Hurricane History Map

New Caledonia storm history

142 storms have passed within 50 km of New Caledonia from 1912 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 New Caledonia

The record holds 142 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of New Caledonia between 1912 and 2025. The busiest month is January, with 36 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 4 strength. 59 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 142storms within 50 km
  • 13major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 30at 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 New Caledonia?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression139%
Tropical storm4028%
Category 186%
Category 296%
Category 375%
Category 464%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity5942%

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

New Caledonia storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 21 in 1950s.1910s51920s31940s121950s211960s201970s171980s131990s202000s112010s102020s10

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1912, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1910s5
1920s3
1940s12
1950s21
1960s20
1970s17
1980s13
1990s20
2000s11
2010s10
2020s10

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 36 in Jan.Jan36Feb33Mar33Apr14May7Jun1Jul0Aug0Sep1Oct0Nov7Dec10
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan36
Feb33
Mar33
Apr14
May7
Jun1
Jul0
Aug0
Sep1
Oct0
Nov7
Dec10

Strongest storms near New Caledonia

  • Erica (2003)1 March 2003 to 17 March 2003, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 915 hPa
  • Harry (1989)6 February 1989 to 23 February 1989, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 925 hPa
  • Fran (1992)4 March 1992 to 21 March 1992, Category 4 (115 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 920 hPa
  • Prema (1993)24 March 1993 to 6 April 1993, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 975 hPa
  • Jasmine (2012)31 January 2012 to 16 February 2012, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 937 hPa
  • Winston (2016)9 February 2016 to 28 February 2016, Category 4 (115 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 884 hPa

Most recent storms near New Caledonia

  • Tam (2025)14 April 2025 to 19 April 2025, peak Tropical storm (51 kt), 977 hPa, provisional
  • Seru (2025)24 February 2025 to 28 February 2025, Tropical storm (45 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (64 kt), 985 hPa, provisional
  • Unnamed storm of February 2025 (South Pacific and Australian region)2 February 2025 to 5 February 2025, peak Tropical storm (45 kt), 993 hPa, provisional
  • Gina (2022)16 May 2022 to 22 May 2022, Tropical depression (25 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (35 kt), 998 hPa
  • Eva (2022)26 February 2022 to 6 March 2022, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (45 kt), 992 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.

New Caledonia ranks number 23 among countries and territories for the number of storms.

Notable storms near New Caledonia with their own pages

  • Erica (2003)1 March 2003 to 17 March 2003, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 915 hPa
  • Harry (1989)6 February 1989 to 23 February 1989, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 925 hPa
  • Fran (1992)4 March 1992 to 21 March 1992, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 920 hPa
  • Prema (1993)24 March 1993 to 6 April 1993, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 975 hPa
  • Jasmine (2012)31 January 2012 to 16 February 2012, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 937 hPa
  • Winston (2016)9 February 2016 to 28 February 2016, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 884 hPa
  • Theodore (1994)22 February 1994 to 3 March 1994, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 910 hPa
  • Niran (2021)26 February 2021 to 7 March 2021, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 931 hPa
  • Beti (1996)19 March 1996 to 2 April 1996, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 935 hPa
  • Drena (1997)1 January 1997 to 13 January 1997, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 935 hPa
  • Gita (2018)7 February 2018 to 22 February 2018, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 927 hPa
  • Pam (1974)30 January 1974 to 8 February 1974, peak Category 3 (97 kt), 945 hPa

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