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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2011

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
2010 3 4 2 2 11
2011 2 3 1 2 2 2   12
Average
(1961-2010)
0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.8 1.4 2.6 3.1 2.7 2.1 1.7 0.6 15.6

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