Ranong, Thailand: storm history

12 storms have passed within 50 km of Ranong from 1962 to 2020. The map shows Thailand; search for a town in Ranong 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 Ranong

The record holds 12 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Ranong, Thailand between 1962 and 2020. The busiest month is November, with 5 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 3 strength. 3 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 12storms 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 Ranong?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression758%
Tropical storm18%
Category 100%
Category 200%
Category 318%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity325%

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

Ranong storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 3 in 1960s.1960s31970s21980s11990s32000s12010s12020s1

The 2020s only run to 2020, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1962, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1960s3
1970s2
1980s1
1990s3
2000s1
2010s1
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 5 in Nov.Jan1Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun0Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct1Nov5Dec5
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct1
Nov5
Dec5

Strongest storms near Ranong

  • Gay (1989)31 October 1989 to 10 November 1989, Category 3 (100 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 970 hPa
  • Sally (1972)30 November 1972 to 8 December 1972, Tropical storm (45 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (80 kt), 985 hPa

Most recent storms near Ranong

  • Krovanh (2020)17 December 2020 to 25 December 2020, peak Tropical depression (30 kt), 1,000 hPa
  • Pabuk (2018)30 December 2018 to 7 January 2019, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (50 kt), 996 hPa
  • Durian (2006)24 November 2006 to 9 December 2006, Tropical depression (20 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 915 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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