List of storms named Olga explained
The name Olga has been used seventeen tropical cyclones worldwide: three in the Atlantic Ocean (where it replaced the name Opal), ten in the Western Pacific Ocean, and four in the Australian region in Southern Hemisphere. It has also been used for a European windstorm.
In the Atlantic:
In the Western Pacific:
- Tropical Storm Olga (1948) (T4827)
- Typhoon Olga (1954) (T5417)
- Typhoon Olga (1958) (T5830)
- Typhoon Olga (1961) (T6119, 51W)
- Tropical Storm Olga (1964) (22W) – formed and remained in the Gulf of Tonkin.
- Tropical Storm Olga (1966) (T6634, 37W, Wening)
- Typhoon Olga (1970) (T7002, 02W, Deling) – affected Japan.
- Typhoon Olga (1972) (T7226, 28W) – struck the Marshall Islands and the Northern Marianas, causing minimal damage.
- Typhoon Olga (1976) (T7605, 05W, Didang) – affected the Philippines and Japan.
- Typhoon Olga (1999) (T9907, 11W, Ising) – killed 106 people in North and South Korea and caused $657 million in damages.
In the Australian region:
- Cyclone Olga (1981)
- Cyclone Olga (2000) – paralleled the Kimberley and Pilbara coasts
- Cyclone Olga (2010) – crossed the lower Cape York Peninsula and then meandered in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria.
- Cyclone Olga (2024) – a Category 5 severe tropical cyclone which did not affect land.
In Europe: