Compostela Valley, Philippines: storm history

25 storms have passed within 50 km of Compostela Valley from 1910 to 2023. The map shows Philippines; search for a town in Compostela Valley 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 Compostela Valley

The record holds 25 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Compostela Valley, Philippines between 1910 and 2023. The busiest month is December, with 11 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 5 strength. 8 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 25storms within 50 km
  • 1major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 3at 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 Compostela Valley?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression1144%
Tropical storm312%
Category 128%
Category 200%
Category 300%
Category 400%
Category 514%
Unknown intensity832%

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

Compostela Valley storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 6 in 2010s.1910s31920s21940s11950s11960s11970s21980s21990s32000s12010s62020s3

The 2020s only run to 2023, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1910, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

Show the numbers
PeriodCount
1910s3
1920s2
1940s1
1950s1
1960s1
1970s2
1980s2
1990s3
2000s1
2010s6
2020s3

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 11 in Dec.Jan3Feb0Mar4Apr2May1Jun0Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct0Nov4Dec11
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan3
Feb0
Mar4
Apr2
May1
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov4
Dec11

Strongest storms near Compostela Valley

  • Bopha (2012)25 November 2012 to 9 December 2012, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 930 hPa
  • Therese (1972)30 November 1972 to 12 December 1972, Category 1 (75 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 945 hPa
  • Violet (1955)1 January 1955 to 8 January 1955, peak Category 1 (70 kt), 995 hPa
  • Mamie (1982)14 March 1982 to 25 March 1982, peak Tropical storm (60 kt), 990 hPa
  • Tembin (2017)20 December 2017 to 26 December 2017, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (85 kt), 970 hPa

Most recent storms near Compostela Valley

  • Jelawat (2023)14 December 2023 to 18 December 2023, peak Tropical depression (30 kt), 1,000 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of May 2021 (Western North Pacific)11 May 2021 to 15 May 2021, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (35 kt), 1,000 hPa
  • Krovanh (2020)17 December 2020 to 25 December 2020, peak Tropical depression (30 kt), 1,000 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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