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List of tropical cyclone records

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Summary

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This is a condensed list of worldwide tropical cyclone records set by different storms and seasons.

Colour scheme used in this table:
Hydrological records
Impact records
Intensity records
Longevity records
Size records
Velocity records
Miscellaneous records

Major records

CharacteristicRecordDateTropical Cyclone and/or LocationRef(s)
Highest overall rainfall6,083 mm–Cyclone Hyacinthe in Reunion Island
Highest storm surge14.5 mCyclone Mahina in Bathurst Bay, Queensland, Australia
Highest confirmed wave height30 mHurricane Luis on Queen Elizabeth 2 in the north Atlantic Ocean
Costliest tropical cyclone$125 billion (2005 and 2017 USD) in damages
Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Harvey in the northern Gulf Coast of the United Statestitle=Costliest U.S. tropical cyclones tables updateurl=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/news/UpdatedCostliest.pdfpublisher=National Hurricane Centeraccess-date=28 January 2018}}
Costliest tropical cyclone season≥$294.803 billion (2017 USD) in damages during the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season–North Atlantic Oceanlast1=Faustfirst1=Eberhardlast2=Bovefirst2=Marktitle=The hurricane season 2017: a cluster of extreme stormsurl=https://www.munichre.com/topics-online/en/2017/12/hurricane-season-2017website=MunichRE.comaccess-date=25 April 2018}}
Deadliest tropical cyclonec. 500,000+ fatalitiesBhola cyclone in East Pakistanurl=http://ams.allenpress.com/archive/1520-0477/52/6/pdf/i1520-0477-52-6-438.pdfarchive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5PpVXuYMo?url=http://ams.allenpress.com/archive/1520-0477/52/6/pdf/i1520-0477-52-6-438.pdfurl-status=deadarchive-date=2007-06-24access-date=2007-04-15title=The deadliest tropical cyclone in history?author=Frank, Neilauthor2=Husain, S. A.date=June 1971publisher=American Meteorological Societywork=Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society}}
Deadliest tropical cyclone season500,805+ fatalities during the 1970 North Indian Ocean cyclone season–North Indian Ocean
Most tornadoes formed120 confirmed tornadoes–Hurricane Ivan in the southern and eastern United Statestitle=What is the largest known outbreak of tropical cyclone tornadoes?url=http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/pages/FAQ/Hurricanes_vs_tornadoes.phppublisher=Central Pacific Hurricane Centeraccess-date=28 August 2018}}
Highest wind gusts113.4 m/sCyclone Olivia in Barrow Island, Western Australia
Highest accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) index for a tropical cyclone85–Hurricane/Typhoon Ioke in the northeast and northwest Pacific Ocean
Highest accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) index for a season570 during the 1997 Pacific typhoon season–Northwest Pacific Ocean
Highest number of rapid intensification cycles for a tropical cyclone6–Cyclone Freddy in the Australian region and South-West Indian Oceanlast=Cappuccifirst=Matthewdate=12 March 2023title=Lashing Mozambique, Freddy has become Earth's most energetic cyclone on recordurl=https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/03/12/cyclone-freddy-records-ace-longevity/archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313053428/https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/03/12/cyclone-freddy-records-ace-longevity/archive-date=13 March 2023access-date=2023-03-13newspaper=Washington Postlanguage=en-USissn=0190-8286}}
Most intense
(1-minute maximum sustained surface winds)96.2 m/sHurricane Patricia in the northeast Pacific Oceanurl=title=Hurricane Patricia – EP202015publisher=National Hurricane Centeraccess-date=2016-02-06}}
Most intense
(10-minute maximum sustained winds)78.2 m/sCyclone Winston in the south Pacific Oceanurl=http://apdrc.soest.hawaii.edu/projects/speartc/title=Southwest Pacific Enhanced Archive for Tropical Cyclones (SPEArTC)last=Diamondfirst=Howarddate=5 July 2017access-date=6 July 2017}}
Most intense
(lowest central pressure)870 mbTyphoon Tip in the northwest Pacific Oceanauthor=George M. Dunnavan & John W. Dierksyear=1980title=An Analysis of Super Typhoon Tip (October 1979)journal=Monthly Weather Reviewvolume=108issue=11page=1915publisher=Joint Typhoon Warning Centerdoi=10.1175/1520-0493(1980)1082.0.CO;2issn=1520-0493doi-access=free}}
Most intense at landfall
(1-minute maximum sustained winds)87.2 m/sTyphoon Goni in Catanduanes, Philippines
Most intense at landfall
(10-minute maximum sustained winds)78.2 m/sCyclone Winston in Viti Levu, Fiji.
Most intense at landfall
(pressure)884 mbCyclone Winston in Viti Levu, Fiji.
Longest lasting tropical cyclone36 days–Cyclone Freddy in the Australian region and South-West Indian Ocean
