Hurricane History Map

2016 South Pacific and Australian region season

12 storms formed in the South Pacific and Australian region basin in 2016, from 31 July 2015 to 24 April 2016.

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Years2016
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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 2016 season in numbers

The record holds 12 storms for the 2016 South Pacific and Australian region season, of which 8 had names.12 reached tropical storm strength (34 knots or more), 5 reached cyclone strength (category 1 or more) and 2 were major (category 3 or more).

  • 12storms
  • 12tropical storm strength or more
  • 5cyclone strength or more
  • 2major (category 3 to 5)
  • 112accumulated 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 2016

  • Winston (2016)9 February 2016 to 28 February 2016, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 884 hPa
  • Ula (2016)29 December 2015 to 16 January 2016, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 937 hPa
  • Victor (2016)14 January 2016 to 23 January 2016, peak Category 2 (90 kt), 959 hPa
  • Zena (2016)4 April 2016 to 7 April 2016, peak Category 2 (90 kt), 975 hPa
  • Amos (2016)17 April 2016 to 24 April 2016, peak Category 2 (90 kt), 965 hPa

All 12 storms of 2016

StormPeak
Unnamed storm Tropical storm
Unnamed storm Tropical storm
Tuni Tropical storm
Unnamed storm Tropical storm
Ula Category 4
Victor Category 2
Tatiana Tropical storm
Winston Category 5
Yalo Tropical storm
Unnamed storm Tropical storm
Zena Category 2
Amos Category 2

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