tropical cyclones caused more than US$1.2 trillion in damage, unadjusted for inflation, and have killed more than 2.6 million people. Most of these deaths were caused by a few deadly cyclones, including the 1737 Calcutta cyclone, the 1839 Coringa cyclone, the 1931 Shanghai typhoon, the 1970 Bhola cyclone, Typhoon Nina in 1975, the 1991 Bangladesh cyclone, and Cyclone Nargis in 2008.

In the North Atlantic Ocean, there have been 2,463 tropical cyclones, including at least 1,150 hurricanes, which have maximum sustained winds of at least 64 knots (74 mph, 119 km/h). The storms collectively killed more than 180,000 people. In the eastern Pacific Ocean, there have been 1,318 tropical cyclones, including 554 hurricanes; the storms collectively contained killed over 8,000 people. In the western Pacific Ocean, there have been 4,653 tropical cyclones, including at least 1,485 typhoons; the storms collectively killed more than 1.4 million people. In the North Indian Ocean, there have been at least 1,553 tropical cyclones, including 262 that attained the equivalent of hurricane status; the storms collectively killed over 1 million people. There has also been over 2,500 tropical cyclones in the Southern Hemisphere.

Table of cyclones Pre-1800s Year Basin Number oftropical cyclones Number ofnamed storms ≥64 knots (74 mph, 119 km/h)sustained winds Strongeststorm Deaths DamageUS$ Retired names Notes 957 Western Pacific 1 1 1 10,000 1245 Western Pacific 1 1 1 10,000 1281 Western Pacific 1 1 1 45,000 1494 Atlantic 1 Included the first Atlantic hurricane observed by Europeans 1495 Atlantic 1 1500 Atlantic 2 1502 Atlantic 1 1504 Atlantic 1 1508 Atlantic 2 1509 Atlantic 1 1511 Atlantic 1 1514 Atlantic 1 1515 Atlantic 1 1519 Atlantic 1 1520 Atlantic 1 1523 Atlantic 1 1525 Atlantic 2 1526 Atlantic 2 1527 Atlantic 3 1528 Atlantic 3 1529 Atlantic 3 1530 Atlantic 4 1533 Atlantic 21537 Atlantic 2 Eastern Pacific 1 1541 Atlantic 1 1545 Atlantic 3 1546 Atlantic 1 1549 Atlantic 1 1550 Atlantic 1 1551 Atlantic 3 1552 Atlantic 3 1553 Atlantic 3 1554 Atlantic 7 1555 Atlantic 1 1557 Atlantic 1 1559 Atlantic 1 1561 Atlantic 1 1563 Atlantic 2 1564 Atlantic 1 1565 Atlantic 21566 Atlantic 2 Western Pacific 2 1567 Atlantic 11568 Atlantic 3 Western Pacific 1 1 1 South Pacific 1 1569 Atlantic 1 1570 Atlantic 1 1571 Atlantic 31573 Atlantic 1 Eastern Pacific 1 1574 Atlantic 1 5 1575 Atlantic 1 1576 Atlantic 1 1577 Atlantic 1 1578 Atlantic 2 1579 Atlantic 5 1583 Atlantic 2 1586 Atlantic 2 1587 Atlantic 2 1588 Atlantic 21589 Atlantic 3 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1590 Atlantic 1 South Pacific 1 1,000 1591 Atlantic 1 1593 Atlantic 1 1594 Atlantic 3 1595 Atlantic 1 1596 Western Pacific 3 3 3 6 1597 Atlantic 1 1598 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1599 Atlantic 2 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1600 Atlantic 2 2 2 1631601 Atlantic 1 1,000 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1602 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1603 Atlantic 1 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1605 Atlantic 4 1,300 1606 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1608 Atlantic 1 Western Pacific 2 2 2 1609 Atlantic 2 32 Eastern Pacific 1 1614 Atlantic 1 1615 Atlantic 2 1616 Atlantic 1 1617 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1620 Western Pacific 1 1621 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1622 Atlantic 5 1,090 1623 Atlantic 3 400 1625 Atlantic 1 1626 Atlantic 1 26 1628 Atlantic 1 1629 Western Pacific 2 2 2 1630 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1631 Atlantic 1 300 1634 Atlantic 1 40 1635 Atlantic 1 461638 Atlantic 5 Western Pacific 2 2 2 1639 Western Pacific 2 2 2 750 1640 Atlantic 1 1641 Atlantic 1 1642 Atlantic 11643 Atlantic 2 South Pacific 1 1644 Atlantic 1 1,100 1646 Atlantic 11649 Atlantic 1 Western Pacific 2 2 2 200 1650 Atlantic 1 1652 Atlantic 