Hurricane History Map

Tasmania, Australia: storm history

9 storms have passed within 50 km of Tasmania from 1898 to 1956. The map shows Australia; search for a town in Tasmania to see storms near it.

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Years1842 to 2026
Ocean basin

Choosing a minimum category hides storms with no wind speed in the record. To see which storms have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

How to read the lines. Each line is the track of one storm, drawn through its six-hourly positions and coloured by its intensity at each point (the Saffir-Simpson scale), so a line changes colour as the storm strengthens or weakens. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see which storms have passed nearby. Weaker storms appear as you zoom in. Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are the same kind of storm with different names in different oceans.

Storms near Tasmania

The record holds 9 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Tasmania, Australia between 1898 and 1956. The busiest month is February, with 3 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached tropical depression strength. 8 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 9storms within 50 km
  • 0major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 0at category 1 strength or more

A storm counts once, however many times it came close. The category is the storm's strongest point within 50 km, which can be weaker than its peak elsewhere.

How strong were the storms near Tasmania?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression111%
Tropical storm00%
Category 100%
Category 200%
Category 300%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity889%

The agency behind most of the intensity figures here is the US Joint Typhoon Warning Center (southern hemisphere).

Tasmania storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 6 in 1910s.1890s11900s11910s61950s1

The 1950s only run to 1956, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1898, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1890s1
1900s1
1910s6
1950s1

Earlier decades hold fewer storms partly because they were harder to see. Before weather satellites (about the 1960s) many storms that stayed at sea went unrecorded, so compare decades with care.

Storms by month
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 3 in Feb.Jan0Feb3Mar3Apr0May1Jun1Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb3
Mar3
Apr0
May1
Jun1
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec1

Most recent storms near Tasmania

  • Unnamed storm of March 1956 (South Pacific and Australian region)24 March 1956 to 31 March 1956, Tropical depression (20 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (50 kt)
  • Unnamed storm of January 1918 (South-West Indian)30 January 1918 to 9 February 1918, peak Unknown intensity
  • Unnamed storm of February 1915 (South-West Indian)22 February 1915 to 1 March 1915, peak Unknown intensity

Many of these storms killed people and destroyed homes. The figures are the official record's, and this page says nothing about their human cost.

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