Hurricane History Map

2015 South Pacific and Australian region season

9 storms formed in the South Pacific and Australian region basin in 2015, from 20 January 2015 to 4 July 2015.

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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.

The 2015 season in numbers

The record holds 9 storms for the 2015 South Pacific and Australian region season, of which 9 had names.9 reached tropical storm strength (34 knots or more), 5 reached cyclone strength (category 1 or more) and 4 were major (category 3 or more).

  • 9storms
  • 9tropical storm strength or more
  • 5cyclone strength or more
  • 4major (category 3 to 5)
  • 89accumulated cyclone energy

Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the squared wind speed of every position of 34 knots or more, divided by 10,000. It is approximate here because the winds are 1-minute equivalents, and it is mostly useful for comparing seasons of one basin.

Strongest storms of 2015

  • Pam (2015)7 March 2015 to 20 March 2015, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 896 hPa
  • Marcia (2015)16 February 2015 to 22 February 2015, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 932 hPa
  • Lam (2015)15 February 2015 to 21 February 2015, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 951 hPa
  • Nathan (2015)9 March 2015 to 27 March 2015, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 969 hPa
  • Ola (2015)29 January 2015 to 4 February 2015, peak Category 2 (85 kt), 955 hPa

All 9 storms of 2015

StormPeak
Niko Tropical storm
Ola Category 2
Lam Category 3
Marcia Category 4
Pam Category 5
Nathan Category 3
Reuben Tropical storm
Solo Tropical storm
Raquel Tropical storm

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