Apayao, Philippines: storm history

213 storms have passed within 50 km of Apayao from 1884 to 2026. The map shows Philippines; search for a town in Apayao 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 Apayao

The record holds 213 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Apayao, Philippines between 1884 and 2026. The busiest month is September, with 45 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 5 strength. 89 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 213storms within 50 km
  • 25major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 57at 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 Apayao?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression2512%
Tropical storm4220%
Category 12110%
Category 2115%
Category 3147%
Category 484%
Category 531%
Unknown intensity8942%

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

Apayao storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 24 in 1990s.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
1880s7
1890s10
1900s8
1910s13
1920s18
1930s19
1940s10
1950s21
1960s19
1970s18
1980s12
1990s24
2000s11
2010s13
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 45 in Sep.Jan1Feb0Mar0Apr4May4Jun10Jul43Aug37Sep45Oct39Nov25Dec5
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr4
May4
Jun10
Jul43
Aug37
Sep45
Oct39
Nov25
Dec5

Strongest storms near Apayao

  • Della (1952)20 November 1952 to 27 November 1952, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 980 hPa
  • Gordon (1989)9 July 1989 to 19 July 1989, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 915 hPa
  • Mangkhut (2018)6 September 2018 to 17 September 2018, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 905 hPa
  • Ida (1964)1 August 1964 to 12 August 1964, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 925 hPa
  • Freda (1965)6 July 1965 to 16 July 1965, Category 4 (130 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 925 hPa

Most recent storms near Apayao

  • Peilou (2026)5 August 2026 to 13 August 2026, Tropical depression (29 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (39 kt), 991 hPa, provisional
  • Mitag (2025)15 September 2025 to 20 September 2025, Tropical depression (29 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (45 kt), 992 hPa, provisional
  • Co-May (2025)22 July 2025 to 3 August 2025, Tropical storm (60 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (70 kt), 975 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.

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