List of violent typhoons

A Violent typhoon is the highest category used by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) to classify tropical cyclones that has reached typhoon intensity in the Northwest Pacific basin. The basin is limited to the north of the equator between the 100th meridian east and the 180th meridian. The category of a violent typhoon is defined as a tropical cyclone that has 10-minute sustained wind speeds of 105 knots (194 km/h; 121 mph) or greater.

Typhoon Mangkhut during its peak strength in September 2018

Background

RSMC Tokyo's Tropical Cyclone Intensity Scale
Category Sustained winds
Violent Typhoon ≥105 knots
≥194 km/h
Very Strong Typhoon 85–104 knots
157–193 km/h
Typhoon 64–84 knots
118–156 km/h
Severe Tropical Storm 48–63 knots
89–117 km/h
Tropical Storm 34–47 knots
62–88 km/h
Tropical Depression ≤33 knots
≤61 km/h

The Northwest Pacific basin covers a vast area in the Pacific Ocean, located north of the equator, between 100°E and 180°E.[1] Several weather agencies monitor this basin, however it is officially monitored by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA, RSMC Tokyo), who is responsible for forecasting, naming and issuing warnings for tropical cyclones.[1] Unofficially, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center also monitors the basin, however these warnings measures 1-minute sustained wind speeds, comparing their scale to the Saffir–Simpson scale.[2] The JMA uses a simpler scale on classifying tropical cyclones adapted by the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee measuring 10-minute sustained wind speeds, ranging from a tropical depression, tropical storm, severe tropical storm and typhoon.[3] Furthermore, the JMA divides the typhoon category into three sub-categories for domestic purposes – a strong typhoon, very strong typhoon and violent typhoon.[3]

This article covers a list of systems developing in the Northwest Pacific basin that were classified by the JMA's category of a violent typhoon. The category of a violent typhoon ranges with 10-minute sustained winds of 105 kn (54 m/s; 121 mph; 194 km/h) or greater.[3]

Systems

Key
  • Discontinuous duration (weakened below a "Violent" typhoon then restrengthened to that classification at least once)

