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An average Atlantic hurricane season features 12 tropical storms, 6 hurricanes, and 3 major hurricanes, and features an Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) count of 106. In the season, all of them were reached, featuring 13 tropical storms, 9 hurricanes, and 6 major hurricanes, with an ACE total of 166. A rare
An average Pacific hurricane season features 15 tropical storms, 9 hurricanes, and 4 major hurricanes, and features an Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) count of 132. In the season, the statistics fell below the average list, with 9 tropical storms, 5 hurricanes, and 2 major hurricanes.
It was a below-average season; however, it recorded a four
The average typhoon season lasts year-round, with the majority of the storms forming between May and October. An average Pacific typhoon season features 26 tropical storms, 16 typhoons, and 9 super typhoons (unofficial category). It also features an average Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) count of approximately 294; the basin is typically the most active basin for tropical cyclone formation. The statistics were reached, except the number of super typhoons, which fell below the list. The season featured 30 tropical storms, 16 typhoons, and 6 super typhoons. The first tropical depression formed on January 12 and the last storm dissipated on December 27.
The strongest and the deadliest typhoon of the year was
The 1996 North Indian Ocean cyclone season featured several deadly
According to the Zambia Meteorological Department, Cyclone Bonita moved off the coast of
The second of the three recorded Mediterranean tropical cyclones in 1996 formed between Sicily and
3 Only systems that formed either before or on December 31, 1996 are counted in the seasonal totals.
4 The wind speeds for this tropical cyclone/basin are based on the
5 The wind speeds for this tropical cyclone/basin are based on the Saffir Simpson Scale which uses 1-minute sustained winds.
6The 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 {{Tropical cyclone season, 1996 * Tropical cyclones by year 1996-related lists
tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure area, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its locat ...
s 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 North Pacific Ocean, the Southwest Pacific, the Southwest and Southeast Indian Oceans, ...
, located within various parts of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. During the year, a total of 139 tropical cyclones (of which 2 are unofficial) formed in bodies of water known as 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 North Pacific Ocean, the Southwest Pacific, the Southwest and Southeast Indian Oceans, ...
. 90 of them were named by various weather agencies when they attained maximum sustained wind
The maximum sustained wind associated with a tropical cyclone is a common
indicator of the intensity of the storm. Within a mature tropical cyclone, it is found within the eyewall at a certain distance from the center, known as the radius of ma ...
s of . The strongest tropical cyclone of the year was Cyclone Daniella, peaking with a pressure of in the open waters of the Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approximately 20% of the water area of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia (continent), ...
. Hurricane Fran
Hurricane Fran caused extensive damage in the United States in early September 1996. The sixth named storm, fifth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season, Fran developed from a tropical wave near Cape Verde on ...
and Typhoon Herb
Typhoon Herb, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Huaning, was a deadly and destructive tropical cyclone that became the strongest and largest typhoon of that year’s Pacific typhoon season. Herb struck the Ryūkyū Islands, Taiwan and the ...
tie for the costliest storm of the year, both with a damage cost of $5 billion. The deadliest tropical cyclone of the year was the 1996 Andhra Pradesh cyclone
The 1996 Andhra Pradesh cyclone (also known as Cyclone 07B) was a small but powerful storm that left heavy damage in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It formed on 4 November in the eastern Bay of Bengal. Moving westward, it quickly organize ...
, which was blamed for over 1,000 fatalities as it directly affected the state of Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...
in India. Five Category 5 tropical cyclones were formed in 1996. The accumulated cyclone energy
Accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) is a metric used to compare overall activity of tropical cyclones, utilizing the available records of windspeeds at six-hour intervals to synthesize storm duration and strength into a single index value. The ACE ...
(ACE) index for the 1996 (seven basins combined), as calculated by Colorado State University
Colorado State University (Colorado State or CSU) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States. It is the flagship university of the Colorado State University Syst ...
was 960 units.
Global atmospheric and hydrological conditions
The weakLa Niña
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prevailed until the end of the year, which made the waters of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans warmer than usual. Despite the fact that the 1995–96 La Niña was not a powerful occurrence, it recharged much of the ocean heat released from nearly two decades of El Niño events.
Summary
Olivia Olivia may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Olivia (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
* Olivia (singer), American singer Olivia Longott (born 1981)
* Olívia (basketball), Brazilian basketball playe ...
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from:20/06/1996 till:27/06/1996 color:EPAC/CPAC text:Alma
Alma or ALMA may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Alma'' (film), a 2009 Spanish short animated film
* ''Alma'', an upcoming film by Sally Potter
* ''Alma'' (Oswald de Andrade novel), 1922
* ''Alma'' (Le Clézio novel), 2017
* ''Alma'' ( ...
