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During 2012, tropical cyclones formed within seven different
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Nineteen tropical cyclones formed in the Atlantic hurricane season, the third-most active in history with previous
January was the most active month of the year with 21 tropical cyclones being named. However, only six were named by specific tropical cyclone naming agencies. Intense Tropical Cyclone Funso became the strongest South-West tropical cyclone on record before striking in
A total of nine tropical systems of all intensities were monitored during February 2012, of which five developed further and were named by the various warning centres. Intense Tropical Cyclone Giovanna was a powerful tropical cyclone that affected
A total of twelve tropical systems of all intensities were monitored during March 2012, of which four developed further and were named by the various warning centres.
A total of 4 tropical cyclones formed during this month, making this month the least active of 2012. None of these tropical cyclones were tropical storm strength or higher, thus making Tropical Cyclone Daphne, which was formed in March as the strongest tropical cyclone of this month.
July was inactive with only seven tropical cyclones being named, with all of them being named.
2 Only systems that formed either before or on December 31, 2012 are counted in the seasonal totals.
3 The wind speeds for this tropical cyclone/basin are based on the IMD Scale which uses 3-minute sustained winds.
4 The wind speeds for this tropical cyclone/basin are based on the Saffir Simpson Scale which uses 1-minute sustained winds.
5The wind speeds for this tropical cyclone are based on
US National Hurricane Center
nbsp;– North Atlantic, Eastern Pacific
Central Pacific Hurricane Center
nbsp;– Central Pacific
Japan Meteorological Agency
nbsp;– NW Pacific
India Meteorological Department
nbsp;–
Météo-France – La Reunion
nbsp;– South Indian Ocean from 30°E to 90°E
Fiji Meteorological Service
nbsp;– South Pacific west of 160°E, north of 25° S Tropical Cyclone Warning Centers
Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia
nbsp;– South Indian Ocean from 90°E to 141°E, generally north of 10°S
Australian Bureau of Meteorology (TCWC's Perth, Darwin & Brisbane)
nbsp;– South Indian Ocean & South Pacific Ocean from 90°E to 160°E, generally south of 10°S
Papua New Guinea National Weather Service
nbsp;– South Pacific Ocean from 141°E to 160°E, generally north of 10°S
Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited
nbsp;– South Pacific west of 160°E, south of 25°S {{DEFAULTSORT:Tropical cyclones in 2012 * Tropical cyclones by year 2012 Atlantic hurricane season 2012 Pacific hurricane season 2012 Pacific typhoon season 2012 North Indian Ocean cyclone season 2011–12 Australian region cyclone season 2012–13 Australian region cyclone season 2011–12 South Pacific cyclone season 2012–13 South Pacific cyclone season 2011–12 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season 2012–13 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season 2012-related lists
During 2012, tropical cyclones formed within seven different tropical cyclone basins
Traditionally, areas of tropical cyclone formation are divided into seven basins. These include the north Atlantic Ocean, the eastern and western parts of the northern Pacific Ocean, the southwestern Pacific, the southwestern and southeastern Ind ...
, located within various parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. During the year, a total of 128 tropical cyclones had formed this year to date. 85 tropical cyclones had been named by either a Regional Specialized Meteorological Center
A Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre (RSMC) is responsible for the distribution of information, advisories, and warnings regarding the specific program they have a part of, agreed by consensus at the World Meteorological Organization as p ...
(RSMC) or a Tropical Cyclone Warning Center
A Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre (RSMC) is responsible for the distribution of information, advisories, and warnings regarding the specific program they have a part of, agreed by consensus at the World Meteorological Organization as p ...
(TCWC).
The most active basin in the year was the Western Pacific, which documented 25 named systems, while the North Atlantic
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Africa, Europe and ...
saw its fourth-most-active season on record, tied with 1887
Events
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* January 20
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, 1995
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, and 2011
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. Conversely, the Eastern Pacific hurricane season experienced an average number of cyclones reaching tropical storm
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depend ...
intensity, numbering 17 respectively. The least-active basin of the year was the North Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia (continent), Australia to the east. To the so ...
