Hurricane History Map

2017 South Pacific and Australian region season

10 storms formed in the South Pacific and Australian region basin in 2017, from 15 February 2017 to 15 May 2017.

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Years2017
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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 2017 season in numbers

The record holds 10 storms for the 2017 South Pacific and Australian region season, of which 8 had names.10 reached tropical storm strength (34 knots or more), 5 reached cyclone strength (category 1 or more) and 2 were major (category 3 or more).

  • 10storms
  • 10tropical storm strength or more
  • 5cyclone strength or more
  • 2major (category 3 to 5)
  • 62accumulated 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 2017

  • Donna (2017)2 May 2017 to 15 May 2017, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 930 hPa
  • Debbie (2017)23 March 2017 to 1 April 2017, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 949 hPa
  • Cook (2017)6 April 2017 to 17 April 2017, peak Category 2 (90 kt), 961 hPa
  • Frances (2017)20 April 2017 to 1 May 2017, peak Category 1 (80 kt), 978 hPa
  • Ella (2017)7 May 2017 to 15 May 2017, peak Category 1 (70 kt), 980 hPa

All 10 storms of 2017

StormPeak
Alfred Tropical storm
Bart Tropical storm
Unnamed storm Tropical storm
Blanche Tropical storm
Debbie Category 4
Unnamed storm Tropical storm
Cook Category 2
Frances Category 1
Donna Category 4
Ella Category 1

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