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from:01/07/1996 till:03/07/1996 color: EPAC/CPAC text:Cristina
Cristina is a female given name, and it is also a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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*Cristina (singer), Cristina Monet-Palaci (1956–2020), American ...
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from:05/07/1996 till:12/07/1996 color:WPAC text:Dan
from:05/07/1996 till:18/07/1996 color:NATL text:Bertha
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from:21/07/1996 till:28/07/1996 color:WPAC text:Gloria
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from:19/08/1996 till:07/09/1996 color:NATL text: Edouard
from:20/08/1996 till:03/09/1996 color:WPAC text:Orson
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from:22/08/1996 till:26/08/1996 color:WPAC text:Piper
from:23/08/1996 till:10/09/1996 color:NATL text: Fran
from:25/08/1996 till:26/08/1996 color:WPAC text:TD
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from:28/08/1996 till:02/09/1996 color:WPAC text:Rick
from:30/08/1996 till:06/09/1996 color:EPAC/CPAC text:Elida
from:02/09/1996 till:09/09/1996 color:WPAC text: Sally
from:03/09/1996 till:16/09/1996 color:NATL text: Hortense
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from:10/09/1996 till:14/09/1996 color:WPAC text:Ningning
from:10/09/1996 till:14/09/1996 color:EPAC/CPAC text: Fausto
from:11/09/1996 till:23/09/1996 color:WPAC text:Violet
from:11/09/1996 till:13/09/1996 color:MED text:Unnamed
from:12/09/1996 till:20/09/1996 color:WPAC text:Tom
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from:21/09/1996 till:01/10/1996 color:WPAC text:Yates
from:23/09/1996 till:03/10/1996 color:WPAC text:Zane
from:24/09/1996 till:01/10/1996 color:NATL text:Isidore
from:27/09/1996 till:09/10/1996 color:EPAC/CPAC text:Genevieve
from:30/09/1996 till:04/10/1996 color:EPAC/CPAC text: Hernan
from:01/10/1996 till:03/10/1996 color:NIO text:BOB 03
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from:04/10/1996 till:08/10/1996 color:NATL text: Josephine
from:04/10/1996 till:06/10/1996 color:MED text:Unnamed
from:06/10/1996 till:11/10/1996 color:MED text:Cornelia
from:10/10/1996 till:17/10/1996 color:WPAC text:Abel
from:11/10/1996 till:12/10/1996 color:NATL text:Kyle
from:11/10/1996 till:22/10/1996 color:WPAC text:Beth
from:14/10/1996 till:27/10/1996 color:NATL text:Lili Lili may refer to:
People
* Lili (given name), for a list of people with the given name or nickname
Other uses
* ''Lili'' (1953 film), a musical starring Leslie Caron and Mel Ferrer
* Lili (Tekken), a character from the Tekken fighting game seri ...
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from:15/10/1996 till:21/10/1996 color:SWIO text:Antoinette
from:20/10/1996 till:26/10/1996 color:WPAC text:Carlo
from:22/10/1996 till:28/10/1996 color:NIO text: ARB 02
from:24/10/1996 till:30/10/1996 color:WPAC text:34W
from:27/10/1996 till:29/10/1996 color:NIO text:BOB 04
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from:01/11/1996 till:03/11/1996 color:WPAC text:35W
from:03/11/1996 till:13/11/1996 color:WPAC text:Dale
from:04/11/1996 till:07/11/1996 color:NIO text: ARB 02
from:04/11/1996 till:16/11/1996 color:WPAC text:Ernie
from:05/11/1996 till:08/11/1996 color:WPAC text:38W
from:07/11/1996 till:11/11/1996 color:EPAC/CPAC text:Twelve-E
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from:16/11/1996 till:26/11/1996 color:NATL text:Marco
Marco may refer to:
People Given name
* Marco (actor) (born 1977), South Korean model and actor
Surname
* Georg Marco (1863–1923), Romanian chess player of German origin
* Jindřich Marco (1921–2000), Czechoslovak photographer and numismat ...
