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During 2003, tropical cyclones formed within seven different
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March was the most inactive month of 2003, with 6 tropical cyclones forming around this month.
2 Only systems that formed either before or on December 31, 2003 are counted in the seasonal totals.
3 The wind speeds for this tropical cyclone/basin are based on the
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 2003 * Tropical cyclones by year 2003 Atlantic hurricane season 2003 Pacific hurricane season 2003 Pacific typhoon season 2003 North Indian Ocean cyclone season 2002–03 Australian region cyclone season 2003–04 Australian region cyclone season 2002–03 South Pacific cyclone season 2003–04 South Pacific cyclone season 2002–03 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season 2003–04 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season 2003-related lists
During 2003, 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 129 systems formed with 85 of these developing further and were named by the responsible warning centre. 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. Dep ...
of the year was Cyclone Inigo
Cyclone Inigo is tied with Cyclone Gwenda for being the most intense recorded cyclone in the Australian region in terms of pressure, with the possible exception of Cyclone Mahina. Inigo developed from a tropical low that crossed eastern Indon ...
, which was estimated to have a minimum barometric pressure
Atmospheric pressure, also known as barometric pressure (after the barometer), is the pressure within the atmosphere of Earth. The standard atmosphere (symbol: atm) is a unit of pressure defined as , which is equivalent to 1013.25 millibar ...
of and was tied with Cyclone Gwenda
Severe Tropical Cyclone Gwenda is tied with Cyclone Inigo as the most intense Australian tropical cyclone on record (with the possible exception of Cyclone Mahina), with a barometric pressure of 900 hPa (mbar) and was the most intense sto ...
for being the most intense recorded cyclone in the Australian region in terms of pressure, with the possible exception of Cyclone Mahina
Cyclone Mahina was the deadliest cyclone in recorded Australian history, and also likely the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere. Mahina struck Bathurst Bay, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, on 4 March 1899, ...
. So far, 26 Category 3 tropical cyclones formed, including six Category 5 tropical cyclones
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formed in 2003, tying 2021
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Tropical cyclone activity in each basin is under the authority of an RSMC. The National Hurricane Center
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is the division of the United States' NOAA/ National Weather Service responsible for tracking and predicting tropical weather systems between the Prime Meridian and the 140th meridian west poleward to the 3 ...
(NHC) is responsible for tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic and East Pacific. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC) is responsible for tropical cyclones in the Central Pacific. Both the NHC and CPHC are subdivisions of the National Weather Service
The National Weather Service (NWS) is an agency of the United States federal government that is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other weather-related products to organizations and the public for the ...
. Activity in the West Pacific is monitored by the Japan Meteorological Agency
The , abbreviated JMA, is an agency of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. It is charged with gathering and providing results for the public in Japan that are obtained from data based on daily scientific observation an ...
(JMA). Systems in the North Indian Ocean are monitored by the India Meteorological Department
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) is an agency of the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India. It is the principal agency responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting and seismology. IMD is headquart ...
(IMD). The Météo-France
Météo-France is the France, French national Meteorology, 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 man ...
located in Réunion
Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ...
(MFR) monitors tropical activity in the South-West Indian Ocean. The Australian region is monitored by five TCWCs that are under the coordination of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM or BoM) is an executive agency of the Australian Government responsible for providing weather services to Australia and surrounding areas. It was established in 1906 under the Meteorology Act, and brought together ...
(BOM). Similarly, the South Pacific is monitored by both the Fiji Meteorological Service
The Fiji Meteorological Service (FMS) is a Department of the government of Fiji responsible for providing weather forecasts and is based on the grounds of Nadi Airport in Nadi. The current director of Fiji Meteorological Service is Misaeli Funa ...
(FMS) and the Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited
Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited (MetService - Te Ratonga Tirorangi) is the national meteorological service of New Zealand. MetService was established as a state-owned enterprise in 1992. It employs about 300 staff, and its headqua ...
. Other, unofficial agencies that provide additional guidance in tropical cyclone monitoring include the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
Pagasa may refer to:
* ''Pagasa'' (genus), an insect genus in the family Nabidae
*PAGASA, an acronym for the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
*"May Pagasa", a pen-name of José Rizal
*Pagasa, alternate s ...
