Abra, Philippines: storm history

223 storms have passed within 50 km of Abra from 1884 to 2026. The map shows Philippines; search for a town in Abra 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 Abra

The record holds 223 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Abra, Philippines between 1884 and 2026. The busiest month is September, with 49 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 5 strength. 95 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 223storms within 50 km
  • 21major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 60at 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 Abra?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression2511%
Tropical storm4319%
Category 12813%
Category 2115%
Category 394%
Category 494%
Category 531%
Unknown intensity9543%

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

Abra storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 24 in 1970s.1880s1900s1920s1940s1960s1980s2000s2020s

The 2020s only run to 2026, 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.

Show the numbers
PeriodCount
1880s4
1890s12
1900s10
1910s12
1920s16
1930s19
1940s19
1950s21
1960s17
1970s24
1980s12
1990s21
2000s12
2010s11
2020s13

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 49 in Sep.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr5May6Jun13Jul40Aug31Sep49Oct45Nov24Dec10
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr5
May6
Jun13
Jul40
Aug31
Sep49
Oct45
Nov24
Dec10

Strongest storms near Abra

  • Della (1952)20 November 1952 to 27 November 1952, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 980 hPa
  • Gordon (1989)9 July 1989 to 19 July 1989, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 915 hPa
  • Mangkhut (2018)6 September 2018 to 17 September 2018, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 905 hPa
  • Ida (1964)1 August 1964 to 12 August 1964, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 925 hPa
  • Jean (1956)14 October 1956 to 26 October 1956, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 940 hPa

Most recent storms near Abra

  • Peilou (2026)5 August 2026 to 13 August 2026, peak Tropical storm (39 kt), 991 hPa, provisional
  • Matmo (2025)30 September 2025 to 6 October 2025, Category 1 (64 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (89 kt), 975 hPa, provisional
  • Mitag (2025)15 September 2025 to 20 September 2025, Tropical depression (29 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (45 kt), 992 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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