Toyama, Japan: storm history

57 storms have passed within 50 km of Toyama from 1911 to 2022. The map shows Japan; search for a town in Toyama 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 Toyama

The record holds 57 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Toyama, Japan between 1911 and 2022. The busiest month is September, with 23 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 3 strength. 15 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 57storms within 50 km
  • 1major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 14at 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 Toyama?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression47%
Tropical storm2442%
Category 1916%
Category 247%
Category 312%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity1526%

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

Toyama storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 10 in 1960s.1910s41930s21940s51950s91960s101970s51980s41990s92000s42010s42020s1

The 2020s only run to 2022, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1911, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

Show the numbers
PeriodCount
1910s4
1930s2
1940s5
1950s9
1960s10
1970s5
1980s4
1990s9
2000s4
2010s4
2020s1

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 23 in Sep.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May1Jun5Jul2Aug20Sep23Oct5Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun5
Jul2
Aug20
Sep23
Oct5
Nov1
Dec0

Strongest storms near Toyama

  • Vera (1959)20 September 1959 to 29 September 1959, Category 3 (110 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (165 kt), 895 hPa
  • Georgia (1959)10 August 1959 to 16 August 1959, Category 2 (90 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 960 hPa
  • Vicki (1998)16 September 1998 to 24 September 1998, peak Category 2 (90 kt), 960 hPa
  • Wilda (1964)16 September 1964 to 27 September 1964, Category 2 (85 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 895 hPa
  • Flo (1990)8 September 1990 to 22 September 1990, Category 2 (85 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (145 kt), 890 hPa

Most recent storms near Toyama

  • Nanmadol (2022)11 September 2022 to 20 September 2022, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 910 hPa
  • Jebi (2018)26 August 2018 to 7 September 2018, Category 1 (80 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 915 hPa
  • Talim (2017)8 September 2017 to 22 September 2017, Tropical storm (55 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 935 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.

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