Hurricane History Map

Fiji storm history

130 storms have passed within 50 km of Fiji from 1941 to 2026, drawn on the map and coloured by intensity.

Tap or scroll to load the interactive map

Years1842 to 2026
Ocean basin

Choosing a minimum category hides storms with no wind speed in the record. To see which storms have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

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 Fiji

The record holds 130 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Fiji between 1941 and 2026. The busiest month is January, with 33 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 5 strength. 33 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 130storms within 50 km
  • 19major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 36at 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 Fiji?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression1512%
Tropical storm4635%
Category 1118%
Category 265%
Category 3118%
Category 475%
Category 51<1%
Unknown intensity3325%

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

Fiji storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 22 in 1970s.1940s91950s141960s81970s221980s191990s132000s152010s192020s11

The 2020s only run to 2026, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1941, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

Show the numbers
PeriodCount
1940s9
1950s14
1960s8
1970s22
1980s19
1990s13
2000s15
2010s19
2020s11

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 33 in Jan.Jan33Feb29Mar25Apr16May3Jun0Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct2Nov4Dec18
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan33
Feb29
Mar25
Apr16
May3
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct2
Nov4
Dec18

Strongest storms near Fiji

  • Winston (2016)9 February 2016 to 28 February 2016, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 884 hPa
  • Sina (1991)23 November 1990 to 4 December 1990, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 960 hPa
  • Evan (2013)10 December 2012 to 27 December 2012, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 943 hPa
  • Harold (2020)1 April 2020 to 11 April 2020, Category 4 (125 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (145 kt), 920 hPa
  • Yasa (2021)11 December 2020 to 21 December 2020, Category 4 (125 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 917 hPa
  • Meli (1979)24 March 1979 to 31 March 1979, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 945 hPa

Most recent storms near Fiji

  • Urmil (2026)26 February 2026 to 2 March 2026, peak Category 1 (64 kt), 980 hPa, provisional
  • Rae (2025)22 February 2025 to 25 February 2025, peak Category 2 (89 kt), 975 hPa, provisional
  • Unnamed storm of December 2024 (South Pacific and Australian region)29 December 2024 to 30 December 2024, peak Tropical storm (51 kt), 997 hPa, provisional
  • Judy (2023)24 February 2023 to 5 March 2023, Tropical depression (25 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 940 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of February 2021 (South Pacific and Australian region)7 February 2021 to 12 February 2021, peak Tropical storm (45 kt), 990 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.

Fiji ranks number 26 among countries and territories for the number of storms.

Notable storms near Fiji with their own pages

  • Winston (2016)9 February 2016 to 28 February 2016, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 884 hPa
  • Sina (1991)23 November 1990 to 4 December 1990, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 960 hPa
  • Evan (2013)10 December 2012 to 27 December 2012, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 943 hPa
  • Harold (2020)1 April 2020 to 11 April 2020, peak Category 5 (145 kt), 920 hPa
  • Yasa (2021)11 December 2020 to 21 December 2020, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 917 hPa
  • Meli (1979)24 March 1979 to 31 March 1979, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 945 hPa
  • Gavin (1997)2 March 1997 to 14 March 1997, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 925 hPa
  • Tomas (2010)10 March 2010 to 20 March 2010, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 925 hPa
  • Joni (1993)3 December 1992 to 14 December 1992, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 985 hPa
  • Ami (2003)10 January 2003 to 17 January 2003, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 950 hPa
  • Daman (2008)3 December 2007 to 10 December 2007, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 925 hPa
  • Nigel (1985)14 January 1985 to 28 January 1985, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 955 hPa

Other countries

Embed this map

Copy this code into your web page. It is free to use. Please keep the link under the map, as it is how people find where the map comes from.