(PAGASA) and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center
The Joint typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) is a joint United States Navy – United States Air Force command in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The JTWC is responsible for the issuing of tropical cyclone warnings in the North-West Pacific Ocean, South P ...
(JTWC).
Global conditions and hydrological summary
The ENSO in this year was mostly neutral.Summary
Zoe
Zoe (also ZOE, Zoë, Zoé, etc.) can refer to:
*ζωή (''zōḗ''), the Ancient Greek word for "life"
People
* Zoe (name), including list of persons and fictional characters with the name
Film and television
* ''Zoe'' (film)
* ZOE Broadcast ...
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from:27/12/2002 till:03/01/2003 color:AUSR text:"07S"
from:30/12/2002 till:09/01/2003 color:SWIO text:" Delfina"
from:05/01/2003 till:24/01/2003 color:AUSR text:"01U"
from:07/01/2003 till:12/01/2003 color:SWIO text:"Ebula"
from:09/01/2003 till:15/01/2003 color:SPAC text:" Ami"
from:15/01/2003 till:20/01/2003 color:WPAC text:"Yanyan"
from:24/01/2003 till:31/01/2003 color:SWIO text:"Fari"
from:25/01/2003 till:01/02/2003 color:SPAC
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She was initially best known fo ...
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from:25/01/2003 till:30/01/2003 color:SPAC text:"Cilla
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People named Cilla include:
People
*Cilla Black (1943–2015), English singer, actress and ...
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from:30/01/2003 till:10/02/2003 color:SPAC text:"08F"
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from:09/02/2003 till:15/02/2003 color:SWIO text:"Isha"
from:03/02/2003 till:13/02/2003 color:AUSR text:"Fiona"
from:05/02/2003 till:15/02/2003 color:SWIO text:"Gerry"
from:05/02/2003 till:12/02/2003 color:SPAC text:"Dovi"
from:07/02/2003 till:16/02/2003 color:SWIO text:"Hape"
from:15/02/2003 till:21/02/2003 color:SPAC text:"10F"
from:24/02/2003 till:01/03/2003 color:AUSR text:"Graham
Graham and Graeme may refer to:
People
* Graham (given name), an English-language given name
* Graham (surname), an English-language surname
* Graeme (surname), an English-language surname
* Graham (musician) (born 1979), Burmese singer
* Clan G ...
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from:25/02/2003 till:05/03/2003 color:SWIO text:"Japhet
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from:01/03/2003 till:11/03/2003 color:AUSR text:"Harriet"
from:01/03/2003 till:12/03/2003 color:AUSR
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from:12/03/2003 till:15/03/2003 color:SPAC text:"Erica
Erica or ERICA may refer to:
* Erica (given name)
* ''Erica'' (plant), a flowering plant genus
* Erica (chatbot), a service of Bank of America
* ''Erica'' (video game), a 2019 FMV video game
* ''Erica'' (spider), a jumping spider genus
* Eri ...
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from:03/03/2003 till:14/03/2003 color:SWIO text:" Kalunde"
from:06/03/2003 till:08/03/2003 color:SPAC text:"11F"
from:07/03/2003 till:14/03/2003 color:SPAC text:"Eseta"
from:08/03/2003 till:13/03/2003 color:AUSR text:"Craig"
from:30/03/2003 till:08/04/2003 color:AUSR text:"Inigo
Inigo derives from the Castilian rendering (Íñigo) of the medieval Basque name Eneko. Ultimately, the name means "my little (love)". While mostly seen among the Iberian diaspora, it also gained a limited popularity in the United Kingdom.
Ear ...
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from:07/04/2003 till:09/04/2003 color:SPAC text:"14F"
from:08/04/2003 till:11/04/2003 color:SWIO text:"Luma"
from:10/04/2003 till:25/04/2003 color:WPAC text:"Kujira
, better known by the stage name , is a Japanese voice actress from the Tokyo Metropolis area. She is employed by 81 Produce. Her best-known roles are Otose in ''Gin Tama'' and Orochimaru in ''Naruto''. She also voices Sakura Ogami in ''Danganro ...
