Hurricane History Map

Macau storm history

85 storms have passed within 50 km of Macau from 1884 to 2025, drawn on the map and coloured by intensity.

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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 Macau

The record holds 85 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Macau between 1884 and 2025. The busiest month is August, with 25 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 4 strength. 42 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 85storms within 50 km
  • 5major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 22at 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 Macau?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression34%
Tropical storm1821%
Category 11012%
Category 278%
Category 334%
Category 422%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity4249%

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

Macau storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 10 in 1960s.1880s1900s1920s1940s1960s1980s2000s2020s

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1884, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1880s2
1890s6
1900s4
1910s7
1920s3
1930s4
1940s7
1950s9
1960s10
1970s8
1980s2
1990s5
2000s6
2010s6
2020s6

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 25 in Aug.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May2Jun8Jul19Aug25Sep19Oct7Nov4Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun8
Jul19
Aug25
Sep19
Oct7
Nov4
Dec1

Strongest storms near Macau

  • Ruby (1964)1 September 1964 to 6 September 1964, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 970 hPa
  • Vicente (2012)18 July 2012 to 25 July 2012, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 950 hPa
  • Susan (1953)12 September 1953 to 20 September 1953, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 970 hPa
  • Rose (1971)6 August 1971 to 17 August 1971, Category 3 (110 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 960 hPa
  • Saola (2023)22 August 2023 to 4 September 2023, Category 3 (110 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 920 hPa
  • Ida (1964)1 August 1964 to 12 August 1964, Category 2 (95 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 925 hPa

Most recent storms near Macau

  • Wipha (2025)16 July 2025 to 22 July 2025, peak Category 1 (64 kt), 975 hPa, provisional
  • Danas (2025)3 July 2025 to 11 July 2025, Unknown intensity near here, peak Category 2 (89 kt), 965 hPa, provisional
  • Koinu (2023)27 September 2023 to 10 October 2023, Category 2 (90 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 940 hPa
  • Saola (2023)22 August 2023 to 4 September 2023, Category 3 (110 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 920 hPa
  • Nalgae (2022)26 October 2022 to 3 November 2022, Tropical storm (40 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (75 kt), 975 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.

Notable storms near Macau with their own pages

  • Ruby (1964)1 September 1964 to 6 September 1964, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 970 hPa
  • Vicente (2012)18 July 2012 to 25 July 2012, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 950 hPa
  • Susan (1953)12 September 1953 to 20 September 1953, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 970 hPa
  • Rose (1971)6 August 1971 to 17 August 1971, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 960 hPa
  • Saola (2023)22 August 2023 to 4 September 2023, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 920 hPa
  • Ida (1964)1 August 1964 to 12 August 1964, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 925 hPa
  • Hato (2017)19 August 2017 to 25 August 2017, peak Category 2 (90 kt), 965 hPa
  • Koinu (2023)27 September 2023 to 10 October 2023, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 940 hPa
  • Ingrid (1946)12 July 1946 to 20 July 1946, peak Category 4 (120 kt)
  • Pamela (1954)26 October 1954 to 8 November 1954, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 900 hPa
  • Hope (1979)24 July 1979 to 10 August 1979, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 900 hPa
  • Dujuan (2003)27 August 2003 to 3 September 2003, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 950 hPa

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