Longest distance traveled by a tropical cyclone13,180 km–Hurricane/Typhoon John in the northeast and northwest Pacific Oceanurl=https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/E7.htmltitle=What is the farthest a tropical cyclone has traveled?publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationaccess-date=2019-03-31}}
Longest lasting Category 4 or 5 winds8.25 consecutive days–Hurricane/Typhoon Ioke in the northeast and northwest Pacific Oceanurl=http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/summaries/2006.phptitle=The 2006 Central Pacific Tropical Cyclone Seasonpublisher=Central Pacific Hurricane Centeraccess-date=2007-11-28}}
Longest lasting Category 5 winds5.50 consecutive days–Typhoon Nancy in the northwest Pacific Oceanurl=http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/E8.htmltitle=FAQ : Hurricanes, Typhoons, And Tropical Cyclonespublisher=Aoml.noaa.govaccess-date=2008-12-23}}
Largest tropical cyclone
(radius of winds from center)Gale winds 17.5 m/s extending 1,086 km from centerTyphoon Tip in the northwest Pacific Oceanurl=http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/E5.htmltitle=Faq : Hurricanes, Typhoons, And Tropical Cyclonespublisher=Aoml.noaa.govaccess-date=2008-12-23url-status=deadarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222095921/http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/E5.htmlarchive-date=2008-12-22 }}
Smallest tropical cyclone
(radius of winds from center)Gale winds 17.5 m/s extending 18.5 km from centerTropical Storm Marco in the Bay of Campecheauthor=NHC Hurricane Research Divisiontitle=Atlantic hurricane best track ("HURDAT")publisher=NOAAdate=2008-01-01access-date=2008-10-08url=http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/tracks1851to2007-apr08.txt}}
Largest eye
370 km
Typhoon Carmen and Typhoon Winnie in the northwest Pacific Oceanlast1=Evansfirst1=Billtitle=It's Raining Fish and Spidersdate=2012publisher=Google Ebookslocation=Hurricane Extremesisbn=9781429984829url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Buth_mZz8W8C&q=typhoon+carmen+largest+eye&pg=PT6access-date=20 August 2015}}
Smallest eye
3.7 kmHurricane Wilma in the Caribbean Seatitle=A Dictionary of Weatherdate=15 August 2008publisher=Storm Dunloplocation=Weather Recordsisbn=9780191580055url=https://books.google.com/books?id=27DdCC-nSCEC&q=hurricane+wilma+smallest+eye+3.7+km%5C&pg=PT219access-date=20 August 2015}}
Fastest intensification
(1-minute sustained surface winds)54 m/s, from 38 m/s to 91.6 m/s in under 24 h–Hurricane Patricia in the northeast Pacific Ocean
Fastest intensification
(pressure)100 mb (100 hPa), from 976 mb to 876 mb in under 24 h–Typhoon Forrest in the northwest Pacific Oceantitle=Records of Weather and Climate Extremesurl=https://wmo.int/sites/default/files/2025-07/Table_Records_25Jul2025.pdfwebsite=World Meteorological Organizationaccess-date=5 October 2025 }}
Fastest seafloor current produced by a tropical cyclone2.25 m/sHurricane Ivan in the north Atlantic Ocean
Fastest updraft produced in a tropical cyclone27.4 m/sHurricane Patricia in the northeast Pacific Oceanjournal=Bulletin of the American Meteorological Societyauthor=Robert F. Rogers, Sim Aberson, Michael M. Bell, Daniel J. Cecil, James D. Doyle, Todd B. Kimberlain, Josh Morgerman, Lynn K. Shay, and Christopher Veldendate=October 30, 2017access-date=November 8, 2017title=Rewriting the Tropical Record Books: The Extraordinary Intensification of Hurricane Patricia (2015)volume=98issue=10url=http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0039.1pages=2,091–2,112doi=10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0039.1bibcode=2017BAMS...98.2091Rs2cid=126016220url-access=subscription}}
Highest forward speed31.18 m/sTropical Storm Six in the north Atlantic Oceantitle=What is the average forward speed of a hurricane?url=http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/G16.htmlpublisher=Hurricane Research Divisionaccess-date=14 November 2017}}
Closest proximity to the equator1.4° NTropical Storm Vamei in the South China Sea
Heaviest natural object moved by a tropical cyclone160,572 kgTyphoon Haiyan in Samar, Philippinesurl=http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2014/12/19/Supertyphoon-moved-177-ton-boulder-150-feet/2161418992215/access-date=2014-12-19title=Supertyphoon moved 177-ton boulder 150 feetauthor=Hooper Bendate=2014-12-19publisher=UPI}}
Highest number of tropical storms in a season39 official storms during the 1964 Pacific typhoon season–Northwest Pacific Ocean
Warmest eye34.0 C at 700 hPa heightTyphoon Judy in the northwest Pacific Oceantitle=1979 Annual Typhoon Reportjournal=Joint Typhoon Warning Centerdate=1979page=157url=https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/atcr/1979atcr.pdfaccess-date=21 July 2018}}
Coldest cloud tops produced by a tropical cyclone-109.35 CTyphoon Kammuri over the Philippine Sea

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References

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