Hurricane History Map

People's Republic of China storm history

1,307 storms have passed within 50 km of People's Republic of China from 1884 to 2026, drawn on the map and coloured by intensity.

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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 People's Republic of China

The record holds 1,307 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of People's Republic of China between 1884 and 2026. The busiest month is August, with 348 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 5 strength. 600 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 1,307storms within 50 km
  • 55major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 320at 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 People's Republic of China?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression846%
Tropical storm30323%
Category 118814%
Category 2776%
Category 3312%
Category 4222%
Category 52<1%
Unknown intensity60046%

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

People's Republic of China storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 118 in 1970s.1880s1900s1920s1940s1960s1980s2000s2020s

The 2020s only run to 2026, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1884, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1880s36
1890s79
1900s77
1910s78
1920s66
1930s80
1940s77
1950s105
1960s116
1970s118
1980s106
1990s110
2000s94
2010s99
2020s66

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 348 in Aug.Jan2Feb0Mar0Apr5May41Jun100Jul307Aug348Sep308Oct156Nov37Dec3
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan2
Feb0
Mar0
Apr5
May41
Jun100
Jul307
Aug348
Sep308
Oct156
Nov37
Dec3

Strongest storms near People's Republic of China

  • Cora (1966)28 August 1966 to 9 September 1966, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 918 hPa
  • Rammasun (2014)9 July 2014 to 20 July 2014, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 935 hPa
  • Wanda (1956)24 July 1956 to 5 August 1956, Category 4 (130 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (160 kt), 915 hPa
  • Alice (1966)23 August 1966 to 4 September 1966, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 938 hPa
  • Bilis (2000)17 August 2000 to 27 August 2000, Category 4 (130 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 920 hPa
  • Saomai (2006)4 August 2006 to 12 August 2006, Category 4 (130 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 925 hPa

Most recent storms near People's Republic of China

  • Saudel (2026)31 August 2026 to 3 September 2026, peak Tropical storm (39 kt), 989 hPa, provisional
  • Narra (2026)20 August 2026 to 26 August 2026, peak Tropical storm (39 kt), 989 hPa, provisional
  • Saudel (2026)18 August 2026 to 28 August 2026, Category 1 (70 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 944 hPa, provisional
  • Dolphin (2026)27 July 2026 to 9 August 2026, Category 1 (74 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (144 kt), 915 hPa, provisional
  • Noul (2026)23 July 2026 to 26 July 2026, peak Category 2 (84 kt), 967 hPa, provisional

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.

People's Republic of China ranks first among countries and territories for the number of storms.

Notable storms near People's Republic of China with their own pages

  • Cora (1966)28 August 1966 to 9 September 1966, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 918 hPa
  • Rammasun (2014)9 July 2014 to 20 July 2014, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 935 hPa
  • Wanda (1956)24 July 1956 to 5 August 1956, peak Category 5 (160 kt), 915 hPa
  • Alice (1966)23 August 1966 to 4 September 1966, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 938 hPa
  • Bilis (2000)17 August 2000 to 27 August 2000, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 920 hPa
  • Saomai (2006)4 August 2006 to 12 August 2006, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 925 hPa
  • Noru (2022)21 September 2022 to 29 September 2022, peak Category 5 (145 kt), 940 hPa
  • Yagi (2024)30 August 2024 to 9 September 2024, peak Category 5 (145 kt), 915 hPa
  • Rita (1953)23 August 1953 to 3 September 1953, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 940 hPa
  • Harriet (1971)30 June 1971 to 8 July 1971, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 925 hPa
  • Nina (1953)7 August 1953 to 23 August 1953, peak Category 5 (160 kt), 885 hPa
  • Kate (1955)16 September 1955 to 26 September 1955, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 930 hPa

People's Republic of China regions

Regions (first-level divisions) that storms have come within 50 km of at least 5 times, most storms first.

RegionStormsStrongest near the region
Guangdong582Category 5
Hainan363Category 5
Fujian337Category 5
Guangxi313Category 4
Paracel Islands280Category 4
Jiangxi216Category 2
Zhejiang207Category 5
Jiangsu110Category 3
Hunan105Category 2
Anhui101Category 3
Yunnan86Tropical storm
Shanghai63Category 2
Shandong61Category 1
Hubei54Tropical storm
Guizhou40Tropical storm
Jilin40Category 1
Liaoning35Category 1
Heilongjiang34Tropical storm
Henan32Tropical storm
Hebei14Tropical storm
Inner Mongol12Tropical storm
Sichuan9Tropical storm
Chongqing8Tropical storm
Tianjin5Tropical storm

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