TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2009
Table 2.1
Monthly distribution of the occurrence of tropical cyclones in Hong Kong's area of responsibility (10° - 30°N, 105° - 125°E), based on the first occurrence of the tropical cyclone in the month
| Year | Month | Total | |||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
1961 |
3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 24 | ||||
1962 |
3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 20 | ||||||
1963 |
3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | |||||||
1964 |
1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 26 | ||||
1965 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | |||||
1966 |
2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | |||||
1967 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | ||||
1968 |
2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | |||||||
1969 |
3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||
1970 |
1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | |||||
1971 |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 20 | |||||
1972 |
1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | ||||
1973 |
4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 17 | |||||||
1974 |
3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 21 | |||||
1975 |
1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||
1976 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |||||
1977 |
1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |||||||
1978 |
1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | ||||
1979 |
1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | |||
1980 |
1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | ||||
1981 |
3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15 | |||||
1982 |
2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | ||||
1983 |
1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | ||||||
1984 |
2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | ||||||
1985 |
2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | ||||||
1986 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | ||||
1987 |
1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | |||||
1988 |
1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | |||
1989 |
2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | |||||
1990 |
1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | |||||
1991 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | ||||
1992 |
2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |||||||
1993 |
1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | |||||
1994 |
1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 20 | ||||
1995 |
1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | |||||
1996 |
1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | ||||
1997 |
1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | ||||||
1998 |
1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | ||||||
1999 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||
2000 |
2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | ||||
2001 |
1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | ||||
2002 |
1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |||||||
2003 |
1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||
2004 |
1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 | |||
2005 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | ||||||
2006 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
16 |
2007 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
|
12 |
2008 |
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
|
17 |
2009 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
|
17 |
| Normal* | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 15.4 |
* 1971-2000 Climatological normal.
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