Hurricane History Map

2010 South Pacific and Australian region season

12 storms formed in the South Pacific and Australian region basin in 2010, from 8 December 2009 to 2 April 2010.

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Years2010
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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.

The 2010 season in numbers

The record holds 12 storms for the 2010 South Pacific and Australian region season, of which 12 had names.12 reached tropical storm strength (34 knots or more), 8 reached cyclone strength (category 1 or more) and 5 were major (category 3 or more).

  • 12storms
  • 12tropical storm strength or more
  • 8cyclone strength or more
  • 5major (category 3 to 5)
  • 120accumulated cyclone energy

Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the squared wind speed of every position of 34 knots or more, divided by 10,000. It is approximate here because the winds are 1-minute equivalents, and it is mostly useful for comparing seasons of one basin.

Strongest storms of 2010

  • Ului (2010)10 March 2010 to 22 March 2010, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 915 hPa
  • Laurence (2010)8 December 2009 to 23 December 2009, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 925 hPa
  • Oli (2010)29 January 2010 to 8 February 2010, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 925 hPa
  • Tomas (2010)10 March 2010 to 20 March 2010, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 925 hPa
  • Rene (2010)9 February 2010 to 19 February 2010, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 945 hPa

All 12 storms of 2010

StormPeak
Laurence Category 4
Mick Category 1
Neville Tropical storm
Olga Tropical storm
Nisha Tropical storm
Oli Category 4
Pat Category 2
Rene Category 3
Sarah Tropical storm
Tomas Category 4
Ului Category 5
Paul Category 1

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