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from:12/04/2003 till:14/04/2003 color:SPAC text:"15F"
from:13/04/2003 till:15/04/2003 color:SPAC text:"Fili"
from:20/04/2003 till:24/04/2003 color:NATL text:" Ana"
from:01/05/2003 till:13/05/2003 color:SWIO text:" Manou"
from:10/05/2003 till:20/05/2003 color:NIO text:" BOB 01"
from:17/05/2003 till:17/05/2003 color:WPAC text:"TD"
from:18/05/2003 till:21/05/2003 color:WPAC text:"Batibot"
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from:19/05/2003 till:25/05/2003 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Andres"
from:19/05/2003 till:19/05/2003 color:WPAC text:"TD"
from:19/05/2003 till:27/05/2003 color:WPAC text:"Chan-hom"
from:25/05/2003 till:30/05/2003 color:WPAC text:" Linfa"
from:30/05/2003 till:03/06/2003 color:WPAC text:"Nangka"
from:04/06/2003 till:09/06/2003 color:SPAC text:"Gina"
from:05/06/2003 till:06/06/2003 color:AUSR text:"Epi"
from:07/06/2003 till:20/06/2003 color:WPAC text:" Soudelor"
from:11/06/2003 till:12/06/2003 color:NATL text:"Two"
from:17/06/2003 till:22/06/2003 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Blanca"
from:26/06/2003 till:27/06/2003 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Carlos
Carlos may refer to:
Places
;Canada
* Carlos, Alberta, a locality
;United States
* Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community
* Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County
* Carlos, Minnesota, a small city
* Carlos, West Virginia
;Elsewher ...
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from:28/06/2003 till:02/07/2003 color:NATL text:"Bill
Bill(s) may refer to:
Common meanings
* Banknote, paper cash (especially in the United States)
* Bill (law), a proposed law put before a legislature
* Invoice, commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer
* Bill, a bird or animal's beak
Plac ...
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from:06/07/2003 till:08/07/2003 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Dolores"
from:08/07/2003 till:17/07/2003 color:NATL text:" Claudette"
from:09/07/2003 till:10/07/2003 color:WPAC text:"Falcon"
from:10/07/2003 till:13/07/2003 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Enrique"
from:15/07/2003 till:22/07/2003 color:WPAC text:" Koni"
from:15/07/2003 till:25/07/2003 color:WPAC text:" Imbudo"
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from:16/07/2003 till:21/07/2003 color:NATL text:"Danny"
from:17/07/2003 till:23/07/2003 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Felicia"
from:19/07/2003 till:21/07/2003 color:NATL text:"Six"
from:25/07/2003 till:27/07/2003 color:NATL text:"Seven"
from:25/07/2003 till:28/07/2003 color:NIO text:"BOB 02"
from:30/07/2003 till:31/07/2003 color:WPAC text:"Ineng"
from:31/07/2003 till:04/08/2003 color:WPAC text:" Morakot"
from:02/08/2003 till:06/08/2003 color:WPAC text:"TD"
from:02/08/2003 till:09/08/2003 color:WPAC text:" Etau"
from:07/08/2003 till:12/08/2003 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Guillermo"
from:09/08/2003 till:13/08/2003 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Hilda"
from:14/08/2003 till:17/08/2003 color:NATL text:"Erika
Erika may refer to:
Arts and Entertainment
* Hayasaka Erika (''Megatokyo)''
* Erika (''Friends'')
* Erika (''Pokémon'')
* Erika (''Underworld'')
* Erika Itsumi ''(Girls und Panzer)''
* ''Erika'' (film), a 1971 Italian thriller film
* "E ...
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from:15/08/2003 till:17/08/2003 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"One-C"
from:16/08/2003 till:26/08/2003 color:WPAC text:" Krovanh"
from:17/08/2003 till:17/08/2003 color:WPAC text:"TD"
from:18/08/2003 till:20/08/2003 color:WPAC text:"Vamco"
from:18/08/2003 till:20/08/2003 color:WPAC text:"Lakay"
from:18/08/2003 till:19/08/2003 color:WPAC text:"TD"
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from:21/08/2003 till:22/08/2003 color:NATL text:"Nine
9 is a number, numeral, and glyph.
9 or nine may also refer to:
Dates
* AD 9, the ninth year of the AD era
* 9 BC, the ninth year before the AD era
* 9, numerical symbol for the month of September
Places
* Nine, Portugal, a parish in the ...
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from:22/08/2003 till:27/08/2003 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Ignacio
Ignacio is a male Spanish and Galician name originating either from the Roman family name Egnatius, meaning born from the fire, of Etruscan origin, or from the Latin name " Ignatius" from the word "Ignis" meaning "fire". This was the name of s ...