from:23/11/1996 till:30/11/1996 color:SWIO text:Chantelle
from:23/11/1996 till:26/11/1996 color:SPAC text:Cyril
from:24/11/1996 till:26/11/1996 color:WPAC text:40W
from:27/11/1996 till:07/12/1996 color:NIO text:BOB 06
from:02/12/1996 till:10/12/1996 color:SWIO text:Daniella
from:08/12/1996 till:16/12/1996 color:SWIO text:Elvina
from:10/12/1996 till:13/12/1996 color:MED text:Unnamed
from:12/12/1996 till:15/12/1996 color:AUSR text:Nicholas
from:13/12/1996 till:19/12/1996 color:AUSR text:Ophelia
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from:21/12/1996 till:30/12/1996 color:WPAC text:Fern
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from:24/12/1996 till:27/12/1996 color:WPAC text:Greg
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from:25/12/1995 till:31/12/1995 text:Dec. '95
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from:01/03/1996 till:31/03/1996 text:March
from:01/04/1996 till:30/04/1996 text:April
from:01/05/1996 till:31/05/1996 text:May
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text:"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 North Pacific Ocean, the Southwest Pacific, the Southwest and Southeast Indian Oceans, ...
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North Atlantic Ocean
An average Atlantic hurricane season features 12 tropical storms, 6 hurricanes, and 3 major hurricanes, and features an Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) count of 106. In the season, all of them were reached, featuring 13 tropical storms, 9 hurricanes, and 6 major hurricanes, with an ACE total of 166. A rare subtropical storm
A subtropical cyclone is a weather system that has some characteristics of both tropical and extratropical cyclones.
As early as the 1950s, meteorologists were uncertain whether they should be characterized as tropical or extratropical cyclones ...
also formed in mid-September, that affected the Northeastern United States and the nearby Eastern Canada.
The season had the most major hurricanes since 1950
Events January
* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
* January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...
and the season's first tropical cyclone, Tropical Storm Arthur, developed on June 17, while the final cyclone, Hurricane Marco The name Marco has been used for four tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean.
* Tropical Storm Marco (1990), hugged west coast of Florida, making landfall as a tropical depression, causing heavy rain and moderate damage
* Hurricane Marco (1996), ...
dissipated on November 26. The most intense hurricane, Edouard, was a powerful Cape Verde-type hurricane
A Cape Verde hurricane or Cabo Verde hurricane is an Atlantic hurricane that originates at low-latitude in the tropical Atlantic from a tropical wave that has passed over or near the Cape Verde islands after exiting the coast of West Africa. The ...
that affected portions of the Mid-Atlantic states
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and New England
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. The season featured nine tropical cyclone landfall
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s, including six hurricanes, one of which was a major hurricane.
The four most notable tropical cyclones of the season were hurricanes Bertha
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, Cesar Cesar or César may refer to:
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, Fran, and Hortense. Bertha made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane on the coast of North Carolina
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, causing a total of 12 deaths and $335 million (1996 USD
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) in damage. Hurricane Fran made landfall in the same general area a little over a month later as a Category 3 hurricane, causing 37 deaths and $5 billion in damage. Hurricane Cesar developed in the east Caribbean during late-July and crossed Nicaragua
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into the eastern Pacific as a strong tropical storm several days later, at which time it earned the name Douglas. The system produced strong winds and flooding, leading to 113 deaths and $202.96 million in damage. Finally, Hurricane Hortense formed in the eastern Atlantic during the month of September and crossed Hispaniola
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and Puerto Rico
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, causing 39 direct deaths and $158 million in damage. Collectively, the tropical cyclones of the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season caused $6.52 billion in damage and 256 deaths.
Eastern and Central Pacific Ocean
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It was a below-average season; however, it recorded a four Pacific hurricane
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s striking Mexico. In addition, one Atlantic hurricane
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, Hurricane Cesar, crossed into this zone from the Atlantic Ocean and was renamed Douglas. None of the systems in the eastern north Pacific crossed 140°W and entered the central Pacific. The last time that happened was in the 1979 season.
In the central north Pacific, one tropical depression formed. In addition, a depression crossed the dateline from the western Pacific before dissipating in this basin. None of these two systems reached tropical storm strength. In addition, data from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center
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, on September 1, Tropical Depression Rick crossed the International Date Line
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, entering into CPHC's area of responsibility; however, this storm was not included into CPHC database. The storm eventually became extratropical on September 3 over open waters.
In terms of the number of storms, the season was below average. Despite this, there were a large number of landfalls. Of note is the fact that three tropical cyclones approached close to, or made landfall on, Mexico during a ten-day span from June 23 to July 3. In all, a record-setting four hurricanes (Alma, Boris, Fausto, and Hernan) struck the coastline.
Western Pacific Ocean
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The strongest and the deadliest typhoon of the year was Typhoon Herb
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, which also became the largest, and the fourth-wettest tropical cyclone to affect Taiwan
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. It killed over 284 people and left $5 billion worth of damages as it affected the Ryukyu Islands
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, Taiwan
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, and China as a super typhoon. Frankie left 104 deaths as it passed near Vietnam
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. Marty formed over southern China and resulted in the deaths of 125 people as it affected the same country.
