Storms Note: indicates the name was retired after that usage in the respective basin

Kabayan 2003 – struck Japan. 2007 – struck the Philippines. 2011 – approached Japan, China and Korea. 2015 – a destructive Category 4 typhoon that formed just east of the Philippines and made landfall in Guangdong, China 2019 – formed after 3 storms devastated the Philippines with heavy rains. 2023 – a weak tropical storm which caused heavy rainfall throughout Mindanao and Visayas.

Kadiang 1981 – strong, late-season typhoon which affected Mindanao as a remnant low. 1993 – a minimal but erratic typhoon which devastated the Philippines and killed at least 500 people due to flooding.

Kading 1974 – a weak tropical storm that affected in the Vietnam. 1978 – one of the most intense tropical cyclones ever recorded, caused much damage in the Philippines.

Kaemi 2000 – a weak tropical storm that made landfall in Vietnam. 2006 – a strong Category 1 typhoon struck Taiwan and China.

Kai-tak 2000 – brushed the coasts of mainland China and Taiwan. 2005 – a strong tropical cyclone that made landfall in Vietnam and affected the nearby South China and Laos in early-November 2005. 2012 – a mild tropical cyclone that affected China, Vietnam and Laos. 2017 – a late-season tropical cyclone that affected Visayas during December 2017.

Kajiki 2001 – a weak tropical storm in late 2001. 2007 – struck Iwo Jima. 2014 – a storm which headed towards Philippines, killing 6 people. 2019 – an erratic storm which affected Vietnam, and caused many floodings in the Philippines. 2025 – a Category 2 typhoon skirted Hainan Island and made landfall in Vietnam.

Kalmaegi 2002 – did not make landfall. 2008 – struck Taiwan and China. 2014 – a storm which brought flooding in southeast Asia during mid-September. 2019 – impacted northern Philippines during mid-November. 2025 – a deadly and destructive typhoon that heavily impacted Visayas in the Philippines, and later in Central Vietnam.

Kalunde (2003) – a powerful tropical cyclone that minimal affected Rodrigues Island. Kamisy (1984) – was considered the worst tropical cyclone to affect northern Madagascar since 1911.

Kammuri 2002 – killed hundreds of people in the wake of a deadly flood season in China. 2008 – struck China and Vietnam. 2014 – did not make landfall. 2019 – made landfall in the Bicol Region of the Philippines at peak intensity as a category 4-equivalent typhoon.

Kanto (2025) – remained over open waters

Kara 1969 – Category 2 hurricane, brought storm surge and flooding to coastal North Carolina while moving offshore. 2007 – Category 3 severe tropical cyclone, formed off the Kimberley coast.

Karding 2014 – tropical depression that affected southern China 2018 – a damaging tropical storm that impacted Philippines from enhanced southwest monsoon and China. 2022 – a Category 5-equivalent typhoon that impacted the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand.

Karen 1948 – remained over open waters. 1952 – struck South Korea and Japan. 1956 – crossed northern Philippines. 1960 – left 56 dead and 7,000 homeless in the Philippines. 1962 – destroyed 95% of the buildings on Guam. 1964 – did not make landfall. 1977 – a Category 3 tropical cyclone that hit Australia. 1989 – formed near Isla de la Juventud. 1995 – minimal storm that was absorbed by Hurricane Iris. 2001 – made landfall at Nova Scotia as a tropical storm. 2004 – struck China. 2007 – Category 1 hurricane in the tropical Atlantic. 2008 – struck the Philippines and Hong Kong. 2012 – Category 5 super typhoon that made landfall in South Korea. 2013 – formed in the Gulf of Mexico. 2016 – destructive Category 4 typhoon that struck the Philippines, South China, and Vietnam. 2019 – briefly affected Puerto Rico before moving out to sea. 2025 – weak and short-lived storm that formed farther north than any Atlantic hurricane on record and did not affect land.

