Sóc Trăng, Vietnam: storm history

17 storms have passed within 50 km of Sóc Trăng from 1950 to 2017. The map shows Vietnam; search for a town in Sóc Trăng 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 Sóc Trăng

The record holds 17 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Sóc Trăng, Vietnam between 1950 and 2017. The busiest month is November, with 10 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 1 strength. 4 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 17storms within 50 km
  • 0major (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 Sóc Trăng?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression529%
Tropical storm741%
Category 116%
Category 200%
Category 300%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity424%

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

Sóc Trăng storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 6 in 1960s.1950s21960s61970s31990s22000s32010s1

The 2010s only run to 2017, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1950, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

Show the numbers
PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s6
1970s3
1990s2
2000s3
2010s1

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 10 in Nov.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr1May0Jun0Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct1Nov10Dec5
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May0
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct1
Nov10
Dec5

Strongest storms near Sóc Trăng

  • Lucy (1962)23 November 1962 to 1 December 1962, Category 1 (70 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 975 hPa
  • Linda (1997)25 October 1997 to 9 November 1997, Tropical storm (55 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (65 kt), 985 hPa
  • Durian (2006)24 November 2006 to 9 December 2006, Tropical storm (55 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 915 hPa
  • Viola (1961)9 April 1961 to 12 April 1961, peak Tropical storm (50 kt)
  • Gloria (1965)18 December 1965 to 23 December 1965, peak Tropical storm (40 kt)

Most recent storms near Sóc Trăng

  • Tembin (2017)20 December 2017 to 26 December 2017, Tropical storm (40 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (85 kt), 970 hPa
  • Durian (2006)24 November 2006 to 9 December 2006, Tropical storm (55 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 915 hPa
  • Muifa (2004)13 November 2004 to 26 November 2004, Tropical storm (40 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 950 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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