Daejeon, South Korea: storm history

28 storms have passed within 50 km of Daejeon from 1932 to 2019. The map shows South Korea; search for a town in Daejeon 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 Daejeon

The record holds 28 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Daejeon, South Korea between 1932 and 2019. The busiest month is August, with 16 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached tropical storm strength. 10 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 28storms within 50 km
  • 0major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 0at 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 Daejeon?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression14%
Tropical storm1761%
Category 100%
Category 200%
Category 300%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity1036%

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

Daejeon storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 5 in 1940s.1930s31940s51950s41960s31970s11980s31990s22000s42010s3

The 2010s only run to 2019, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1932, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

Show the numbers
PeriodCount
1930s3
1940s5
1950s4
1960s3
1970s1
1980s3
1990s2
2000s4
2010s3

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 16 in Aug.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun0Jul8Aug16Sep4Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul8
Aug16
Sep4
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest storms near Daejeon

  • Karen (1952)10 August 1952 to 28 August 1952, Tropical storm (60 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (85 kt), 955 hPa
  • Kit (1985)30 July 1985 to 17 August 1985, Tropical storm (60 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (85 kt), 960 hPa
  • Irving (1979)7 August 1979 to 20 August 1979, Tropical storm (55 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (90 kt), 955 hPa
  • Rusa (2002)22 August 2002 to 3 September 2002, Tropical storm (55 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 950 hPa
  • Judy (1989)20 July 1989 to 29 July 1989, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (95 kt), 940 hPa

Most recent storms near Daejeon

  • Danas (2019)14 July 2019 to 23 July 2019, Tropical depression (25 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (45 kt), 985 hPa
  • Soulik (2018)15 August 2018 to 30 August 2018, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 950 hPa
  • Khanun (2012)13 July 2012 to 20 July 2012, 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.

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