Storms near Telangana
The record holds 90 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Telangana, India between 1877 and 2025. The busiest month is October, with 32 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 4 strength. 61 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.
- 90storms within 50 km
- 2major (category 3 to 5) near here
- 3at 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 Telangana?
| Category near here | Storms | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tropical depression | 10 | 11% |
| Tropical storm | 16 | 18% |
| Category 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Category 2 | 1 | 1% |
| Category 3 | 1 | 1% |
| Category 4 | 1 | 1% |
| Category 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown intensity | 61 | 68% |
The agency behind most of the intensity figures here is the US Joint Typhoon Warning Center (Indian Ocean).
Telangana storms over time
The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1877, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.
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| Period | Count |
|---|---|
| 1870s | 1 |
| 1880s | 2 |
| 1890s | 7 |
| 1900s | 6 |
| 1910s | 4 |
| 1920s | 8 |
| 1930s | 8 |
| 1940s | 10 |
| 1950s | 1 |
| 1960s | 8 |
| 1970s | 6 |
| 1980s | 8 |
| 1990s | 7 |
| 2000s | 4 |
| 2010s | 4 |
| 2020s | 6 |
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.
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| Period | Count |
|---|---|
| Jan | 0 |
| Feb | 0 |
| Mar | 0 |
| Apr | 0 |
| May | 8 |
| Jun | 3 |
| Jul | 2 |
| Aug | 1 |
| Sep | 29 |
| Oct | 32 |
| Nov | 13 |
| Dec | 2 |
Strongest storms near Telangana
- Unnamed storm of November 1996 (North Indian)1 November 1996 to 7 November 1996, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 988 hPa
- Unnamed storm of November 1977 (North Indian)14 November 1977 to 20 November 1977, peak Category 3 (110 kt)
- Unnamed storm of May 1990 (North Indian)3 May 1990 to 11 May 1990, Category 2 (90 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 920 hPa
- Unnamed storm of May 1979 (North Indian)5 May 1979 to 13 May 1979, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (85 kt)
- Unnamed storm of December 2003 (North Indian)11 December 2003 to 16 December 2003, peak Tropical storm (55 kt), 990 hPa
Most recent storms near Telangana
- Montha (2025)25 October 2025 to 29 October 2025, peak Tropical storm (45 kt), 990 hPa, provisional
- Unnamed storm of September 2025 (North Indian)26 September 2025 to 28 September 2025, peak Tropical depression (28 kt), 998 hPa
- Unnamed storm of August 2024 (North Indian)31 August 2024 to 2 September 2024, peak Tropical depression (28 kt), 996 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.