, which had a late start with its first system forming in October. Activity across the southern hemisphere's three basins— South-West Indian, Australian
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** European Australians
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, and South Pacific—was spread evenly, with each region recording seven named storms apiece. So far, twenty-four Category 3 tropical cyclones formed, including three Category 5 tropical cyclones in the year.
The strongest tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depend ...
was Typhoon Sanba
Typhoon Sanba, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Karen, was the strongest tropical cyclone worldwide in 2012. The sixteenth named storm and tenth typhoon of the annual typhoon season, Sanba formed as a tropical depression east of the Philipp ...
, which strengthened to a minimum barometric pressure
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of 900 mbar
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; 26.58 inHg
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) before striking South Korea
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. The costliest tropical cyclone of the year was Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy (unofficially referred to as ''Superstorm Sandy'') was an extremely destructive and strong Atlantic hurricane, as well as the largest Atlantic hurricane on record as measured by diameter, with tropical-storm-force winds spann ...
, which caused $68.7 billion (2012 USD) in damages after striking the Caribbean and United States. The deadliest tropical cyclone of the year was Typhoon Bopha
Typhoon Bopha, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Pablo, was the strongest tropical cyclone on record to ever affect the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, making landfall as a Category 5 super typhoon with winds of 175 mph (2 ...
which caused widespread destruction on Mindanao, leaving thousands of people homeless and killing 1,901 people.
Global atmospheric and hydrological conditions
The Atlantic Ocean began an organization favorable to thesea surface temperatures
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, while the Eastern and Central Pacific Ocean began on unfavorable conditions due to dissipation of the 2010–12 La Niña event in April 2012. During the month of May to November along the Pacific hurricane season they a favorable organization began due to the sea surface temperatures
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and the formation of El Niño–Southern Oscillation
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.
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from:04/07/2012 till:12/07/2012 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Daniel"
from:07/07/2012 till:15/07/2012 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Emilia"
from:12/07/2012 till:18/07/2012 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Fabio"
from:14/07/2012 till:19/07/2012 color:WPAC text:" Khanun"
from:18/07/2012 till:25/07/2012 color:WPAC text:" Vicente"
from:26/07/2012 till:04/08/2012 color:WPAC text:"Saola
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from:01/08/2012 till:10/08/2012 color:NATL text:"Ernesto Ernesto, form of the name Ernest in several Romance languages, may refer to:
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from:28/08/2012 till:02/09/2012 color:NATL text:"Kirk"
from:30/08/2012 till:11/09/2012 color:NATL text:" Leslie"
from:02/09/2012 till:04/09/2012 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"John"
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from:12/10/2012 till:17/10/2012 color:NATL text:"Rafael
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from:13/10/2012 till:17/10/2012 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Paul
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from:28/12/2012 till:01/01/2013 color:AUSR text:"Mitchell"
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from:01/03/2012 till:31/03/2012 text:March
from:01/04/2012 till:30/04/2012 text:April
from:01/05/2012 till:31/05/2012 text:May
from:01/06/2012 till:30/06/2012 text:June
from:01/07/2012 till:31/07/2012 text:July
from:01/08/2012 till:31/08/2012 text:August
from:01/09/2012 till:30/09/2012 text:September
from:01/10/2012 till:31/10/2012 text:October
from:01/11/2012 till:30/11/2012 text:November
from:01/12/2012 till:31/12/2012 text:December
from:01/01/2013 till:05/01/2013 text:Jan. '13
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Events
January–March
* January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher.
* January 20
** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Har ...
, 1995
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, 2010
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and 2011
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seasons. On East Pacific and Central Pacific, a total of 17 named storms formed during the season.
Systems
A total of 132 systems formed globally in the year with 52 of them causing significant damage, deaths, and/or setting records for their basin.January
January was the most active month of the year with 21 tropical cyclones being named. However, only six were named by specific tropical cyclone naming agencies. Intense Tropical Cyclone Funso became the strongest South-West tropical cyclone on record before striking in Mozambique
Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...
and Malawi
Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast ...
.