20th century

Name System dates Duration
(hours)
Sustained
wind speeds
Pressure Areas affected Deaths Damage
(USD)
Refs
VeraJuly 30 – 31, 197718†205 km/h (125 mph)925 hPa (27.32 inHg)Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, East ChinaUnknown5
BabeSeptember 8, 197724205 km/h (125 mph)905 hPa (26.72 inHg)Caroline Islands, Ryukyu Islands, East China$23 million23
LucyDecember 3 – 4, 197712205 km/h (125 mph)920 hPa (27.17 inHg)Caroline IslandsNoneNone
RitaOctober 22 – 26, 197896220 km/h (140 mph)880 hPa (25.98 inHg)Micronesia, Philippines$100 million>300
ViolaNovember 22, 19786195 km/h (120 mph)910 hPa (26.97 inHg)Caroline IslandsNoneNone
HopeJuly 31 – August 1, 197924205 km/h (125 mph)900 hPa (26.58 inHg)Mariana Islands, Philippines, Taiwan, South China, Indochina, BangladeshUnknown12
JudyAugust 19 – 20, 197924205 km/h (125 mph)910 hPa (26.87 inHg)Mariana Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, East China, South KoreaUnknown111
TipOctober 11 – 13, 197972260 km/h (160 mph)870 hPa (25.69 inHg)Micronesia, Ryukyu Islands, JapanUnknown99
VeraNovember 4 – 5, 197924205 km/h (125 mph)915 hPa (27.02 inHg)Caroline Islands, PhilippinesUnknownUnknown
WynneOctober 9 – 11, 198054220 km/h (140 mph)890 hPa (26.28 inHg)Mariana Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Japan10Unknown
ElsieSeptember 27 – 30, 198172220 km/h (140 mph)895 hPa (26.43 inHg)NoneNoneNone
IrmaNovember 22 – 23, 198130†205 km/h (125 mph)905 hPa (26.72 inHg)Philippines593$63.3 million
BessJuly 28 – 30, 198242230 km/h (145 mph)900 hPa (26.58 inHg)Japan95$2.32 billion
CecilAugust 8, 198212205 km/h (125 mph)920 hPa (27.17 inHg)Taiwan, East China, Korean Peninsula54Unknown
MacOctober 5, 198218220 km/h (140 mph)895 hPa (26.43 inHg)JapanNone$1.5 million
WayneJuly 24, 198318205 km/h (125 mph)925 hPa (27.32 inHg)Philippines, South China147Unknown
AbbyAugust 8 – 13, 198396†220 km/h (140 mph)895 hPa (26.43 inHg)Caroline Islands, Japan7Unknown
EllenSeptember 6, 198318205 km/h (125 mph)925 hPa (27.32 inHg)Philippines, Taiwan, South China23$79.7 million
ForrestSeptember 22 – 25, 198348†205 km/h (125 mph)885 hPa (26.13 inHg)Mariana Islands, Japan, South Korea21Unknown
MargeOctober 4 – 5, 198336220 km/h (140 mph)895 hPa (26.43 inHg)Mariana IslandsNoneNone
OrchidNovember 23, 198312205 km/h (125 mph)930 hPa (27.46 inHg)Caroline Islands, Philippines170Unknown
VanessaOctober 25 – 18, 198472220 km/h (140 mph)880 hPa (25.97 inHg)Caroline Islands3$1.7 million
AgnesNovember 4, 19846195 km/h (120 mph)925 hPa (27.32 inHg)Philippines, Indochina1,029$96.6 million
DotOctober 16 – 17, 198542220 km/h (140 mph)895 hPa (26.43 inHg)Philippines, South China, Vietnam90$68 million
LolaMay 19 – 20, 198642220 km/h (140 mph)910 hPa (26.87 inHg)Caroline IslandsNoneNone
PeggyJuly 6 – 7, 198612205 km/h (125 mph)900 hPa (26.58 inHg)Philippines, Taiwan, South China422$2.5 million
KimDecember 2 – 3, 198636205 km/h (125 mph)905 hPa (26.72 inHg)Mariana IslandsNoneNone
BettyAugust 11 – 12, 198718205 km/h (125 mph)890 hPa (26.28 inHg)Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand92$100 million
HollySeptember 8 – 10, 198748205 km/h (125 mph)900 hPa (26.58 inHg)Marshall IslandsNoneNone
FredaSeptember 10, 198718195 km/h (120 mph)915 hPa (27.02 inHg)Caroline Islands, Mariana IslandsNoneNone
LynnOctober 20, 19876195 km/h (120 mph)915 hPa (27.02 inHg)Mariana Islands, Philippines, Taiwan, South China49$42.3 million
FloSeptember 16 – 18, 199042220 km/h (140 mph)890 hPa (26.28 inHg)Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, Japan38$4 billion
PageNovember 27, 199018195 km/h (120 mph)910 hPa (26.87 inHg)Caroline Islands, Philippines, JapanNoneNone
RuthOctober 24 – 26, 199160215 km/h (130 mph)895 hPa (26.43 inHg)Mariana Islands, Philippines30Unknown
YuriNovember 26 – 28, 199154220 km/h (140 mph)895 hPa (26.43 inHg)Marshall Islands, Caroline Islands, Mariana IslandsNone$36 million
GayNovember 20 – 21, 199236205 km/h (125 mph)900 hPa (26.58 inHg)Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, Japan1None
KorynJune 24 – 25, 199324195 km/h (120 mph)905 hPa (26.87 inHg)Caroline Islands, Philippines, South China37$224 million
MelissaSeptember 16, 199418205 km/h (125 mph)910 hPa (26.87 inHg)Marshall Islands, Japan3None
SethOctober 7 – 8, 199424205 km/h (125 mph)910 hPa (26.87 inHg)Ryukyu Islands, Japan, Korean Peninsula9$2.3 million
ZeldaNovember 4 – 5 199424195 km/h (120 mph)910 hPa (26.87 inHg)Marshall Islands, Japan3None
AngelaNovember 1 – 2, 199536215 km/h (130 mph)910 hPa (26.87 inHg)Philippines, Vietnam936$315 million
IvanOctober 17 – 18, 199730195 km/h (120 mph)905 hPa (26.72 inHg)Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, Philippines14$9.6 million
JoanOctober 17 – 20, 199772195 km/h (120 mph)905 hPa (26.72 inHg)Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands1$200 thousand
KeithNovember 2 – 3, 199736205 km/h (125 mph)910 hPa (26.87 inHg)Marshall Islands, Caroline Islands, Mariana IslandsNone$15 million
ZebOctober 13 – 14, 199818205 km/h (125 mph)900 hPa (26.58 inHg)Philippines, Japan122$576 million