1 1653 Atlantic 1 1654 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1656 Atlantic 1 1657 Atlantic 1 1659 Western Pacific 3 3 3 1661 Atlantic 1 1664 Atlantic 2 1665 Atlantic 1 1666 Atlantic 2 2,000 1667 Atlantic 1 1669 Atlantic 2 182 1670 Atlantic 11671 Atlantic 1 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1672 Atlantic 1 1673 Atlantic 2 200 1674 Atlantic 2 200 1675 Atlantic 3 200 1678 Atlantic 2 1680 Atlantic 21681 Atlantic 3 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1683 Atlantic 1 4961686 Atlantic 1 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1687 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1689 Atlantic 2 1692 Atlantic 3 1001693 Atlantic 1 Western Pacific 1 1 1 14 1694 Atlantic 1 1,000 Western Pacific 1 1 1 400 1695 Atlantic 2 600 1696 Atlantic 2 1697 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1698 Atlantic 1 1700 Atlantic 2 1 1 98 1702 Atlantic 1 1703 Atlantic 2 1704 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1705 Atlantic 1 1706 Atlantic 2 1 11707 Atlantic 2 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1708 Atlantic 1 578 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1709 Western Pacific 4 4 4 1711 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1712 Atlantic 1 1713 Atlantic 3 3 3 100 1714 Atlantic 4 1715 Atlantic 2 1 1 1,000 1716 Atlantic 1 1 11717 Atlantic 1 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1718 Atlantic 11720 Atlantic 1 500 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1722 Atlantic 2 2 2 680 1724 Atlantic 3 2 2 121 1725 Atlantic 11726 Atlantic 1 18 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1727 Atlantic 1 1 1 1728 Atlantic 2 1 1 1729 Atlantic 2 1 1 1730 Atlantic 3 3 3 1731 Atlantic 2 1 1 11733 Atlantic 1 1 1 Western Pacific 1 1 11734 Atlantic 1 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1737 Atlantic 11738 Atlantic 2 2 2 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1740 Atlantic 4 4 41742 Atlantic 1 1 1 Western Pacific 4 4 4 1743 Atlantic 1 1744 Atlantic 1 182 1745 Atlantic 1 1746 Atlantic 1 1747 Atlantic 5 50 1748 Atlantic 2 1749 Atlantic 1 1750 Atlantic 1 1751 Atlantic 21752 Atlantic 5 7 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1753 Western Pacific 2 2 2 1754 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1755 Atlantic 1756 Atlantic 21757 Atlantic 1 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1758 Atlantic 3 240 1759 Atlantic 1 1760 Atlantic 3 50 1761 Atlantic 2 1762 Western Pacific 1 1 11765 Atlantic 2 South Pacific 1 161766 Atlantic 10 4 4 440 Western Pacific 1 1 1 481767 Atlantic 3 2 2 1,600 Western Pacific 1 1 1 5001768 Atlantic 2 1 1 1,000 Western Pacific 1 1 1 11769 Atlantic 3 2 2 6 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1770 Atlantic 2 1 1771 Atlantic 2 1772 Atlantic 4 3 3 280 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1773 Atlantic 3 1774 Atlantic 3 1775 Atlantic 4 2 2 4,174 1776 Atlantic 5 1 1 6,000 1777 Atlantic 4 1778 Atlantic 5 5 2 501779 Atlantic 4 4 1 120 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1780 Atlantic 8 8 6 31,000 Included the deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record Western Pacific 3 3 3 100,000 1781 Atlantic 3 2,0001782 Atlantic 2 1 1 3,000 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1783 Atlantic 3 3 1 Western Pacific 1 1 1 South Pacific 1 1784 Atlantic 3 3 1 91785 Atlantic 4 4 2 323 South Pacific 1 1786 Atlantic 3 7 1787 Atlantic 4 4 2 2231788 Atlantic 3 3 3 600 South Pacific 1 1789 Atlantic 1 South Pacific 1 1791 Atlantic 3 3 1 3,0001792 Atlantic 2 2 2 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1793 Atlantic 2 2 2 28 Western Pacific 3 3 3 4 1794 Atlantic 8 8 2 1001795 Atlantic 3 3 2 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1796 Atlantic 3 3 21797 Atlantic 2 2 1 Western Pacific 1 1 1 1799 Atlantic 2 2 1 27

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