Weather of 2016 explained

The following is a list of weather events that occurred in 2016.

Summary by weather type

Winter storms and cold waves

See main article: 2015-16 North American winter and 2016-17 North American winter.

Droughts, heat waves, and wildfires

See main article: Wildfires in 2016.

Tornadoes

See main article: Tornadoes of 2016. A small tornado outbreak occurred during a winter storm on February 2-3. An EF1 due to the outbreak caused $5.08 million.[1] Three weeks later, the second largest tornado outbreak in February resulted in 7 deaths.[2] The tornado outbreak caused $1.2 billion in damage.[3]

Tropical cyclones

See main article: Tropical cyclones in 2016. As the year began, a tropical low was over Australia,[4] and Cyclone Ula was moving toward Tonga.[5] Ula was followed by another 16 tropical cyclones,[6] [7] including Cyclone Winston, which was the most intense tropical cyclone in the Southern Hemisphere on record, with 10 minute sustained winds of 280 km/h (175 mph), and a minimum pressure of 884mbar. At peak intensity, Winston made landfall on Fiji, the strongest ever to hit the country, and one of the strongest landfalls worldwide on record.[8] [9] Damage in Fiji totaled FJ$2.98 billion (US$1.4 billion), and 44 people were killed.[10] [11] In the Australian basin, there were 16 tropical cyclones, which made it the least-active season on record.[6] [7] [12] [13] Activity in the south-west Indian Ocean was also below average, with just tropical cyclones. Among these were Cyclone Fantala in April, which reached 10 minute sustained winds of 250 km/h (155 mph) while near the Seychelles, making it the strongest tropical cyclone on record in the basin.[14] [15]

The first northern hemisphere tropical cyclone was Hurricane Pali, a rare off-season hurricane which formed on January 7 southwest of Hawaii.[16] There were an additional 22 tropical cyclones in the north-east Pacific Ocean during the year, including Hurricane Otto, which crossed from the Caribbean Sea in November, killing 23 people in Central America.[17] Otto was the last of 16 tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. The first, Alex, was a rare January hurricane which hit the Azores.[18] The strongest Atlantic hurricane of the year was Matthew, which attained 1 minute sustained winds of 165 mph (270 km/h) in the Caribbean. Matthew killed 603 people and left at least US$15 billion in damage after its path through Haiti, Cuba, The Bahamas, and offshore the southeastern United States.[19] [20] In August, Hurricane Earl killed 81 people in southeast Mexico after it struck Belize.[21]

In the north Indian Ocean, there were ten tropical cyclones.[17] Among these were Cyclone Roanu in May, which killed 135 people in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, causing over US$2 billion in damage.[22] [23] [24] [25] In contrast to the unusually early start to activity in the north-east Pacific and the Atlantic, the first tropical cyclone in the north-west Pacific did not develop until May 25, when a tropical depression formed. It was the first of 51 tropical cyclones during the year. The strongest of the year was Typhoon Meranti, which reached 10 minute sustained winds of 220 km/h (140 mph) while moving through the Batanes in the Philippines. Meranti later struck China, and along its path it killed 47 people, with US$4.79 billion in damage.[26] [27] [28] [29] In July, Typhoon Nepartak killed 111 people and left US$1.89 billion in damage when it struck Taiwan and southeastern China.[30] [31] [32] In August, Typhoon Lionrock became the first storm on record to strike the Tōhoku region of Japan, with 22 deaths in the country and 525 deaths from flooding in North Korea.[33] [34]

Timeline

This is a timeline of weather events during 2016. Please note that entries might cross between months, however, all entries are listed by the month they started.

