Hurricane History Map

Indonesia storm history

58 storms have passed within 50 km of Indonesia from 1870 to 2025, 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 Indonesia

The record holds 58 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Indonesia between 1870 and 2025. The busiest month is April, with 18 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 4 strength. 10 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 58storms within 50 km
  • 1major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 5at 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 Indonesia?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression2645%
Tropical storm1729%
Category 135%
Category 212%
Category 300%
Category 412%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity1017%

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

Indonesia storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 13 in 2010s.1870s11900s11910s11920s31950s11960s11970s61980s71990s102000s102010s132020s4

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1870, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

Show the numbers
PeriodCount
1870s1
1900s1
1910s1
1920s3
1950s1
1960s1
1970s6
1980s7
1990s10
2000s10
2010s13
2020s4

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 18 in Apr.Jan5Feb3Mar10Apr18May5Jun0Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct1Nov6Dec10
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan5
Feb3
Mar10
Apr18
May5
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct1
Nov6
Dec10

Strongest storms near Indonesia

  • Kate (1970)13 October 1970 to 26 October 1970, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 940 hPa
  • Flores (1973)26 April 1973 to 30 April 1973, peak Category 2 (91 kt), 950 hPa
  • Cempaka (2018)25 November 2017 to 29 November 2017, peak Category 1 (68 kt), 990 hPa
  • Sally (1972)3 December 1971 to 13 December 1971, peak Category 1 (65 kt)
  • Vamei (2001)26 December 2001 to 1 January 2002, peak Category 1 (65 kt), 997 hPa
  • Felix (1981)22 December 1980 to 31 December 1980, Tropical storm (51 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (114 kt), 940 hPa

Most recent storms near Indonesia

  • Senyar (2025)25 November 2025 to 30 November 2025, peak Tropical storm (45 kt), 999 hPa, provisional
  • Unnamed storm of May 2025 (South Pacific and Australian region)9 May 2025 to 12 May 2025, peak Tropical storm (40 kt), 1,000 hPa, provisional
  • Errol (2025)9 April 2025 to 18 April 2025, Tropical depression (28 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (138 kt), 936 hPa, provisional
  • Seroja (2021)2 April 2021 to 12 April 2021, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (75 kt), 967 hPa
  • Ann (2019)9 May 2019 to 18 May 2019, Tropical depression (23 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (60 kt), 990 hPa

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.

Notable storms near Indonesia with their own pages

  • Kate (1970)13 October 1970 to 26 October 1970, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 940 hPa
  • Felix (1981)22 December 1980 to 31 December 1980, peak Category 4 (114 kt), 940 hPa
  • Inigo (2003)29 March 2003 to 8 April 2003, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 914 hPa
  • Chloe (1995)29 March 1995 to 9 April 1995, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 920 hPa
  • Gillian (2014)7 March 2014 to 28 March 2014, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 927 hPa
  • John (2000)9 December 1999 to 16 December 1999, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 915 hPa
  • Ilsa (2009)15 March 2009 to 26 March 2009, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 958 hPa
  • Narelle (2013)5 January 2013 to 15 January 2013, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 930 hPa
  • Errol (2025)9 April 2025 to 18 April 2025, peak Category 5 (138 kt), 936 hPa, provisional
  • Adelaide:alice (1981)3 November 1980 to 14 November 1980, peak Category 4 (119 kt), 940 hPa
  • Sharon (1994)12 March 1994 to 22 March 1994, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 930 hPa
  • Neville (1992)4 April 1992 to 15 April 1992, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 945 hPa

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