Daegu, South Korea: storm history

37 storms have passed within 50 km of Daegu from 1911 to 2023. The map shows South Korea; search for a town in Daegu 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 Daegu

The record holds 37 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Daegu, South Korea between 1911 and 2023. The busiest month is August, with 12 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 2 strength. 10 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 37storms within 50 km
  • 0major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 9at 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 Daegu?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression616%
Tropical storm1232%
Category 1616%
Category 238%
Category 300%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity1027%

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

Daegu storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 7 in 2010s.1910s21920s11930s21940s21950s11960s41970s21980s21990s62000s42010s72020s4

The 2020s only run to 2023, 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
1910s2
1920s1
1930s2
1940s2
1950s1
1960s4
1970s2
1980s2
1990s6
2000s4
2010s7
2020s4

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 12 in Aug.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May1Jun2Jul6Aug12Sep11Oct4Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun2
Jul6
Aug12
Sep11
Oct4
Nov1
Dec0

Strongest storms near Daegu

  • Faye (1995)12 July 1995 to 25 July 1995, Category 2 (95 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 950 hPa
  • Maemi (2003)4 September 2003 to 16 September 2003, Category 2 (95 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 910 hPa
  • Sanba (2012)10 September 2012 to 18 September 2012, Category 2 (85 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 900 hPa
  • Maysak (2020)26 August 2020 to 7 September 2020, Category 1 (80 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 935 hPa
  • Haishen (2020)30 August 2020 to 10 September 2020, Category 1 (75 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 910 hPa

Most recent storms near Daegu

  • Khanun (2023)26 July 2023 to 11 August 2023, Tropical storm (45 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 930 hPa
  • Haishen (2020)30 August 2020 to 10 September 2020, Category 1 (75 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 910 hPa
  • Maysak (2020)26 August 2020 to 7 September 2020, Category 1 (80 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (120 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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