Storms near South Australia
The record holds 32 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of South Australia, Australia between 1897 and 2024. The busiest month is March, with 8 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached tropical storm strength. 19 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.
- 32storms within 50 km
- 0major (category 3 to 5) near here
- 0at 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 South Australia?
| Category near here | Storms | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tropical depression | 5 | 16% |
| Tropical storm | 8 | 25% |
| Category 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Category 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Category 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Category 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Category 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown intensity | 19 | 59% |
The agency behind most of the intensity figures here is the US Joint Typhoon Warning Center (southern hemisphere).
South Australia storms over time
The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1897, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.
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| Period | Count |
|---|---|
| 1890s | 3 |
| 1900s | 6 |
| 1910s | 7 |
| 1930s | 1 |
| 1950s | 2 |
| 1960s | 1 |
| 1970s | 2 |
| 1980s | 3 |
| 1990s | 3 |
| 2010s | 2 |
| 2020s | 2 |
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.
Show the numbers
| Period | Count |
|---|---|
| Jan | 5 |
| Feb | 7 |
| Mar | 8 |
| Apr | 2 |
| May | 1 |
| Jun | 1 |
| Jul | 1 |
| Aug | 0 |
| Sep | 1 |
| Oct | 0 |
| Nov | 1 |
| Dec | 5 |
Strongest storms near South Australia
- Mavis (1971)23 March 1971 to 29 March 1971, peak Tropical storm (50 kt), 975 hPa
- Gwen (1967)3 March 1967 to 8 March 1967, peak Tropical storm (40 kt)
- Laurence (2010)8 December 2009 to 23 December 2009, Tropical storm (40 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 925 hPa
- Annette (1995)10 December 1994 to 20 December 1994, Tropical storm (40 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 925 hPa
- Kirrily (2024)17 January 2024 to 5 February 2024, peak Tropical storm (55 kt), 974 hPa
Most recent storms near South Australia
- Kirrily (2024)17 January 2024 to 5 February 2024, peak Tropical storm (55 kt), 974 hPa
- Tiffany (2022)8 January 2022 to 17 January 2022, peak Tropical storm (60 kt), 988 hPa
- Unnamed storm of February 2014 (South-West Indian)1 February 2014 to 14 February 2014, Tropical depression (23 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (63 kt), 984 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.