February
A total of nine tropical systems of all intensities were monitored during February 2012, of which five developed further and were named by the various warning centres. Intense Tropical Cyclone Giovanna was a powerful tropical cyclone that affected Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
. Giovanna is still blamed for 33 deaths along the Madagascar coast, and it is the first intense tropical cyclone to impact Madagascar, since Cyclone Bingiza
Tropical Cyclone Bingiza was the only tropical cyclone naming, named storm to make landfall (meteorology), landfall in the inactive 2010–11 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season. The second of three storms, Bingiza developed on 9 February to ...
in February 2011.
March
A total of twelve tropical systems of all intensities were monitored during March 2012, of which four developed further and were named by the various warning centres. Cyclone Lua
Severe Tropical Cyclone Lua affected a sparsely populated region of Western Australia during mid-March 2012. Originating in a broad low pressure area that formed northwest of Australia by 8 March, the storm was plagued by inhibiting wind shear ...
affected a sparsely populated region of Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
.
April
A total of 4 tropical cyclones formed during this month, making this month the least active of 2012. None of these tropical cyclones were tropical storm strength or higher, thus making Tropical Cyclone Daphne, which was formed in March as the strongest tropical cyclone of this month.
May
June
July
July was inactive with only seven tropical cyclones being named, with all of them being named.
August
September
October
November
December
Global effects
Notes
1 Only systems that formed either on or after January 1, 2012 are counted in the seasonal totals.2 Only systems that formed either before or on December 31, 2012 are counted in the seasonal totals.
3 The wind speeds for this tropical cyclone/basin are based on the IMD Scale which uses 3-minute sustained winds.
4 The wind speeds for this tropical cyclone/basin are based on the Saffir Simpson Scale which uses 1-minute sustained winds.
5The wind speeds for this tropical cyclone are based on
Météo-France
Météo-France is the French national meteorological service.
Organisation
The organisation was established by decree in June 1993 and is a department of the Ministry of Transportation. It is headquartered in Paris but many domestic operatio ...
which uses gust winds.
See also
*Tropical cyclones by year
The following is a list of tropical cyclones by year. Since the year 957, there have been at least 12,791 recorded tropical or subtropical cyclones in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, which are known as basins. Collectively, tropical ...
* List of earthquakes in 2012
This is a list of earthquakes in 2012. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in damage or casualties, or are notable for some other reason. All dates are listed according to UTC time. Two huge 8 magnitude ear ...
* Tornadoes of 2012
This page documents the tornadoes and tornado outbreaks of 2012. Extremely destructive tornadoes form most frequently in the United States, Bangladesh, Brazil and eastern India, but they can occur almost anywhere under the right conditions. Torna ...
References
External links
Regional Specialized Meteorological CentersUS National Hurricane Center
nbsp;– North Atlantic, Eastern Pacific
Central Pacific Hurricane Center
nbsp;– Central Pacific
Japan Meteorological Agency
nbsp;– NW Pacific
India Meteorological Department
nbsp;–
Bay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Its southern limit is a line between ...
and the Arabian Sea
The Arabian Sea ( ar, اَلْبَحرْ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Bahr al-ˁArabī) is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the north by Pakistan, Iran and the Gulf of Oman, on the west by the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel ...
Météo-France – La Reunion
nbsp;– South Indian Ocean from 30°E to 90°E
Fiji Meteorological Service
nbsp;– South Pacific west of 160°E, north of 25° S Tropical Cyclone Warning Centers
Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia
nbsp;– South Indian Ocean from 90°E to 141°E, generally north of 10°S
Australian Bureau of Meteorology (TCWC's Perth, Darwin & Brisbane)
nbsp;– South Indian Ocean & South Pacific Ocean from 90°E to 160°E, generally south of 10°S
Papua New Guinea National Weather Service
nbsp;– South Pacific Ocean from 141°E to 160°E, generally north of 10°S
Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited
nbsp;– South Pacific west of 160°E, south of 25°S {{DEFAULTSORT:Tropical cyclones in 2012 * Tropical cyclones by year 2012 Atlantic hurricane season 2012 Pacific hurricane season 2012 Pacific typhoon season 2012 North Indian Ocean cyclone season 2011–12 Australian region cyclone season 2012–13 Australian region cyclone season 2011–12 South Pacific cyclone season 2012–13 South Pacific cyclone season 2011–12 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season 2012–13 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season 2012-related lists