Hurricane History Map

Ashmore and Cartier Islands storm history

17 storms have passed within 50 km of Ashmore and Cartier Islands from 1956 to 2025, drawn on the map and coloured by intensity.

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Years1842 to 2026
Ocean basin

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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.

Storms near Ashmore and Cartier Islands

The record holds 17 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Ashmore and Cartier Islands between 1956 and 2025. The busiest month is January, with 5 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 1 strength. 2 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 17storms within 50 km
  • 0major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 2at category 1 strength or more

A storm counts once, however many times it came close. The category is the storm's strongest point within 50 km, which can be weaker than its peak elsewhere.

How strong were the storms near Ashmore and Cartier Islands?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression847%
Tropical storm529%
Category 1212%
Category 200%
Category 300%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity212%

The agency behind most of the intensity figures here is the US Joint Typhoon Warning Center (southern hemisphere).

Ashmore and Cartier Islands storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 4 in 1990s.1950s11970s31980s31990s42000s12010s22020s3

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1956, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1970s3
1980s3
1990s4
2000s1
2010s2
2020s3

Earlier decades hold fewer storms partly because they were harder to see. Before weather satellites (about the 1960s) many storms that stayed at sea went unrecorded, so compare decades with care.

Storms by month
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 5 in Jan.Jan5Feb4Mar4Apr2May0Jun0Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct0Nov1Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan5
Feb4
Mar4
Apr2
May0
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov1
Dec1

Strongest storms near Ashmore and Cartier Islands

  • Irene (1977)6 January 1977 to 13 January 1977, Category 1 (70 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (85 kt), 970 hPa
  • Max (1981)10 March 1981 to 19 March 1981, Category 1 (70 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 960 hPa
  • Vance (1999)14 March 1999 to 23 March 1999, Tropical storm (55 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 913 hPa
  • Linda (1976)14 March 1976 to 17 March 1976, peak Tropical storm (46 kt), 995 hPa
  • Wallace (2019)3 April 2019 to 13 April 2019, peak Tropical storm (60 kt), 986 hPa
  • Ilsa (2023)5 April 2023 to 15 April 2023, Tropical storm (45 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 930 hPa

Most recent storms near Ashmore and Cartier Islands

  • Bianca (2025)19 February 2025 to 27 February 2025, Tropical depression (28 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (99 kt), 954 hPa, provisional
  • Ilsa (2023)5 April 2023 to 15 April 2023, Tropical storm (45 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 930 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of January 2021 (South-West Indian)18 January 2021 to 23 January 2021, Tropical depression (25 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (45 kt), 992 hPa
  • Wallace (2019)3 April 2019 to 13 April 2019, peak Tropical storm (60 kt), 986 hPa
  • Christine (2014)25 December 2013 to 1 January 2014, Tropical depression (28 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 948 hPa

Many of these storms killed people and destroyed homes. The figures are the official record's, and this page says nothing about their human cost.

Notable storms near Ashmore and Cartier Islands with their own pages

  • Max (1981)10 March 1981 to 19 March 1981, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 960 hPa
  • Vance (1999)14 March 1999 to 23 March 1999, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 913 hPa
  • Ilsa (2023)5 April 2023 to 15 April 2023, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 930 hPa
  • Dean (1980)27 January 1980 to 4 February 1980, peak Category 3 (102 kt), 930 hPa
  • Christine (2014)25 December 2013 to 1 January 2014, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 948 hPa
  • Bianca (2025)19 February 2025 to 27 February 2025, peak Category 3 (99 kt), 954 hPa, provisional
  • Bobby (1995)18 February 1995 to 27 February 1995, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 930 hPa

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