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During 2003, tropical cyclones formed within seven different
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from:23/12/2002 till:02/01/2003 color:SPAC text:" Zoe"
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:"
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-related lists
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 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 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 ...
of the year was Cyclone Inigo
Severe Tropical 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 crosse ...
, which was estimated to have a minimum barometric pressure
Atmospheric pressure, also known as air pressure or 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 1,013.2 ...
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 ...
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 potentially the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere. Mahina struck Bathurst Bay, Cape York Peninsula, colonial Queensland ...
. So far, 26 Category 3 tropical cyclones formed, including six Category 5 tropical cyclones formed in 2003, tying 2021
Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
. 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 2003 (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 833 units.
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 IERS Reference Meridian, Prime Meridian and the 140th meridian ...
(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 Government agency, agency of the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government that is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other weathe ...
. Activity in the West Pacific is monitored by the Japan Meteorological Agency
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA; ''気象庁, Kishō-chō'') is a division of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism dedicated to the Scientific, scientific observation and research of natural phenomena. Headquartered ...
(JMA). Systems in the North Indian Ocean are monitored by the India Meteorological Department
India Meteorological Department (IMD) is an Indian 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 headquar ...
(IMD). The Météo-France
Météo-France is the official French meteorological administration, also offering services to Andorra and Monaco. It has the powers of the state and can exercise them in relation to meteorology. Météo-France is in charge of observing, study ...
located in Réunion
Réunion (; ; ; known as before 1848) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France. Part of the Mascarene Islands, it is located approximately east of the isl ...
(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 Government of Australia, Australian Government that is responsible for providing Weather forecasting, weather forecasts and Meteorology, meteorological services to Australia a ...
(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 Funak ...
(FMS) and the Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited
Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited, or simply MetService (), 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 headquarters are ...
. Other, unofficial agencies that provide additional guidance in tropical cyclone monitoring include the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (, abbreviated as PAGASA , which means "hope" as in the Tagalog word ''pag-asa'') is the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS) agency of the P ...
(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
Ami
AMI or Ami may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
*AMI (Romanian singer), a Romanian singer and songwriter
*AMI-tv, a Canadian TV channel
**AMI-télé, the French-language version
*AMI-audio, a Canadian audio broadcast TV service
*''Ami Magaz ...
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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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from:01/02/2003 till:05/02/2003 color:AUSR text:" Beni"
from:25/01/2003 till:30/01/2003 color:SPAC text:"Cilla
Cilla is an English female given name, originally the diminutive form of Priscilla and less frequently Drusilla (name), Drusilla.
People
* Cilla Black (1943–2015), English singer, actress and entertainer
* Cilla Fisher (born 1952), ex-member of ...
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from:30/01/2003 till:10/02/2003 color:SPAC text:"08F"
from:03/02/2003 till:09/02/2003 color:AUSR
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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 or 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 ...
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from:25/02/2003 till:05/03/2003 color:SWIO text:"Japhet
Japheth ( ''Yép̄eṯ'', in pausa ''Yā́p̄eṯ''; '; ; ') is one of the three sons of Noah in the Book of Genesis, in which he plays a role in the story of Noah's drunkenness and the curse of Ham, and subsequently in the Table of Nations ...
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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), ''Erica'' (plant), a flowering plant genus
* Erica (chatbot), a service of Bank of America
* Erica (video game), ''Erica'' (video game), a 2019 FMV video game
* Erica (spider), ' ...
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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 is a masculine given name deriving from the Castilian rendering (Íñigo) of the medieval Basque name Eneko. Ultimately, the name means "my little (man)". While mostly seen among the Iberian diaspora, it also gained a limited popularity ...
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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 her stage name , is a Japanese voice actress from the Tokyo Metropolis area. She is employed by 81 Produce. Her best-known roles include Otose in ''Gin Tama'' and Orochimaru in ''Naruto''. She also voices Sakura Ogami in ''Da ...
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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"
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
Pl ...
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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"
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"
from:22/08/2003 till:27/08/2003 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Ignacio
Ignacio is a male Spanish language, Spanish name originating in the Latin name "Ignatius" from ''ignis'' "fire". This was the name of several saints, including the Ignatius of Antioch, third bishop of Antioch (who was thrown to wild beasts by emp ...
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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 is the Spanish female version of the given name Jimeno. The French rendering of the name is Chimène. It has come to be viewed as a form of the name Simone, though their origins are distinct.
A variant is Ximena.
People with the nam ...
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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 uni ...
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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 the French form of the masculine given name Henry, also in Estonian, Finnish, German and Luxembourgish. Bearers of the given name include:
People French nobles
* Henri I de Montmorency (1534–1614), Marshal and Constable of France
* H ...
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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 Iberian origin. Isabelle is a name that is similar, but it is of French origin. It originates as the medieval Spanish form of ''Elizabeth (given name), Elisabeth'' (ultimately Hebrew ''Elisheba''). Arising in the 12th c ...
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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''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philip ...
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from:25/09/2003 till:07/10/2003 color:NATL text:"Kate Kate 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 author o ...
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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 Boo ...
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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 (1931–2025), French historian
* Simon Nora (1921–2006), French politician
Place ...
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from:03/10/2003 till:08/10/2003 color:EPAC/CPAC text:"Olaf
Olaf or Olav (, , or differences between General American and Received Pronunciation, British ; ) is a Dutch, Polish, Scandinavian and German given name. It is presumably of Proto-Norse origin, reconstructed as ''*Anu-laibaz'', from ''anu'' "ances ...
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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 name, the Anglophone version of an ancient Greek name in use since antiquity, and cognate with the modern Greek , . It originally derived from a combination of two Ancient Greek, Greek words meaning 'victory' and 'people'. In ...
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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 let ...
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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:23/12/2002 till:31/12/2002 text:Dec. '02
from:01/01/2003 till:31/01/2003 text:January
from:01/02/2003 till:28/02/2003 text:February
from:01/03/2003 till:31/03/2003 text:March
from:01/04/2003 till:30/04/2003 text:April
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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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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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 and subtropical cyclones in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans, which are known as basins. Collectively, tropica ...
* List of earthquakes in 2003
* Tornadoes of 2003
This page documents notable tornadoes and tornado outbreaks worldwide in 2003. Strong and destructive tornadoes form most frequently in the United States, Bangladesh, and East India, Eastern India, but they can occur almost anywhere under the rig ...
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 classifications are used officially by the meteorologica ...
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 official French meteorological administration, also offering services to Andorra and Monaco. It has the powers of the state and can exercise them in relation to meteorology. Météo-France is in charge of observing, study ...
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. Geographically it is positioned between the Indian subcontinent and the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese peninsula, located below the Bengal region.
Many South Asian and Southe ...
and the Arabian Sea
The Arabian Sea () is a region of sea in the northern Indian Ocean, bounded on the west by the Arabian Peninsula, Gulf of Aden and Guardafui Channel, on the northwest by Gulf of Oman and Iran, on the north by Pakistan, on the east by India, and ...
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-related lists