21st century

Name System dates Duration
(hours)
Sustained
wind speeds
Pressure Areas affected Deaths Damage
(USD)
Refs
BilisAugust 21 – 22, 200024220 km/h (140 mph)920 hPa (27.17 inHg)Philippines, Taiwan, China71$668 million
FaxaiDecember 22 – 23, 200112195 km/h (120 mph)915 hPa (27.02 inHg)Mariana Islands2$1 million
MaemiSeptember 10 – 11, 200318195 km/h (120 mph)910 hPa (26.87 inHg)Japan, Korean Peninsula120$4.1 billion
ChabaAugust 22 – 25, 200478205 km/h (125 mph)910 hPa (26.87 inHg)Japan, Ryukyu Islands, South Korea20$2 billion
HaitangJuly 16 – 17, 200524195 km/h (120 mph)920 hPa (27.17 inHg)Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, East China13$1.1 billion
SaomaiAugust 9, 200612195 km/h (120 mph)925 hPa (27.32 inHg)Mariana Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, China458$2.5 billion
IokeAugust 30 – 31, 200636195 km/h (120 mph)920 hPa (27.17 inHg)Wake IslandNoneNone
ShanshanSeptember 15 – 16, 200624205 km/h (125 mph)919 hPa (27.14 inHg)Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, Korean Peninsula11$2.5 billion
YagiSeptember 21, 200612195 km/h (120 mph)910 hPa (26.87 inHg)JapanNoneNone
DurianNovember 29, 200624195 km/h (120 mph)915 hPa (27.02 inHg)Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia1,501$530 million
SepatAugust 15 – 16, 200736205 km/h (125 mph)910 hPa (26.87 inHg)Philippines, Taiwan, China43$693 million
KrosaOctober 5 – 6, 200727195 km/h (120 mph)925 hPa (27.32 inHg)Taiwan, East China5$1.7 billion
RammasunMay 10, 200812195 km/h (120 mph)915 hPa (27.02 inHg)Japan4$9.6 million
JangmiSeptember 27, 200818215 km/h (130 mph)905 hPa (26.72 inHg)Taiwan, Japan8$87.8 million
Choi-wanSeptember 15 – 16, 200936195 km/h (120 mph)915 hPa (27.02 inHg)Mariana IslandsNoneUnknown[4]
MelorOctober 4 – 5, 200936205 km/h (125 mph)910 hPa (26.87 inHg)Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, Japan3$1.5 billion[5]
NidaNovember 25 – 26, 200936215 km/h (130 mph)905 hPa (26.72 inHg)Caroline Islands, Mariana IslandsNoneNone[6]
MegiOctober 17 – 18, 201036230 km/h (145 mph)885 hPa (26.13 inHg)Philippines, Taiwan, East China69$709 million[7]
SongdaMay 26 – 27, 201124195 km/h (120 mph)920 hPa (27.17 inHg)Philippines, Japan17$287 million[8]
SanbaSeptember 13 – 14, 201224205 km/h (125 mph)900 hPa (26.58 inHg)Japan, Korean Peninsula6$379 million[9]
JelawatSeptember 24 – 26, 201260205 km/h (125 mph)905 hPa (26.72 inHg)Philippines, Taiwan, Japan2$27.4 million[10]
UtorAugust 11, 20136195 km/h (120 mph)925 hPa (27.32 inHg)Philippines, South China97$3.55 billion[11]
UsagiSeptember 19 – 20, 201336205 km/h (125 mph)910 hPa (26.87 inHg)Philippines, Taiwan, South China39$4.32 billion[12]
FranciscoOctober 18 – 20, 201336195 km/h (120 mph)920 hPa (27.17 inHg)Mariana Islands, JapanNone$150 thousand[13]
LekimaOctober 22 – 24, 201354215 km/h (130 mph)905 hPa (26.87 inHg)Mariana IslandsNoneNone[14]
HaiyanNovember 6 – 8, 201342230 km/h (145 mph)895 hPa (26.43 inHg)Caroline Islands, Philippines, Vietnam6,352$2.98 billion[15]
HalongAugust 2 – 3, 201424195 km/h (120 mph)920 hPa (27.17 inHg)Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, Japan12$72.8 million[16]