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from:27/08/2003 till:08/09/2003 color:NATL text:" Fabian"
from:27/08/2003 till:03/09/2003 color:WPAC text:" Dujuan"
from:27/08/2003 till:28/08/2003 color:NIO text:"BOB 03"
from:28/08/2003 till:05/09/2003 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Jimena Jimena or Ximena is the female version of the given name Jimeno, derived from the Basque ''Semen''. It has come to be viewed as a form of the name Simone, though their origins are distinct. The French rendering of the name is Chimène. It may re ...
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from:30/08/2003 till:02/09/2003 color:NATL text:"Grace
Grace may refer to:
Places United States
* Grace, Idaho, a city
* Grace (CTA station), Chicago Transit Authority's Howard Line, Illinois
* Little Goose Creek (Kentucky), location of Grace post office
* Grace, Carroll County, Missouri, an uninc ...
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from:31/08/2003 till:03/09/2003 color:WPAC text:"TD"
from:03/09/2003 till:08/09/2003 color:NATL text:"Henri
Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry.
People with this given name
; French noblemen
:'' See the ' List of rulers named Henry' for Kings of France named Henri.''
* Henri I de Mont ...
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from:03/09/2003 till:06/09/2003 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Kevin"
from:04/09/2003 till:13/09/2003 color:WPAC text:" Maemi"
from:06/09/2003 till:19/09/2003 color:NATL text:"Isabel
Isabel is a female name of Spanish origin. Isabelle is a name that is similar, but it is of French origin. It originates as the medieval Spanish form of ''Elisabeth'' (ultimately Hebrew ''Elisheva''), Arising in the 12th century, it became popula ...
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from:07/09/2003 till:08/09/2003 color:WPAC text:"TD"
from:08/09/2003 till:10/09/2003 color:NATL text:"Fourteen"
from:11/09/2003 till:13/09/2003 color:WPAC text:"TD"
from:13/09/2003 till:17/09/2003 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Linda"
from:14/09/2003 till:15/09/2003 color:WPAC text:"TD"
from:15/09/2003 till:19/09/2003 color:WPAC text:"Quiel"
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from:16/09/2003 till:24/09/2003 color:WPAC text:"Choi-wan"
from:18/09/2003 till:24/09/2003 color:EPAC/CPAC text:" Marty
from:23/09/2003 till:30/09/2003 color:WPAC text:"Koppu"
from:24/09/2003 till:29/09/2003 color:NATL text:"Juan
''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of '' John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish ...
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from:25/09/2003 till:07/10/2003 color:NATL text:"Kate Kate name may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Kate (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname
* Gyula Káté (born 1982), Hungarian amateur boxer
* Lauren Kate (born 1981), American aut ...
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from:28/09/2003 till:04/10/2003 color:SWIO text:"Abaimba"
from:01/10/2003 till:06/10/2003 color:NATL text:"Larry
Larry is a masculine given name in English, derived from Lawrence or Laurence. It can be a shortened form of those names.
Larry may refer to the following:
People Arts and entertainment
* Larry D. Alexander, American artist/writer
*Larry Boon ...
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from:01/10/2003 till:09/10/2003 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Nora
Nora, NORA, or Norah may refer to:
* Nora (name), a feminine given name
People with the surname
* Arlind Nora (born 1980), Albanian footballer
* Pierre Nora (born 1931), French historian
Places Australia
* Norah Head, New South Wales, headland ...
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from:03/10/2003 till:08/10/2003 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Olaf
Olaf or Olav (, , or British ; Old Norse: ''Áleifr'', ''Ólafr'', ''Óleifr'', ''Anleifr'') is a Scandinavian and German given name. It is presumably of Proto-Norse origin, reconstructed as ''*Anu-laibaz'', from ''anu'' "ancestor, grand-father" ...
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from:05/10/2003 till:06/10/2003 color:WPAC text:"TD"
from:06/10/2003 till:10/10/2003 color:WPAC text:"18W"
from:06/10/2003 till:07/10/2003 color:NIO text:"BOB 04"
from:10/10/2003 till:14/10/2003 color:NATL text:"Mindy"
from:12/10/2003 till:13/10/2003 color:WPAC text:"19W"
from:13/10/2003 till:23/10/2003 color:NATL text:"Nicholas
Nicholas is a male given name and a surname.
