Tokushima, Japan: storm history

99 storms have passed within 50 km of Tokushima from 1911 to 2026. The map shows Japan; search for a town in Tokushima 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 Tokushima

The record holds 99 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Tokushima, Japan between 1911 and 2026. The busiest month is September, with 35 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 4 strength. 28 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 99storms within 50 km
  • 2major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 27at 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 Tokushima?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression88%
Tropical storm3636%
Category 11919%
Category 266%
Category 311%
Category 411%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity2828%

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

Tokushima storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 14 in 2010s.1910s91920s11930s61940s81950s121960s131970s71980s31990s102000s112010s142020s5

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
1910s9
1920s1
1930s6
1940s8
1950s12
1960s13
1970s7
1980s3
1990s10
2000s11
2010s14
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 35 in Sep.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr1May1Jun8Jul12Aug28Sep35Oct13Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May1
Jun8
Jul12
Aug28
Sep35
Oct13
Nov1
Dec0

Strongest storms near Tokushima

  • Shirley (1965)31 August 1965 to 13 September 1965, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 940 hPa
  • Jebi (2018)26 August 2018 to 7 September 2018, Category 3 (100 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 915 hPa
  • Jane (1950)29 August 1950 to 6 September 1950, Category 2 (95 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (100 kt)
  • Wilda (1964)16 September 1964 to 27 September 1964, Category 2 (95 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 895 hPa
  • Kate (1951)25 June 1951 to 3 July 1951, Category 2 (90 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 975 hPa

Most recent storms near Tokushima

  • Krovanh (2026)1 September 2026 to 9 September 2026, Tropical depression (29 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (45 kt), 982 hPa, provisional
  • Peipah (2025)2 September 2025 to 10 September 2025, peak Tropical storm (51 kt), 988 hPa, provisional
  • Shanshan (2024)20 August 2024 to 1 September 2024, Tropical storm (35 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 935 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.

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