Global tropical cyclone archive
2012 tropical cyclones, typhoons and hurricanes
Explore every tropical cyclone that reached tropical-storm strength worldwide in 2012, with tracks, dates, peak winds and central pressure.
87Storms
81Named storms
155 ktStrongest wind
Storms87
Historical storm archive
North Atlantic
Hurricanes19Tropical storm TONY
2012296N20309
Peak wind45 kt
Minimum pressure1000 hPa
Oct 21, 2012 – Oct 26, 2012
Major hurricane SANDY
2012296N14283
Peak wind100 kt
Minimum pressure940 hPa
Oct 21, 2012 – Oct 31, 2012
Hurricane RAFAEL
2012287N15297
Peak wind80 kt
Minimum pressure966 hPa
Oct 12, 2012 – Oct 26, 2012
Tropical storm PATTY
2012285N26288
Peak wind40 kt
Minimum pressure1005 hPa
Oct 10, 2012 – Oct 13, 2012
Tropical storm OSCAR
2012277N12322
Peak wind45 kt
Minimum pressure994 hPa
Oct 2, 2012 – Oct 5, 2012
Hurricane NADINE
2012255N16322
Peak wind80 kt
Minimum pressure978 hPa
Sep 10, 2012 – Oct 4, 2012
Major hurricane MICHAEL
2012246N29323
Peak wind100 kt
Minimum pressure964 hPa
Sep 2, 2012 – Sep 12, 2012
Hurricane KIRK
2012242N24317
Peak wind90 kt
Minimum pressure970 hPa
Aug 28, 2012 – Sep 3, 2012
Hurricane LESLIE
2012242N13333
Peak wind70 kt
Minimum pressure968 hPa
Aug 28, 2012 – Sep 12, 2012
Tropical storm JOYCE
2012235N11328
Peak wind35 kt
Minimum pressure1006 hPa
Aug 21, 2012 – Aug 24, 2012
Hurricane ISAAC
2012234N16315
Peak wind70 kt
Minimum pressure965 hPa
Aug 20, 2012 – Sep 1, 2012
Hurricane GORDON
2012229N28305
Peak wind95 kt
Minimum pressure965 hPa
Aug 15, 2012 – Aug 21, 2012
Tropical storm HELENE
2012223N14317
Peak wind40 kt
Minimum pressure1004 hPa
Aug 9, 2012 – Aug 19, 2012
Tropical storm FLORENCE
2012216N12337
Peak wind50 kt
Minimum pressure1002 hPa
Aug 3, 2012 – Aug 8, 2012
Hurricane ERNESTO
2012215N12313
Peak wind85 kt
Minimum pressure973 hPa
Aug 1, 2012 – Aug 10, 2012
Tropical storm DEBBY
2012176N26272
Peak wind55 kt
Minimum pressure990 hPa
Jun 23, 2012 – Jun 27, 2012
Hurricane CHRIS
2012169N29291
Peak wind75 kt
Minimum pressure974 hPa
Jun 17, 2012 – Jun 24, 2012
Tropical storm BERYL
2012147N30284
Peak wind60 kt
Minimum pressure992 hPa
May 25, 2012 – Jun 2, 2012
Tropical storm ALBERTO
2012140N33283
Peak wind50 kt
Minimum pressure995 hPa
May 19, 2012 – May 23, 2012
Eastern Pacific
Hurricanes17Tropical storm ROSA
2012304N14246
Peak wind45 kt
Minimum pressure1001 hPa
Oct 29, 2012 – Nov 5, 2012
Major hurricane PAUL
2012288N14248
Peak wind105 kt
Minimum pressure959 hPa
Oct 13, 2012 – Oct 18, 2012
Tropical storm OLIVIA
2012281N14242
Peak wind50 kt
Minimum pressure997 hPa
Oct 6, 2012 – Oct 10, 2012
Tropical storm NORMAN
2012272N22251
Peak wind45 kt
Minimum pressure997 hPa
Sep 28, 2012 – Sep 30, 2012
Major hurricane MIRIAM
2012266N14254
Peak wind105 kt
Minimum pressure959 hPa
Sep 22, 2012 – Oct 2, 2012
Hurricane LANE
2012260N13237
Peak wind75 kt
Minimum pressure985 hPa
Sep 15, 2012 – Sep 20, 2012
Tropical storm KRISTY
2012256N15257
Peak wind50 kt
Minimum pressure998 hPa
Sep 11, 2012 – Sep 19, 2012
Tropical storm JOHN
2012247N18252
Peak wind40 kt
Minimum pressure1000 hPa
Sep 2, 2012 – Sep 7, 2012
Hurricane ILEANA
2012239N11261
Peak wind75 kt
Minimum pressure978 hPa
Aug 25, 2012 – Sep 6, 2012
Tropical storm HECTOR
2012225N18255
Peak wind45 kt
