This is a condensed list of worldwide tropical cyclone records set by different storms and seasons.[1]
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| Miscellaneous records |
| Characteristic | Record | Date | Tropical Cyclone and/or Location | Ref(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest overall rainfall | 60831NaN1 | – | [2] | ||
| 14.51NaN1 | Cyclone Mahina in Bathurst Bay, Queensland, Australia | [3] | |||
| 301NaN1 | [4] | ||||
| Costliest tropical cyclone | $125 billion (2017 USD) in damages | [5] | |||
| – | North Atlantic Ocean | [6] | |||
| Deadliest tropical cyclone | c. 500,000+ fatalities | [7] [8] | |||
| Deadliest tropical cyclone season | – | [9] | |||
| Most tornadoes formed | 120 confirmed tornadoes | – | [10] | ||
| Highest wind gusts | 113.4m/s | [11] | |||
| Highest accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) index for a tropical cyclone | 87 | – | Cyclone Freddy in the Australian region and South-West Indian Ocean | [12] [13] | |
| Highest Accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) index for a season | – | Northwest Pacific Ocean | [14] | ||
| Highest number of rapid intensification cycles for a tropical cyclone | 7 | – | Cyclone Freddy in the Australian region and South-West Indian Ocean | ||
| Most intense (1-minute maximum sustained surface winds) | 96.2m/s | Hurricane Patricia in the northeast Pacific Ocean | [15] | ||
| Most intense (10-minute maximum sustained winds) | 78.2m/s | Cyclone Winston in the south Pacific Ocean | [16] | ||
| Most intense (lowest central pressure) | 8701NaN1 | Typhoon Tip in the northwest Pacific Ocean | [17] [18] | ||
| Most intense at landfall (1-minute maximum sustained winds) | 87.2m/s | Typhoon Goni in Catanduanes, Philippines | [19] | ||
| Most intense at landfall (10-minute maximum sustained winds) | 78.2m/s | Cyclone Winston in Viti Levu, Fiji. | |||
| Most intense at landfall (pressure) | 8841NaN1 | Cyclone Winston in Viti Levu, Fiji. | |||
| Longest lasting tropical cyclone | 36 days | – | Cyclone Freddy in the Australian region and South-West Indian Ocean | [20] | |
| Longest distance traveled by tropical cyclone | 13180abbr=onNaNabbr=on | – | Hurricane/Typhoon John in the northeast and northwest Pacific Ocean | [21] [22] | |
| Longest lasting Category 4 or 5 winds | 8.25 consecutive days | – | Hurricane/Typhoon Ioke in the northeast and northwest Pacific Ocean | [23] | |
| Longest lasting Category 5 winds | 5.50 consecutive days | – | Typhoon Nancy in the northwest Pacific Ocean | [24] | |
| Largest tropical cyclone (radius of winds from center) | Gale winds 17.5abbr=onNaNabbr=on extending 1086abbr=onNaNabbr=on from center | Typhoon Tip in the northwest Pacific Ocean | [25] | ||
| Smallest tropical cyclone (radius of winds from center) | Gale winds 17.5abbr=onNaNabbr=on extending 18.5km (11.5miles) from center | [26] | |||
| Largest eye | 370km (230miles) | | Typhoon Carmen and Typhoon Winnie in the northwest Pacific Ocean | [27] [28] | |
| Smallest eye | 3.7km (02.3miles) | [29] | |||
| Fastest intensification (1-minute sustained surface winds) | 54abbr=onNaNabbr=on, from 38abbr=onNaNabbr=on to 91.6abbr=onNaNabbr=on in under 24 h | – | Hurricane Patricia in the northeast Pacific Ocean | ||
| Fastest intensification (pressure) | 100 mb (100 hPa), from 9761NaN1 to 8761NaN1 in under 24 h | – | Typhoon Forrest in the northwest Pacific Ocean | [30] | |
| Fastest seafloor current produced by a tropical cyclone | 2.25abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Hurricane Ivan in the north Atlantic Ocean | [31] [32] | ||
| Fastest updraft produced in a tropical cyclone | 27.4abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Hurricane Patricia in the northeast Pacific Ocean | [33] | ||
| Highest forward speed | 31.18abbr=onNaNabbr=on | Tropical Storm Six in the north Atlantic Ocean | [34] | ||
| [35] | |||||
| Heaviest natural object moved by a tropical cyclone | 1605720NaN0 | Typhoon Haiyan in Samar, Philippines | [36] | ||
| Highest number of tropical storms in a season | – | Northwest Pacific Ocean | [37] | ||
| Warmest eye | 34C at 700 hPa height | Typhoon Judy in the northwest Pacific Ocean | [38] | ||
| Coldest cloud tops produced by a tropical cyclone | -109.35C | [39] |