The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the name and it ...
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from:16/10/2003 till:16/10/2003 color:WPAC text:"TD"
from:17/10/2003 till:27/10/2003 color:WPAC text:"Ketsana"
from:19/10/2003 till:31/10/2003 color:WPAC text:"Parma"
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from:20/10/2003 till:26/10/2003 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Patricia"
from:21/10/2003 till:23/10/2003 color:WPAC
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from:23/10/2003 till:29/10/2003 color:NIO text:"23W"
from:21/10/2003 till:23/10/2003 color:WPAC text:"Ursula"
from:29/10/2003 till:05/11/2003 color:WPAC text:"Melor"
from:09/11/2003 till:25/11/2003 color:SWIO text:"Beni"
from:11/11/2003 till:19/11/2003 color:WPAC text:" Nepartak"
from:12/11/2003 till:15/11/2003 color:NIO text:"02A"
from:14/11/2003 till:15/11/2003 color:WPAC text:"TD"
from:15/11/2003 till:15/11/2003 color:WPAC text:"TD"
from:18/11/2003 till:02/12/2003 color:WPAC text:" Lupit"
from:04/12/2003 till:07/12/2003 color:NATL text:" Odette"
from:04/12/2003 till:20/12/2003 color:SWIO text:"Cela"
from:04/12/2003 till:06/12/2003 color:SPAC text:"01F"
from:06/12/2003 till:12/12/2003 color:AUSR text:"Jana"
from:07/12/2003 till:11/12/2003 color:NATL text:"Peter"
from:11/12/2003 till:16/12/2003 color:NIO text:"03B"
from:16/12/2003 till:17/12/2003 color:WPAC text:"TD"
from:16/12/2003 till:20/12/2003 color:SPAC text:"02F"
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from:16/12/2003 till:23/12/2003 color:AUSR text:"Debbie"
from:23/12/2003 till:27/12/2003 color:WPAC text:"Zigzag"
from:25/12/2003 till:07/01/2004 color:SPAC text:"Heta
Heta is a conventional name for the historical Greek alphabet letter Eta (Η) and several of its variants, when used in their original function of denoting the consonant .
Overview
The letter Η had been adopted by Greek from the Phoenician le ...
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from:27/12/2003 till:04/01/2004 color:SWIO text:"Darius"
from:28/12/2003 till:30/12/2003 color:SPAC text:"04F"
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from:01/05/2003 till:31/05/2003 text:May
from:01/06/2003 till:30/06/2003 text:June
from:01/07/2003 till:31/07/2003 text:July
from:01/08/2003 till:31/08/2003 text:August
from:01/09/2003 till:30/09/2003 text:September
from:01/10/2003 till:31/10/2003 text:October
from:01/11/2003 till:30/11/2003 text:November
from:01/12/2003 till:31/12/2003 text:December
from:01/01/2004 till:09/01/2004 text:Jan. '04
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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 ...
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Systems
January
February
March
March was the most inactive month of 2003, with 6 tropical cyclones forming around this month.
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Global effects
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 2003
This is a list of earthquakes in 2003. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in damage and/or casualties, or are notable for some other reason. All dates are listed according to UTC (Coordinated Universal Tim ...
* Tornadoes of 2003
Notes
1 Only systems that formed either on or after January 1, 2003 are counted in the seasonal totals.2 Only systems that formed either before or on December 31, 2003 are counted in the seasonal totals.
3 The wind speeds for this tropical cyclone/basin are based on the
IMD Scale
Tropical cyclones are ranked on one of five tropical cyclone intensity scales, according to their maximum sustained winds and which tropical cyclone basins they are located in. Only a few scales of classifications are used officially by the mete ...
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 France, French national Meteorology, 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 man ...
which uses gust winds.
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 bet ...
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 2003 * Tropical cyclones by year 2003 Atlantic hurricane season 2003 Pacific hurricane season 2003 Pacific typhoon season 2003 North Indian Ocean cyclone season 2002–03 Australian region cyclone season 2003–04 Australian region cyclone season 2002–03 South Pacific cyclone season 2003–04 South Pacific cyclone season 2002–03 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season 2003–04 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season 2003-related lists