Tropical Cyclones in 2017 > Table 4.5
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 - 2017
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 |
| 2016 | 15 | 9 |
| 2017 | 22 | 7 |
| Mean | 15.6 | 5.9 |