Hurricanes that hit Tinian Municipality, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: hurricane history

83 storms have passed within 50 km of Tinian Municipality from 1907 to 2026, coloured by intensity on the map.

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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 Tinian Municipality

The record holds 83 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Tinian Municipality, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands between 1907 and 2026. The busiest month is October, with 20 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 5 strength. 20 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 83storms within 50 km
  • 11major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 19at 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 Tinian Municipality?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression1720%
Tropical storm2733%
Category 156%
Category 234%
Category 345%
Category 445%
Category 534%
Unknown intensity2024%

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

Tinian Municipality storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 17 in 1960s.1900s11910s31920s21930s61940s21950s81960s171970s81980s141990s112000s22010s52020s4

The 2020s only run to 2026, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1907, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

Show the numbers
PeriodCount
1900s1
1910s3
1920s2
1930s6
1940s2
1950s8
1960s17
1970s8
1980s14
1990s11
2000s2
2010s5
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 20 in Oct.Jan2Feb0Mar1Apr5May3Jun4Jul10Aug11Sep17Oct20Nov6Dec4
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan2
Feb0
Mar1
Apr5
May3
Jun4
Jul10
Aug11
Sep17
Oct20
Nov6
Dec4

Strongest storms near Tinian Municipality

  • Yutu (2018)20 October 2018 to 3 November 2018, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 900 hPa
  • Keith (1997)26 October 1997 to 9 November 1997, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 910 hPa
  • Chaba (2004)17 August 2004 to 5 September 2004, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 910 hPa
  • Kim (1986)26 November 1986 to 13 December 1986, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 905 hPa
  • Sinlaku (2026)9 April 2026 to 20 April 2026, Category 4 (128 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (154 kt), 896 hPa, provisional

Most recent storms near Tinian Municipality

  • Higos (2026)22 June 2026 to 27 June 2026, peak Tropical storm (54 kt), 989 hPa, provisional
  • Sinlaku (2026)9 April 2026 to 20 April 2026, Category 4 (128 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (154 kt), 896 hPa, provisional
  • Shanshan (2024)20 August 2024 to 1 September 2024, Tropical depression (20 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (115 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.

A storm that came near several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

Notable storms near Tinian Municipality

  • Bolaven (2023)6 October 2023 to 16 October 2023, peak Category 5 (165 kt), 905 hPa
  • Ruth (1962)12 August 1962 to 25 August 1962, peak Category 5 (160 kt), 915 hPa
  • Wanda (1956)24 July 1956 to 5 August 1956, peak Category 5 (160 kt), 915 hPa
  • Chaba (2004)17 August 2004 to 5 September 2004, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 910 hPa
  • Keith (1997)26 October 1997 to 9 November 1997, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 910 hPa
  • Pamela (1961)5 September 1961 to 13 September 1961, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 910 hPa
  • Soudelor (2015)29 July 2015 to 12 August 2015, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 900 hPa
  • Sinlaku (2026)9 April 2026 to 20 April 2026, peak Category 5 (154 kt), 896 hPa, provisional
  • Olive (1965)26 August 1965 to 6 September 1965, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 940 hPa
  • Wynne (1980)2 October 1980 to 15 October 1980, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 890 hPa
  • Yutu (2018)20 October 2018 to 3 November 2018, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 900 hPa
  • Lynn (1987)14 October 1987 to 28 October 1987, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 920 hPa

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