TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2015

TABLE 4.2 Tropical cyclone warnings for shipping issued in 2015

Tropical Cyclone Name	No. of warnings issued	Date and time of issue of				Duration (hours)
		First warning		Last warning
		Date/Month	Time+	Date/Month	Time+
Typhoon Mekkhala	12	17/1	1500	19/1	0000	33
Super Typhoon Maysak	16	4/4	0900	6/4	0000	39
Super Typhoon Noul	21	9/5	0900	11/5	1800	57
* Tropical Storm Kujira	33	20/6	1200	24/6	1200	96
* Typhoon Linfa	51	3/7	1800	9/7	1500	141
Super Typhoon Chan-hom	12	10/7	0600	11/7	1200	30
Super Typhoon Soudelor	19	7/8	0600	9/8	0600	48
Super Typhoon Goni	31	20/8	0300	23/8	2100	90
Tropical Depression Vamco	12	13/9	0900	14/9	1800	33
Super Typhoon Dujuan	15	27/9	1800	29/9	0900	39
* Severe Typhoon Mujigae	30	1/10	0900	4/10	2100	84
Super Typhoon Koppu	39	16/10	1800	21/10	1200	114
Severe Typhoon Melor	25	14/12	0600	17/12	0600	72
Total	316					876

* Tropical cyclones for which tropical cyclone warning signals were issued in Hong Kong.

+ Times are given in UTC.