Iligan, Philippines: storm history

20 storms have passed within 50 km of Iligan from 1910 to 2021. The map shows Philippines; search for a town in Iligan 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 Iligan

The record holds 20 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Iligan, Philippines between 1910 and 2021. The busiest month is December, with 8 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 4 strength. 9 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 20storms within 50 km
  • 1major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 1at 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 Iligan?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression630%
Tropical storm420%
Category 100%
Category 200%
Category 300%
Category 415%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity945%

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

Iligan storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 5 in 2010s.1910s21920s21940s31950s31970s11980s11990s12010s52020s2

The 2020s only run to 2021, 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
1910s2
1920s2
1940s3
1950s3
1970s1
1980s1
1990s1
2010s5
2020s2

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 8 in Dec.Jan3Feb0Mar2Apr0May2Jun0Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct0Nov5Dec8
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan3
Feb0
Mar2
Apr0
May2
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov5
Dec8

Strongest storms near Iligan

  • Bopha (2012)25 November 2012 to 9 December 2012, Category 4 (115 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 930 hPa
  • Violet (1955)1 January 1955 to 8 January 1955, Tropical storm (60 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (70 kt), 995 hPa
  • Mamie (1982)14 March 1982 to 25 March 1982, peak Tropical storm (60 kt), 990 hPa
  • Washi (2011)11 December 2011 to 19 December 2011, peak Tropical storm (50 kt), 992 hPa
  • Tembin (2017)20 December 2017 to 26 December 2017, Tropical storm (45 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (85 kt), 970 hPa

Most recent storms near Iligan

  • Unnamed storm of May 2021 (Western North Pacific)11 May 2021 to 15 May 2021, Tropical depression (20 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
  • Tembin (2017)20 December 2017 to 26 December 2017, Tropical storm (45 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (85 kt), 970 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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