During most of the year, sea surface temperature
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s were moderately below normal near the equator, and were highest around 160° E from August to October, due to the prevailing La Niña
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. Overall, there were 30 named storms in the basin in 1996, which was slightly above the norm of 27. A total of 15 of the 30 storms became typhoons.
North Indian Ocean
The 1996 North Indian Ocean cyclone season featured several deadly tropical cyclones
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, with over 2,000 people killed during the year. It was a slightly average season, featuring nine tropical cyclones, five cyclonic storms, four severe cyclonic storms, two very severe cyclonic storms; however, it has no super cyclonic storm.
The first system originated on May 7 in the Bay of Bengal
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Many South Asian and Southe ...
, which is the body of water east of India; the storm developed in tandem with a storm
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in the southern hemisphere, and ultimately struck Bangladesh
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. Three storms formed in June. The first struck Oman and later caused devastating flooding in Yemen
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, killing 338 people and causing $1.2 billion in damage. The other two storms struck opposite sides of India, collectively resulting in 226 deaths after causing widespread flooding. After a brief land depression in July and a weak depression in early October, the season featured four notable cyclones beginning in late October. A low-pressure area moved across southern India, killing 388 people before taking an unusual track in the Arabian Sea. At the end of October, a deep depression killed 14 people in Bangladesh. The strongest cyclone of the season was also the deadliest, killing 1,077 people when it struck Andhra Pradesh
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in early November. The final storm of the season executed a rare loop in the Bay of Bengal before weakening and striking southern India in early December, killing seven.
South-West Indian Ocean
January–June
The 1995–96 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season was a moderately active season that included Cyclone Bonita, which was the first knowntropical cyclone
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to cross from the southern Indian Ocean into the southern Atlantic Ocean. The tropical activity lasted for about six months from the middle of November 1995 to early May 1996. The first storm, Intense Tropical Cyclone Agnielle, formed in the adjacent Australian basin on November 16 and later reached peak winds in the south-west Indian Ocean. The next named storm after Agnielle was Bonita, which formed in early January and killed 42 people. The basin was most active in February, with two tropical cyclones
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, or the equivalent of a minimal hurricane, as well as a severe tropical storm. The first of these three was Doloresse, which killed 67 people due to a shipwreck in the Comoros
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. The next storm was Cyclone Edwige, which caused heavy crop damage on Mauritius
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before looping along the east coast of Madagascar. In March, both Cyclone Flossy and Tropical Storm Guylianne passed near the Mascarene Islands
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, producing heavy rainfall and gusty winds.
Tropical activity continued through April and May, with two tropical cyclones in the former month. In early April, Tropical Cyclone Hansella moved over the island of Rodrigues, dropping more rainfall in 24 hours than the average monthly total. Later, Itelle became a rare April intense tropical cyclone but weakened before it approached St. Brandon island. The final storm of the season, Jenna, formed in the Australian region, briefly intensified into a minimal tropical storm in the south-west Indian Ocean, and proceeded to exit the basin on May 4 to end the season. In addition to the named storms, several tropical depressions were tracked, one of which in December dropped heavy rainfall on Réunion.
July–December
On August 16, a tropical disturbance started the season, an unusual start. It remained below tropical depression intensity before dissipating on August 19. Not a month later, on September 6, a tropical disturbance formed from a trough near theChagos Archipelago
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, with the MFR classifying the system as ''Tropical Disturbance A2''. Located in an unfavourable environment, the storm possessed gale-force winds before dissipating on September 10. ''Antoinette'' formed on October 10, passing near the northern Madagascar
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before weakening. ''Bellamine'' and ''Chantelle'' developed in the month of November, with the former crossing the basin from the Australian region as Tropical Cyclone Melanie before it was renamed. ''Daniella'' and ''Evrina'' formed in the month of December, with the latter becoming the strongest tropical cyclone of the year.
Australian region
January–June
The 1995–96 Australian region cyclone season was an active Australiancyclone
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season
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, with Western Australia
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experiencing a record number of landfalling intense storms in the Pilbara
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region. The season produced a total of 19 tropical cyclones, of which 14 developed into named storms and 9 reached severe tropical cyclone status. The strongest of the season was Severe Tropical Cyclone Olivia, which also produced the highest recorded wind gust on record of . Though several systems impacted land, the general sparsity of population centres in Australia limits the scale of damage. One person was confirmed to have been killed and cumulative losses were estimated at A$77 million (US$58.5 million).
