Aurora, Philippines: storm history

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

The record holds 294 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Aurora, Philippines between 1884 and 2026. The busiest month is October, with 65 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 5 strength. 136 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 294storms within 50 km
  • 37major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 78at 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 Aurora?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression4114%
Tropical storm3913%
Category 12910%
Category 2124%
Category 3176%
Category 4176%
Category 531%
Unknown intensity13646%

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

Aurora storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 32 in 1970s.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.

Show the numbers
PeriodCount
1880s7
1890s17
1900s24
1910s17
1920s17
1930s25
1940s26
1950s14
1960s23
1970s32
1980s24
1990s21
2000s19
2010s14
2020s14

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 65 in Oct.Jan2Feb0Mar0Apr4May19Jun21Jul41Aug22Sep56Oct65Nov55Dec9
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan2
Feb0
Mar0
Apr4
May19
Jun21
Jul41
Aug22
Sep56
Oct65
Nov55
Dec9

Strongest storms near Aurora

  • Georgia (1970)7 September 1970 to 16 September 1970, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 905 hPa
  • Elsie (1989)13 October 1989 to 22 October 1989, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 915 hPa
  • Cimaron (2006)25 October 2006 to 7 November 2006, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 920 hPa
  • Kim (1980)19 July 1980 to 27 July 1980, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 910 hPa
  • Nalgae (2011)26 September 2011 to 5 October 2011, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 935 hPa

Most recent storms near Aurora

  • Peilou (2026)5 August 2026 to 13 August 2026, Tropical depression (25 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (39 kt), 991 hPa, provisional
  • Fung-Wong (2025)4 November 2025 to 13 November 2025, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 935 hPa, provisional
  • Matmo (2025)30 September 2025 to 6 October 2025, Category 1 (64 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (89 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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