Hurricane History Map

North Korea storm history

82 storms have passed within 50 km of North Korea from 1911 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 North Korea

The record holds 82 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of North Korea between 1911 and 2026. The busiest month is August, with 40 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 1 strength. 31 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 82storms within 50 km
  • 0major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 6at 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 North Korea?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression1721%
Tropical storm2834%
Category 167%
Category 200%
Category 300%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity3138%

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

North Korea storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 11 in 1950s.1910s41920s11930s51940s101950s111960s91970s61980s101990s52000s42010s92020s8

The 2020s only run to 2026, 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
1920s1
1930s5
1940s10
1950s11
1960s9
1970s6
1980s10
1990s5
2000s4
2010s9
2020s8

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 40 in Aug.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun1Jul24Aug40Sep17Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun1
Jul24
Aug40
Sep17
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest storms near North Korea

  • Kompasu (2010)27 August 2010 to 6 September 2010, Category 1 (80 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 960 hPa
  • Bavi (2020)20 August 2020 to 29 August 2020, Category 1 (80 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 950 hPa
  • Lingling (2019)30 August 2019 to 12 September 2019, Category 1 (75 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 940 hPa
  • Olga (1999)26 July 1999 to 5 August 1999, peak Category 1 (80 kt), 970 hPa
  • Prapiroon (2000)24 August 2000 to 4 September 2000, peak Category 1 (75 kt), 965 hPa
  • Flossie (1964)24 July 1964 to 1 August 1964, peak Category 1 (80 kt), 980 hPa

Most recent storms near North Korea

  • Bavi (2026)1 July 2026 to 14 July 2026, Tropical depression (29 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (154 kt), 901 hPa, provisional
  • Jongdari (2024)18 August 2024 to 22 August 2024, Tropical depression (25 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (35 kt), 996 hPa
  • Khanun (2023)26 July 2023 to 11 August 2023, Tropical depression (25 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 930 hPa
  • Trases (2022)29 July 2022 to 1 August 2022, Tropical depression (20 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (35 kt), 998 hPa
  • Haishen (2020)30 August 2020 to 10 September 2020, Tropical storm (55 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 910 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 North Korea with their own pages

  • Kompasu (2010)27 August 2010 to 6 September 2010, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 960 hPa
  • Bavi (2020)20 August 2020 to 29 August 2020, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 950 hPa
  • Lingling (2019)30 August 2019 to 12 September 2019, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 940 hPa
  • Kit (1953)25 June 1953 to 8 July 1953, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 910 hPa
  • Billie (1970)21 August 1970 to 1 September 1970, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 945 hPa
  • Bolaven (2012)18 August 2012 to 1 September 2012, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 910 hPa
  • Maysak (2020)26 August 2020 to 7 September 2020, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 935 hPa
  • Haishen (2020)30 August 2020 to 10 September 2020, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 910 hPa
  • Ellis (1982)17 August 1982 to 4 September 1982, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 915 hPa
  • Vera (1986)13 August 1986 to 2 September 1986, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 925 hPa
  • Marge (1951)10 August 1951 to 24 August 1951, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 886 hPa
  • Agnes (1957)10 August 1957 to 24 August 1957, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 905 hPa

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