July–December
On July 9, a tropical low formed near theCocos Islands
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, starting the season. It soon strengthened to Tropical Cyclone Lindsay before weakening and dissipating on July 13. Three months later, Cyclone Melanie formed near the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
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before crossing into the nearby South-West Indian Ocean basin, where it was renamed ''Bellamine''. ''Nicholas'', ''Ophelia'', ''Fergus'' and ''Phil'' all developed on the month of December.
South Pacific Ocean
January–June
The 1995–96 South Pacific cyclone season was one of the least activeSouth Pacific tropical cyclone season
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's on record, with only four tropical cyclones
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occurring within the South Pacific Ocean to the east of 160°E.
The first storm developed on January 12, while the last one dissipated on April 2. During the season the most intense tropical cyclone was Severe Tropical Cyclone Beti, which reached a minimum pressure of as it affected New Caledonia. After the season ended Beti's name was the only name to be retired
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from the tropical cyclone naming lists and was replaced with Bune, after it inflicted over US$5.6 million worth of damage to Australia, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and New Zealand.
July–December
''Cyril'' started the season as a tropical low on November 23. It soon strikesNew Caledonia
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, causing unknown damage. ''Fergus'' from the adjacent Australian region entered the basin on December 20, with the cyclone rapidly intensifying to a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone before dissipating on December 30.
South Atlantic Ocean
According to the Zambia Meteorological Department, Cyclone Bonita moved off the coast of Angola
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and entered the South Atlantic Ocean
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on January 19, 1996. By the next day, the system had succumbed to cold waters and days of land interaction, dissipating completely. It was the first tropical cyclone known to have traversed southern Africa from the South-West Indian Ocean to the South Atlantic.
Mediterranean Sea
Three notable medicanes developed in the month of September. The first, in mid-September 1996, was a typical Mediterranean tropical cyclone that developed in theBalearic Islands
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region. At the time of the cyclone's formation, a powerful Atlantic cold front
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and a warm front
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associated with a large-scale low, producing northeasterly winds over the Iberian peninsula, extended eastward into the Mediterranean, while abundant moisture gathered in the lower troposphere over the Balearic channel. On the morning of 12 September, a disturbance developed off of Valencia
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, Spain, dropping heavy rainfall on the coast even without coming ashore. An eye developed shortly thereafter as the system rapidly traversed across Majorca
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and Sardinia
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in its eastward trek. It made landfall
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upon the coast of southern Italy on the evening of 13 September with a minimum atmospheric pressure of , dissipating shortly after coming ashore, with a diameter of about .
The second of the three recorded Mediterranean tropical cyclones in 1996 formed between Sicily and Tunisia
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on 4 October, making landfall on both Sicily and southern Italy. The medicane generated major flooding in Sicily. In Calabria
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, wind gusts of up to were reported in addition to severe inundation.
The third major Mediterranean tropical cyclone of that year formed north of Algeria
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, and strengthened while sweeping between the Balearic Islands and Sardinia, with an eye
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-like feature prominent on satellite. The storm was unofficially named ''Cornelia''. The eye of the storm was distorted and disappeared after transiting over southern Sardinia throughout the evening of 8 October, with the system weakening as a whole. On the morning of October 9, a smaller eye emerged as the system passed over the Tyrrhenian Sea
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, gradually strengthening, with reports from the storm's center reporting winds of . Extreme damage was reported in the Aeolian Islands
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after the tropical cyclone passed north of Sicily, though the system dissipated while turning southward over Calabria. Overall, the lowest estimated atmospheric pressure in the third medicane was . Both October systems featured distinctive spiral bands, intense convection, high sustained winds, and abundant precipitation.
A medicane was observed from 10 to 13 December.
Systems
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Global effects
There are a total of ninetropical cyclone basins
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, seven are seasonal and two are non-seasonal, thus all eight basins except the Mediterranean
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are active. In this table, data from all these basins are added.
See also
*Tropical cyclones by year
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* List of earthquakes in 1996
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By death toll
By magni ...
* Tornadoes of 1996
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Notes
2 Only systems that formed either on or after January 1, 1996 are counted in the seasonal totals.3 Only systems that formed either before or on December 31, 1996 are counted in the seasonal totals.
4 The wind speeds for this tropical cyclone/basin are based on the
IMD Scale
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which uses 3-minute sustained winds.
5 The wind speeds for this tropical cyclone/basin are based on the Saffir Simpson Scale which uses 1-minute sustained winds.
6The wind speeds for this tropical cyclone are based on
Météo-France
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which uses wind gusts.
References
External links
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Bay of Bengal
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and the Arabian Sea
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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
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