January

February

May

June

September

November

December

See also

Notes and References

  1. National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Charleston, South Carolina. South Carolina Event Report: EF1 Tornado. National Centers for Environmental Information. 2016. May 24, 2016.
  2. Web site: Tornado Outbreak Kills at Least 7; More Than Two Dozen Twisters Confirmed. The Weather Channel. 2016-02-25.
  3. Web site: Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters: Events. NOAA. February 2022. February 21, 2022.
  4. Web site: IBTrACS - International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship.
  5. Web site: IBTrACS - International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship.
  6. Web site: Southern Hemisphere 2015-2016 Tropical Cyclone Season Review.
  7. Web site: Southern Hemisphere 2016-2017 Tropical Cyclone Season Review.
  8. News: Losalini Bolatagici. Fiji Times. 20 February 2016. 20 February 2016. Winston the strongest, first Category 5 cyclone to hit Fiji. https://web.archive.org/web/20160222132151/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=342485. 22 February 2016. dead.
  9. Web site: Yulsman. Tom. How Winston became Earth's strongest Southern Hemisphere storm in recorded history. Discover. 23 April 2016. September 28, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190928213254/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/imageo/2016/02/22/how-winston-became-strongest-southern-hemisphere-storm-on-record/#.VxtDKkcgmRg. dead.
  10. Web site: Tuilevuka. Nacanieli. 24 May 2016. $2.98 billion damage caused by TC Winston. dead. Newswire. https://web.archive.org/web/20160617111016/https://www.newswire.com.fj/national/tc-winston/2-98-billion-damage-caused-by-tc-winston/. 17 June 2016. 25 May 2016.
  11. Web site: Fiji's honest appraisal of Cyclone Winston - Fiji. October 10, 2016 .
  12. News: La Niña's coming, which means adios to our endless summer. News.Com.Au. April 29, 2016.
  13. Web site: 3 cyclones mark slowest tropical season on record for Australia . https://web.archive.org/web/20191007044739/https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/3-cyclones-mark-slowest-tropic/56967800 . 2019-10-07.
  14. Web site: FANTALA : 10/04/2016 TO 26/04/2016 . . 30 May 2016.
  15. Web site: FANTALA, le cyclone le plus puissant de notre bassin jamais enregistré . Météo Madagascar . 18 April 2016 . 10 June 2016 . April 25, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160425014228/http://www.meteomadagascar.mg/dgm/actus/Fantala3 . dead .
  16. Derek Wroe. Sam Houston. Central Pacific Hurricane Center. December 13, 2018. July 4, 2019. [{{NHC TCR url|id=CP012016_Pali}} Hurricane Pali]. Tropical Cyclone Report. PDF. Honolulu, Hawaii.
  17. Web site: Northern Hemisphere 2016 Tropical Cyclone Season Review.
  18. Eric S. Blake. National Hurricane Center. September 13, 2016. September 14, 2016. [{{NHC TCR url|id=AL012016_Alex}} Hurricane Alex]. Tropical Cyclone Report.
  19. [{{NHC TCR url|id=AL142016_Matthew}} Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Matthew]. Stewart, Stacy R. April 3, 2017. April 5, 2017. United States National Hurricane Center. PDF.
  20. Web site: Costliest U.S. Tropical Cyclones . 2023-10-31.
  21. Web site: HURRICANE EARL . National Hurricane Center. 2023-10-31.
  22. Global Catastrophe Recap May 2016. Aon Benfield. 8 June 2016. 8 June 2016.
  23. News: Nalaka Gunawardene . Cyclone Roanu exposed Sri Lankan disaster response gaps. SciDev.Net. 16 June 2016. 16 June 2016.
  24. News: Saleemul Huq . Cyclone Roanu hits Bangladesh: a story of loss and damage avoided . International Institute for Environment and Development . 27 May 2016 . 27 May 2016.
  25. News: Roanu leaves behind a trail of damage. The Independent. 24 May 2016. 24 May 2016.
  26. Web site: IBTrACS - International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship.
  27. News: Wendy Lee. Taiwan News. September 19, 2016. September 19, 2016. Agricultural losses from typhoon Meranti over NT$850 million.
  28. Web site: Death toll rises to 15 after typhoon batters China, Taiwan. September 17, 2016. CTVNews.
  29. 1–2 . ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee . Member Report: China . CMA . ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee . October 27, 2016 . October 30, 2016 . http://www.typhooncommittee.org/11IWS/ . March 6, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170306093110/http://www.typhooncommittee.org/11IWS/docs/Members%20Report/2016%E5%B9%B4CHINA%20REPORT-10.24.pdf . dead .
  30. Web site: "尼伯特"重创福建福州 已致83人死亡19人失踪. China News Service. July 18, 2016. zh. July 17, 2016.
  31. Web site: "尼伯特"致福建69死6失踪 直接经济损失近百亿. China News Service. July 15, 2016. zh. July 15, 2016.
  32. Web site: Report on TC's Key Activities and Main Events in the Region, 2016. January 9, 2017. ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee.
  33. Web site: Japan official criticised for piggyback ride over puddle in typhoon-hit town. The Star. 18 September 2016.
  34. October 6, 2016. Global Catastrophe Recap September 2016. Aon Benfield. 15. October 10, 2016.
  35. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/01/13/its-january-and-a-tropical-storm-has-formed-in-the-atlantic-ocean/ Alex becomes first Atlantic Hurricane to form in January since 1938
  36. Web site: Fort McMurray residents flee in the largest fire evacuation in Alberta's history . 2022-03-28 . edmontonjournal . en-CA.
  37. Web site: Kalra. Shivika. 99 killed, 846 injured in China tornado and hailstorm. India Today. June 26, 2016.
  38. News: 盐城"6·23"特大龙卷风灾后重建：一切让老百姓说了算. Chinese. Yangtse Evening Post. June 23, 2017. June 23, 2017.
  39. News: McCrone . Brian . Temps in Philly Stayed Above 80 for all of Friday, Setting an Odd Record for Highest Low . August 24, 2022 . NBC Philadelphia . September 10, 2016.
  40. https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/florida-man-is-first-december-lightning-death-this-century/476209916/ Florida man is first December lightning death this century

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