Kanagawa, Japan: storm history

82 storms have passed within 50 km of Kanagawa from 1911 to 2026. The map shows Japan; search for a town in Kanagawa to see storms near it.

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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 Kanagawa

The record holds 82 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Kanagawa, Japan between 1911 and 2026. The busiest month is September, with 24 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 3 strength. 18 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 82storms within 50 km
  • 4major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 28at 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 Kanagawa?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression45%
Tropical storm3239%
Category 11822%
Category 267%
Category 345%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity1822%

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

Kanagawa storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 13 in 1950s.1910s51920s21930s31940s111950s131960s71970s31980s71990s72000s92010s102020s5

The 2020s only run to 2026, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1911, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

Show the numbers
PeriodCount
1910s5
1920s2
1930s3
1940s11
1950s13
1960s7
1970s3
1980s7
1990s7
2000s9
2010s10
2020s5

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 24 in Sep.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May1Jun9Jul9Aug22Sep24Oct15Nov2Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun9
Jul9
Aug22
Sep24
Oct15
Nov2
Dec0

Strongest storms near Kanagawa

  • Lucy (1965)14 August 1965 to 26 August 1965, Category 3 (110 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 940 hPa
  • Ma-On (2004)1 October 2004 to 10 October 2004, Category 3 (105 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 920 hPa
  • Ida (1966)18 September 1966 to 26 September 1966, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 960 hPa
  • Faxai (2019)30 August 2019 to 11 September 2019, Category 3 (100 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 955 hPa
  • Higos (2002)25 September 2002 to 4 October 2002, Category 2 (95 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 930 hPa

Most recent storms near Kanagawa

  • Chan-Hom (2026)7 August 2026 to 12 August 2026, peak Tropical storm (51 kt), 976 hPa, provisional
  • Higos (2026)22 June 2026 to 27 June 2026, peak Tropical storm (54 kt), 989 hPa, provisional
  • Mekkhala (2026)18 June 2026 to 27 June 2026, Tropical storm (39 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (124 kt), 934 hPa, provisional

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.

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