GenevieveAugust 7 – 8, 201418205 km/h (125 mph)915 hPa (27.02 inHg)NoneNoneNone[17]
VongfongOctober 7 – 9, 201448215 km/h (130 mph)900 hPa (26.58 inHg)Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea9$161 million[18]
NuriNovember 2 – 3, 201436205 km/h (125 mph)910 hPa (26.87 inHg)JapanNoneUnknown[19]
HagupitDecember 4 – 5, 201442215 km/h (130 mph)905 hPa (26.72 inHg)Caroline Islands, Philippines, Vietnam18$114 million[20]
MaysakMarch 31 – April 1, 201542195 km/h (120 mph)910 hPa (26.87 inHg)Caroline Islands, Philippines4$8.5 million[21]
NoulMay 10, 201518205 km/h (125 mph)920 hPa (27.17 inHg)Caroline Islands, Philippines, Taiwan, Japan2$23.8 million[22]
SoudelorAugust 3 – 4, 201530215 km/h (130 mph)900 hPa (26.58 inHg)Mariana Islands, Taiwan, East China59$4.09 billion[23]
DujuanSeptember 27 – 28, 201536205 km/h (125 mph)925 hPa (27.32 inHg)Mariana Islands, Taiwan, East China3$407 million[24]
NepartakJuly 6 – 7, 201636205 km/h (125 mph)900 hPa (26.58 inHg)Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, East China111$1.89 billion[25]
MerantiSeptember 12 – 14, 201642220 km/h (140 mph)890 hPa (26.28 inHg)Mariana Islands, Philippines, Taiwan, China47$4.79 billion[26]
ChabaOctober 3, 201618215 km/h (130 mph)905 hPa (26.72 inHg)Mariana Islands, Japan, South Korea10$1.29 billion[27]
HaimaOctober 18 – 19, 201630215 km/h (130 mph)900 hPa (26.58 inHg)Caroline Islands, Philippines, Taiwan, China19$972 million[28]
Nock-tenDecember 24 – 25, 201624195 km/h (120 mph)915 hPa (27.02 inHg)Caroline Islands, Philippines13$123 million[29]
JelawatMarch 30, 201812195 km/h (120 mph)915 hPa (27.02 inHg)Caroline IslandsNoneNone[30]
MariaJuly 9, 201818195 km/h (120 mph)915 hPa (27.02 inHg)Mariana Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, East China1$626 million[31]
JebiAugust 31 – September 1, 201836195 km/h (120 mph)915 hPa (27.02 inHg)Mariana Islands, Japan20$18.6 billion[32]
MangkhutSeptember 11 – 14, 201890205 km/h (125 mph)905 hPa (26.72 inHg)Mariana Islands, Philippines, South China, Vietnam134$3.77 billion[33]
TramiSeptember 24 – 25, 201818195 km/h (120 mph)915 hPa (27.02 inHg)Mariana Islands, Taiwan, Japan4$2.69 billion[34]
Kong-reyOctober 1 – 2, 201830215 km/h (130 mph)900 hPa (26.58 inHg)Caroline Islands, Taiwan, Japan, Korean Peninsula3$172 million[35]
YutuOctober 24 – 27, 201848†215 km/h (130 mph)900 hPa (26.58 inHg)Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, Philippines, Taiwan, South China30$854 million[36]
WutipFebruary 23 – 24, 201918195 km/h (120 mph)920 hPa (27.17 inHg)Caroline Islands, Mariana IslandsNone$3.3 million[37]
LekimaAugust 8, 20196195 km/h (120 mph)925 hPa (27.32 inHg)Caroline Islands, Philippines, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, China, South Korea90$9.28 billion[38]
HagibisOctober 7 – 19, 201972195 km/h (120 mph)915 hPa (27.02 inHg)Mariana Islands, Japan, Russia Far East98$15 billion[39]
HalongNovember 5 – 6, 201930215 km/h (130 mph)905 hPa (26.72 inHg)NoneNoneNone[40]
HaishenSeptember 4, 202012195 km/h (120 mph)910 hPa (26.87 inHg)Ryukyu Islands, Japan, Korean Peninsula4$100 million
GoniOctober 30 – 31, 202036220 km/h (140 mph)905 hPa (26.72 inHg)Philippines, Vietnam, Laos26$393 million