Minimum pressure995 hPa
Aug 11, 2012 – Aug 20, 2012
Hurricane GILMA
2012219N12254
Peak wind70 kt
Minimum pressure984 hPa
Aug 6, 2012 – Aug 14, 2012
Hurricane FABIO
2012193N12259
Peak wind95 kt
Minimum pressure966 hPa
Jul 10, 2012 – Jul 20, 2012
Major hurricane EMILIA
2012189N10262
Peak wind120 kt
Minimum pressure945 hPa
Jul 7, 2012 – Jul 18, 2012
Major hurricane DANIEL
2012186N12255
Peak wind100 kt
Minimum pressure961 hPa
Jul 4, 2012 – Jul 14, 2012
Hurricane CARLOTTA
2012166N09269
Peak wind95 kt
Minimum pressure973 hPa
Jun 13, 2012 – Jun 17, 2012
Major hurricane BUD
2012142N09262
Peak wind100 kt
Minimum pressure961 hPa
May 20, 2012 – May 26, 2012
Tropical storm ALETTA
2012135N10255
Peak wind45 kt
Minimum pressure1000 hPa
May 13, 2012 – May 20, 2012
Western Pacific
Typhoons25Tropical storm WUKONG
2012359N08134
Peak wind35 kt
Minimum pressure996 hPa
Dec 23, 2012 – Dec 29, 2012
Super typhoon BOPHA
2012331N03157
Peak wind150 kt
Minimum pressure911 hPa
Nov 25, 2012 – Dec 9, 2012
Super typhoon SON-TINH
2012296N06135
Peak wind105 kt
Minimum pressure944 hPa
Oct 21, 2012 – Oct 29, 2012
Severe tropical storm MARIA
2012287N16147
Peak wind55 kt
Minimum pressure982 hPa
Oct 12, 2012 – Oct 20, 2012
Super typhoon PRAPIROON
2012279N15145
Peak wind105 kt
Minimum pressure944 hPa
Oct 5, 2012 – Oct 23, 2012
Tropical storm MALIKSI
2012274N13151
Peak wind45 kt
Minimum pressure960 hPa
Sep 29, 2012 – Oct 6, 2012
Severe tropical storm GAEMI
2012273N13112
Peak wind55 kt
Minimum pressure982 hPa
Sep 29, 2012 – Oct 7, 2012
Severe tropical storm EWINIAR
2012267N16141
Peak wind55 kt
Minimum pressure982 hPa
Sep 23, 2012 – Sep 30, 2012
Super typhoon JELAWAT
2012263N15141
Peak wind140 kt
Minimum pressure918 hPa
Sep 19, 2012 – Oct 3, 2012
Super typhoon SANBA
2012254N09135
Peak wind155 kt
Minimum pressure907 hPa
Sep 10, 2012 – Sep 18, 2012
Super typhoon BOLAVEN
2012232N13141
Peak wind125 kt
Minimum pressure929 hPa
Aug 18, 2012 – Sep 1, 2012
Super typhoon TEMBIN
2012230N21126
Peak wind120 kt
Minimum pressure933 hPa
Aug 17, 2012 – Sep 1, 2012
Typhoon KAI-TAK
2012225N16133
Peak wind65 kt
Minimum pressure974 hPa
Aug 11, 2012 – Aug 18, 2012
Tropical storm KIROGI
2012216N24162
Peak wind45 kt
Minimum pressure989 hPa
Aug 3, 2012 – Aug 12, 2012
Typhoon HAIKUI
2012215N23146
Peak wind65 kt
Minimum pressure974 hPa
Aug 1, 2012 – Aug 11, 2012
Typhoon DAMREY
2012209N25149
Peak wind80 kt
Minimum pressure963 hPa
Jul 27, 2012 – Aug 4, 2012
Typhoon SAOLA
2012209N11131
Peak wind90 kt
Minimum pressure956 hPa
Jul 26, 2012 – Aug 5, 2012
Super typhoon VICENTE
2012201N15129
Peak wind115 kt
Minimum pressure937 hPa
Jul 18, 2012 – Jul 25, 2012
Severe tropical storm KHANUN
2012196N19144
Peak wind55 kt
Minimum pressure982 hPa
Jul 13, 2012 – Jul 20, 2012
Tropical storm DOKSURI
2012177N11135
Peak wind40 kt
Minimum pressure993 hPa
Jun 25, 2012 – Jun 30, 2012
Severe tropical storm TALIM
2012168N19112
Peak wind50 kt
Minimum pressure985 hPa
Jun 16, 2012 – Jun 21, 2012
Super typhoon GUCHOL
2012162N06150
Peak wind130 kt
Minimum pressure926 hPa
Jun 10, 2012 – Jun 22, 2012
Super typhoon MAWAR
2012152N12130
Peak wind105 kt
Minimum pressure944 hPa
May 31, 2012 – Jun 13, 2012
Typhoon SANVU
2012141N11148
Peak wind80 kt
Minimum pressure963 hPa
