Hurricane History Map

Russia storm history

121 storms have passed within 50 km of Russia from 1911 to 2019, 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 Russia

The record holds 121 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Russia between 1911 and 2019. The busiest month is August, with 47 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 3 strength. 53 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 121storms within 50 km
  • 1major (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 Russia?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression1613%
Tropical storm4638%
Category 154%
Category 200%
Category 31<1%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity5344%

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

Russia storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 19 in 1950s.1910s81920s11930s111940s171950s191960s171970s161980s101990s72000s72010s8

The 2010s only run to 2019, 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.

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PeriodCount
1910s8
1920s1
1930s11
1940s17
1950s19
1960s17
1970s16
1980s10
1990s7
2000s7
2010s8

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 47 in Aug.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr0May0Jun1Jul12Aug47Sep46Oct14Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr0
May0
Jun1
Jul12
Aug47
Sep46
Oct14
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest storms near Russia

  • Emma (1956)1 September 1956 to 11 September 1956, Category 3 (100 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 930 hPa
  • Sarah (1959)10 September 1959 to 23 September 1959, Category 1 (75 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (165 kt), 905 hPa
  • Marie (1972)4 October 1972 to 16 October 1972, Category 1 (70 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 935 hPa
  • Nancy (1961)6 September 1961 to 20 September 1961, Category 1 (65 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (185 kt), 890 hPa
  • Jean (1965)24 July 1965 to 14 August 1965, Category 1 (65 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 940 hPa
  • Sonamu (2000)14 September 2000 to 20 September 2000, peak Category 1 (75 kt), 980 hPa

Most recent storms near Russia

  • Lingling (2019)30 August 2019 to 12 September 2019, Unknown intensity near here, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 940 hPa
  • Talim (2017)8 September 2017 to 22 September 2017, Unknown intensity near here, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 935 hPa
  • Lionrock (2016)16 August 2016 to 30 August 2016, Tropical storm (45 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 940 hPa
  • Chanthu (2016)11 August 2016 to 18 August 2016, peak Tropical storm (60 kt), 980 hPa
  • Conson (2016)7 August 2016 to 16 August 2016, peak Tropical storm (55 kt), 985 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.

Russia ranks number 28 among countries and territories for the number of storms.

Notable storms near Russia with their own pages

  • Emma (1956)1 September 1956 to 11 September 1956, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 930 hPa
  • Sarah (1959)10 September 1959 to 23 September 1959, peak Category 5 (165 kt), 905 hPa
  • Marie (1972)4 October 1972 to 16 October 1972, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 935 hPa
  • Nancy (1961)6 September 1961 to 20 September 1961, peak Category 5 (185 kt), 890 hPa
  • Jean (1965)24 July 1965 to 14 August 1965, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 940 hPa
  • Bart (1999)17 September 1999 to 29 September 1999, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 930 hPa
  • June (1954)4 September 1954 to 16 September 1954, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 905 hPa
  • Louise (1955)20 September 1955 to 2 October 1955, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 930 hPa
  • Shirley (1965)31 August 1965 to 13 September 1965, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 940 hPa
  • Trix (1965)7 September 1965 to 23 September 1965, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 935 hPa
  • Violet (1996)9 September 1996 to 27 September 1996, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 935 hPa
  • Higos (2002)25 September 2002 to 4 October 2002, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 930 hPa

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