Karim (2022) – remained over the open ocean.

Karina 2008 – did not make landfall. 2014 – a Category 1 hurricane mostly stayed at sea. 2020 – did not make landfall. 2026 – a Category 4 hurricane that moved into the Central Pacific.

Karing 1963 – a Category 5-equivalent super typhoon that made landfall on the Korean Peninsula as a Category 1 typhoon. 1967 – made landfall on Luzon. 1971 – curved away from the Philippines. 1975 – dissipated off the coast of China. 1979 – crossed the Philippines twice. 1991 – a Category 5 super typhoon that curved away from the Philippines. 1995 – made landfall in southern China, causing 23 fatalities. 1999 – was rated a tropical storm by the JTWC.

Karl 1980 – moved across the central Atlantic; caused no significant effects on land. 1998 – travelled from north of Bermuda to near the Azores; caused no significant effects on land. 2004 – formed in the mid-Atlantic and turned north, reaching Category 4 strength in open water before hitting the Faroe Islands as an extratropical storm; caused no significant damage on land. 2010 – formed in the Caribbean Sea on a path that took it over the Yucatán Peninsula and into the Gulf of Mexico, where it rapidly strengthened to Category 3 before making landfall near Veracruz, Mexico. 2016 – long-lived but disorganized tropical storm, travelled from near Cape Verde to east of Bermuda; caused no significant effects on land. 2022 – formed in the Bay of Campeche, moved north-northwestward before reversing course and following a south-southwestward path

Kate 1945 – struck Japan. 1951 – affected Japan. 1955 – a powerful category 4 typhoon that hit the Philippines, Hainan and Vietnam. 1959 – affected Philippines. 1962 (March) – South-West Indian Ocean cyclone that struck eastern Madagascar. 1962 (July) – were extensive as the storm killed 110 residents and caused $25 million in damages to crops, homes and infrastructure 1964 – struck Vietnam. 1967 – struck Philippines and China. 1970 – killed 915 people in the Philippines. 1973 – struck South China. 1976 – briefly threatened Hawaii. 1985 – Category 3 hurricane, grazed Cuba, directly struck Panama City, Florida. 1999 – effect on the Philippines. 2003 – Category 3 hurricane, brushed Newfoundland. 2006 – short-lived Category 2 cyclone in the northwestern Coral Sea, not a threat to land. 2014 – severe Category 4 cyclone that moved from the South-East Indian Ocean basin into the South-West Indian Ocean basin, not a threat to land. 2015 – Category 1 hurricane, brushed the Bahamas. 2021 – weak and disorganized tropical storm which stayed at sea.

Katherine 1963 – a weak tropical storm that made landfall in Southern California. 1973 – did not make landfall.

Kathleen 1947 – Affected Kantō, Japan. 1961 – not a threat to land. 1965 – passed southeast of Rodrigues on February 16, generating high waves that reached 3.5 m (11 ft) along the island's southern coast. 1968 – not a threat to land. 1972 – came close to land. 1976 – Category 1 hurricane, made landfall in Baja as a tropical storm, moved into California and Arizona.

Kathy 1954 – a Category 2 typhoon that made landfall Japan. 1958 – a Category 3 typhoon that affected Philippines. 1961 – a Category 1 typhoon that minimal affected Japan. 1964 – the largest and longest-lived typhoon of the season. 1966 – a Category 3 typhoon that stayed at sea for its whole life. 1969 – remained at sea while paralleling the coasts of the Philippines and Japan. 1970 – moved over the open ocean; was re-designated as Tropical Cyclone Michelle upon crossing into the South-West Indian Ocean basin. 1972 – remained over the open ocean. 1976 – a Category 1 typhoon that stayed at sea for its whole life. 1984 – Category 5 severe tropical cyclone, devastated the Sir Edward Pellew Group of Islands.

