TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2015

TABLE 4.5 Annual number of tropical cyclones in Hong Kong's area
of responsibility and the number that necessitated the display of
tropical cyclone warning signals in Hong Kong : 1956-2015

Year	Annual number of tropical cyclones in Hong Kong's area of responsibility	Annual number of tropical cyclones necessitating the display of signals in Hong Kong
1956	23	5
1957	12	6
1958	15	5
1959	18	2
1960	18	9
1961	24	6
1962	20	4
1963	13	4
1964	26	10
1965	16	6
1966	17	6
1967	17	8
1968	12	6
1969	11	4
1970	20	6
1971	20	9
1972	15	5
1973	17	9
1974	21	11
1975	12	7
1976	10	5
1977	10	8
1978	20	8
1979	18	6
1980	17	10
1981	15	5
1982	16	5
1983	15	7
1984	14	5
1985	15	5
1986	16	4
1987	12	5
1988	17	6
1989	17	7
1990	18	6
1991	14	6
1992	11	5
1993	14	9
1994	20	4
1995	17	8
1996	15	7
1997	10	2
1998	15	5
1999	12	8
2000	20	7
2001	14	6
2002	10	3
2003	12	4
2004	15	3
2005	15	3
2006	16	7
2007	12	2
2008	17	6
2009	17	8
2010	11	5
2011	12	5
2012	14	5
2013	19	7
2014	10	4
2015	13	3
Mean	15.5	5.9