May 20, 2012 – May 30, 2012
Severe tropical storm PAKHAR
2012086N10116
Peak wind60 kt
Minimum pressure978 hPa
Mar 26, 2012 – Apr 2, 2012
North Indian Ocean
Cyclones4Tropical storm 2012357N09064
2012357N09064
Peak wind35 kt
Minimum pressure996 hPa
Dec 22, 2012 – Dec 25, 2012
Tropical storm 2012321N14090
2012321N14090
Peak wind35 kt
Minimum pressure996 hPa
Nov 16, 2012 – Nov 23, 2012
Tropical storm NILAM
2012301N11087
Peak wind50 kt
Minimum pressure985 hPa
Oct 27, 2012 – Nov 1, 2012
Tropical storm MURJAN
2012297N11067
Peak wind35 kt
Minimum pressure996 hPa
Oct 22, 2012 – Oct 26, 2012
South Indian Ocean
Cyclones17Tropical storm KUENA
2012156S07066
Peak wind55 kt
Minimum pressure982 hPa
Jun 3, 2012 – Jun 8, 2012
Tropical cyclone LUA
2012070S17112
Peak wind95 kt
Minimum pressure952 hPa
Mar 10, 2012 – Mar 18, 2012
Tropical cyclone JONI:KOJI
2012066S10101
Peak wind75 kt
Minimum pressure967 hPa
Mar 5, 2012 – Mar 15, 2012
Tropical storm 2012060S12069
2012060S12069
Peak wind35 kt
Minimum pressure996 hPa
Feb 28, 2012 – Mar 2, 2012
Tropical storm IRINA
2012056S13057
Peak wind60 kt
Minimum pressure978 hPa
Feb 25, 2012 – Mar 12, 2012
Tropical storm HILWA
2012042S12110
Peak wind44 kt
Minimum pressure993 hPa
Feb 11, 2012 – Feb 24, 2012
Tropical cyclone GIOVANNA
2012039S14075
Peak wind120 kt
Minimum pressure933 hPa
Feb 7, 2012 – Feb 22, 2012
Tropical cyclone IGGY
2012024S15116
Peak wind70 kt
Minimum pressure970 hPa
Jan 23, 2012 – Feb 3, 2012
Tropical cyclone FUNSO
2012018S16041
Peak wind115 kt
Minimum pressure937 hPa
Jan 17, 2012 – Feb 1, 2012
Tropical cyclone ETHEL
2012017S10074
Peak wind70 kt
Minimum pressure970 hPa
Jan 17, 2012 – Jan 24, 2012
Tropical storm DANDO
2012010S24049
Peak wind45 kt
Minimum pressure992 hPa
Jan 10, 2012 – Jan 18, 2012
Tropical cyclone HEIDI
2012009S12118
Peak wind65 kt
Minimum pressure974 hPa
Jan 9, 2012 – Jan 13, 2012
Tropical storm CHANDA
2012006S15043
Peak wind35 kt
Minimum pressure996 hPa
Jan 5, 2012 – Jan 10, 2012
Tropical cyclone BENILDE
2011361S09095
Peak wind90 kt
Minimum pressure956 hPa
Dec 27, 2011 – Jan 9, 2012
Tropical storm GRANT
2011358S11132
Peak wind60 kt
Minimum pressure978 hPa
Dec 23, 2011 – Dec 29, 2011
Tropical storm 2011337S13069
2011337S13069
Peak wind35 kt
Minimum pressure996 hPa
Dec 2, 2011 – Dec 11, 2011
Tropical cyclone ALENGA
2011336S06098
Peak wind95 kt
Minimum pressure952 hPa
Dec 2, 2011 – Dec 10, 2011
South Pacific
Cyclones5Tropical storm 2012179S09153
2012179S09153
Peak wind35 kt
Minimum pressure996 hPa
Jun 27, 2012 – Jul 1, 2012
Tropical storm DAPHNE
2012092S16166
Peak wind55 kt
Minimum pressure982 hPa
Apr 1, 2012 – Apr 6, 2012
Tropical storm CYRIL
2012037S17176
Peak wind55 kt
Minimum pressure982 hPa
Feb 5, 2012 – Feb 9, 2012
Tropical cyclone JASMINE
2012032S15141
Peak wind115 kt
Minimum pressure937 hPa
Jan 31, 2012 – Feb 16, 2012
Tropical storm 2011354S14155
2011354S14155
Peak wind45 kt
Minimum pressure990 hPa
Dec 20, 2011 – Dec 25, 2011
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Data source and method
Tracks and intensities use NOAA/NCEI International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) v04r01. This archive includes systems that reached at least 34 kt and covers the modern satellite era from 1980.