Katia 1970 – a weak tropical storm that approached Madagascar but did not make it to the island. 2011 – powerful Category 4 hurricane that affected Europe as a post-tropical cyclone. 2017 – small Category 2 hurricane that struck Tecolutla, Mexico as a weak Category 1 storm. 2023 – formed in the eastern tropical Atlantic and stayed at sea.

Katie 1955 – made landfall in Hispaniola as a Category 2 hurricane. 1964 – a strong tropical cyclone that caused minor damage to the Northern Territory. 2015 – unofficially named by researchers, was an unusual weather event in early 2015.

Katrina 1967 – struck Baja California and caused flooding in the southwest U.S. as a tropical storm. 1971 – affected Baja California and hit Mexico as a tropical storm. 1975 – did not affect land. 1981 – late-season Category 1 hurricane that impacted portions of the Greater Antilles and Bahamas. 1998 – severe and erratic tropical cyclone that affected the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Northern Australia. Its remnants eventually regenerated into Cyclone Victor–Cindy. 1999 – Disorganized and weak tropical storm that caused minor damage in Central America and Mexico. 2005 – A powerful Category 5 major hurricane that devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast, making landfall first near Miami, Florida, as a Category 1 hurricane, near Buras, Louisiana and Long Beach, Mississippi, at Category 3 intensity, causing over US$125 billion in damage and over 1,800 deaths.

Katring 1983 – which struck the Philippines and China. 1987 – which struck South Korea as a Category 1 typhoon. 1994 – which struck the Philippines and Vietnam. 2006 – did not make landfall. 2010 – the first typhoon to impact Japan since Typhoon Melor in October 2009.

Kay 1966 – a strong tropical cyclone mostly stayed at sea. 1980 – a powerful Category 4 hurricane, fifth longest duration in the Pacific Basin, remained mostly at sea. 1986 – did not make landfall. 1987 – a category 2 tropical cyclone (Australian scale) impacted Papua New Guinea and Western Australia. 1992 – did not make landfall. 1998 – a Category 1 hurricane mostly stayed at sea. 2004 – did not make landfall. 2016 – did not make landfall. 2022 – a Category 2 hurricane that made landfall in Baja California as a tropical storm.

Kayang 1964 – a tropical storm that made landfall in the Philippines and Vietnam. 1976 – A tropical depression formed near the coast of the Philippines and dissipated the following day. 1980 – the tropical depression that affected the Mariana Islands.

Keila (2011) – was the first named storm of the 2011 North Indian Ocean cyclone season.

Keith 1977 – Category 1 tropical cyclone (Australian scale) impact Queensland. 1988 – affected Central America and Florida, causing $7.3 million in damages. 1997 – a super typhoon which affected Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, causing $15 million in damages. 2000 – a Category 4 hurricane that caused extensive damage in Central America, particularly in Belize and Mexico.

Keli 1984 – remained over open waters. 1986 – a category 1 tropical cyclone (Australian scale) minimal affected Vanuatu. 1996 – the first recorded post-season tropical cyclone to form in June within the South Pacific Ocean. 2025 – a weak, short-lived storm that tracked south of the island of Hawaii.

Kelly 1981 – a weak but destructive tropical storm that struck the Philippines. 1984 – never threatened land. 1987 – a Category 2 typhoon that struck Japan. 1997 – a weak tropical storm mostly stayed at sea.

Kelvin 1991 – a Category 2 tropical cyclone that did not affect land. 2018 – a strong tropical cyclone that impacted Western Australia causing moderate damage.

Ken 1979 – struck Japan. 1982 – struck Japan 1983 – storm briefly reached Category 3 status before making landfall in the sparsely populated area. 1986 – a category 2 typhoon mostly stayed at sea. 1989 – synonymous with that season's Lola (one storm with two names, thought to have been separate due to difficulties in tracking poorly organized systems); hit eastern China. 1992 – stayed at sea. 2004 – a tropical low that affected Western Australia. 2009 – stayed at sea.