Hurricane History Map

General Santos, Philippines: storm history

7 storms have passed within 50 km of General Santos from 1944 to 2019. The map shows Philippines; search for a town in General Santos 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 General Santos

The record holds 7 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of General Santos, Philippines between 1944 and 2019. The busiest month is April, with 2 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 4 strength. 2 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 7storms within 50 km
  • 1major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 1at 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 General Santos?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression457%
Tropical storm00%
Category 100%
Category 200%
Category 300%
Category 4114%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity229%

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

General Santos storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 3 in 1990s.1940s11970s11990s32010s2

The 2010s only run to 2019, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1944, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1940s1
1970s1
1990s3
2010s2

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 2 in Apr.Jan1Feb1Mar1Apr2May1Jun0Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct1Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb1
Mar1
Apr2
May1
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest storms near General Santos

  • Kate (1970)13 October 1970 to 26 October 1970, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 940 hPa

Most recent storms near General Santos

  • Unnamed storm of March 2019 (Western North Pacific)11 March 2019 to 19 March 2019, Tropical depression (20 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (35 kt), 1,001 hPa
  • Shanshan (2013)18 February 2013 to 23 February 2013, Unknown intensity near here, peak Tropical depression (25 kt), 1,002 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of April 1993 (Western North Pacific)15 April 1993 to 28 April 1993, peak Tropical depression (30 kt)

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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