Climatology

Violent typhoons by month
Month Number of storms
January
0
February
1
March
2
April
0
May
5
June
1
July
8
August
16
September
19
October
25
November
16
December
5
Violent typhoons by decade
Period Number of storms
1977–79
9
1980s
23
1990s
14
2000s
16
2010s
34
2020s
2

See also

References

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  3. Typhoon Committee (2015). Typhoon Committee Operational Manual 2015 (PDF) (Report). World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  4. "RSMC Best Track 0914 CHOI-WAN (0914)". Japan Meteorological Agency. November 13, 2009.
  5. "RSMC Best Track 0918 MELOR (0918)". Japan Meteorological Agency. November 27, 2009.
  6. "RSMC Best Track 0924 NIDA (0924)". Japan Meteorological Agency. January 12, 2010.
  7. "RSMC Best Track 1013 MEGI (1013)". Japan Meteorological Agency. December 10, 2010.
  8. "RSMC Best Track 1102 SONGDA (1102)". Japan Meteorological Agency. June 24, 2011.
  9. "RSMC Best Track 1216 SANBA (1216)". Japan Meteorological Agency. October 16, 2012.
  10. "RSMC Best Track 1217 JELAWAT (1217)". Japan Meteorological Agency. October 26, 2012.
  11. "RSMC Best Track 1311 UTOR (1311)". Japan Meteorological Agency. September 10, 2013.
  12. "RSMC Best Track 1319 USAGI (1319)". Japan Meteorological Agency. October 23, 2013.
  13. "RSMC Best Track 1327 FRANCISCO (1327)". Japan Meteorological Agency. November 20, 2013.
  14. "RSMC Best Track 1328 LEKIMA (1328)". Japan Meteorological Agency. November 20, 2013.
  15. "RSMC Best Track 1330 HAIYAN (1330)". Japan Meteorological Agency. December 18, 2013.
  16. "RSMC Best Track 1411 HALONG (1411)". Japan Meteorological Agency. September 3, 2014.
  17. "RSMC Best Track 1412 GENEVIEVE (1412)". Japan Meteorological Agency. September 25, 2014.
  18. "RSMC Best Track 1419 VONGFONG (1419)". Japan Meteorological Agency. November 21, 2014.
  19. "RSMC Best Track 1420 NURI (1420)". Japan Meteorological Agency. November 26, 2014.
  20. "RSMC Best Track 1422 HAGUPIT (1422)". Japan Meteorological Agency. January 9, 2015.
  21. "RSMC Best Track 1504 MAYSAK (1504)". Japan Meteorological Agency. May 19, 2015.
  22. "RSMC Best Track 1506 NOUL (1506)". Japan Meteorological Agency. June 24, 2015.
  23. "RSMC Best Track 1513 SOUDELOR (1513)". Japan Meteorological Agency. September 25, 2015.
  24. "RSMC Best Track 1521 DUJUAN (1521)". Japan Meteorological Agency. November 12, 2015.
  25. "RSMC Best Track 1601 NEPARTAK (1601)". Japan Meteorological Agency. August 22, 2016.
  26. "RSMC Best Track 1614 MERANTI (1614)". Japan Meteorological Agency. October 21, 2016.
  27. "RSMC Best Track 1618 CHABA (1618)". Japan Meteorological Agency. November 1, 2016.
  28. "RSMC Best Track 1622 HAIMA (1622)". Japan Meteorological Agency. November 22, 2016.
  29. "RSMC Best Track 1630 NOCK-TEN (1630)". Japan Meteorological Agency. January 24, 2017.
  30. "RSMC Best Track 1803 JELAWAT (1803)". Japan Meteorological Agency. April 25, 2018.
  31. "RSMC Best Track 1808 MARIA (1808)". Japan Meteorological Agency. August 29, 2018.
  32. "RSMC Best Track 1821 JEBI (1821)". Japan Meteorological Agency. October 19, 2018.
  33. "RSMC Best Track 1822 MANGKHUT (1822)". Japan Meteorological Agency. October 26, 2018.
  34. "RSMC Best Track 1824 TRAMI (1824)". Japan Meteorological Agency. December 3, 2018.
  35. "RSMC Best Track 1825 KONG-REY (1825)". Japan Meteorological Agency. December 4, 2018.
  36. "RSMC Best Track 1826 YUTU (1826)". Japan Meteorological Agency. December 4, 2018.
  37. "RSMC Best Track 1902 WUTIP (1903)". Japan Meteorological Agency. April 3, 2019.
  38. "RSMC Best Track 1909 LEKIMA (1909)". Japan Meteorological Agency. October 3, 2019.
  39. "RSMC Best Track 1919 HAGIBIS (1919)". Japan Meteorological Agency. November 29, 2019.
  40. "RSMC Best Track 1923 HALONG (1923)". Japan Meteorological Agency. December 24, 2019.
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