Misamis Oriental, Philippines: storm history

55 storms have passed within 50 km of Misamis Oriental from 1886 to 2020. The map shows Philippines; search for a town in Misamis Oriental 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 Misamis Oriental

The record holds 55 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Misamis Oriental, Philippines between 1886 and 2020. The busiest month is December, with 16 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 4 strength. 23 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 55storms within 50 km
  • 1major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 2at 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 Misamis Oriental?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression2036%
Tropical storm1018%
Category 112%
Category 200%
Category 300%
Category 412%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity2342%

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

Misamis Oriental storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 9 in 1990s.1880s11910s21920s41930s21940s71950s51960s51970s61980s21990s92000s32010s82020s1

The 2020s only run to 2020, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1886, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

Show the numbers
PeriodCount
1880s1
1910s2
1920s4
1930s2
1940s7
1950s5
1960s5
1970s6
1980s2
1990s9
2000s3
2010s8
2020s1

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 16 in Dec.Jan6Feb2Mar3Apr6May4Jun0Jul0Aug0Sep2Oct3Nov13Dec16
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan6
Feb2
Mar3
Apr6
May4
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep2
Oct3
Nov13
Dec16

Strongest storms near Misamis Oriental

  • Bopha (2012)25 November 2012 to 9 December 2012, Category 4 (115 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 930 hPa
  • Therese (1972)30 November 1972 to 12 December 1972, Category 1 (75 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 945 hPa
  • Betty (1949)1 December 1949 to 10 December 1949, peak Tropical storm (60 kt)
  • Mamie (1982)14 March 1982 to 25 March 1982, peak Tropical storm (60 kt), 990 hPa
  • Delilah (1950)18 November 1950 to 25 November 1950, peak Tropical storm (60 kt)

Most recent storms near Misamis Oriental

  • Krovanh (2020)17 December 2020 to 25 December 2020, peak Tropical depression (30 kt), 1,000 hPa
  • Sanba (2018)8 February 2018 to 16 February 2018, peak Tropical storm (40 kt), 1,000 hPa
  • Bolaven (2018)29 December 2017 to 4 January 2018, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (35 kt), 1,002 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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