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During 2012, tropical cyclones formed within seven different
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Nineteen tropical cyclones formed in the
January was the most active month of the year with 21 tropical cyclones forming, However, only six were named by specific tropical cyclone naming agencies. Intense Tropical Cyclone Funso produced flooding rains as it looped in the Mozambique Channel, killing at least 21 people, soon after Subtropical Depression Dando killed 10 people across southern Africa.
A total of nine tropical systems of all intensities were monitored during February 2012, of which five developed further and were named by the various warning centres. Intense Tropical Cyclone Giovanna was a powerful tropical cyclone that affected
A total of twelve tropical systems of all intensities were monitored during March 2012, of which four developed further and were named by the various warning centres.
2 Only systems that formed either before or on December 31, 2012 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
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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 2012 * Tropical cyclones by year
During 2012, 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 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 128 tropical cyclones had formed this year to date. 85 tropical cyclones had been named by either a Regional Specialized Meteorological Center
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(RSMC) or a Tropical Cyclone Warning Center
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(TCWC).
The most active basin in the year was the Western Pacific, which documented 25 named systems, while the North Atlantic
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saw its fifth-most-active season on record, tied with 1887
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, 1995
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, 2010
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, and 2011
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. Conversely, the Eastern Pacific hurricane season experienced an average number of cyclones reaching tropical storm
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intensity, numbering 17 respectively. The least-active basin of the year was the North Indian Ocean
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, which had a late start with its first system forming in October. Activity across the southern hemisphere's three basins— South-West Indian, Australian
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, and South Pacific
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—was spread evenly, with each region recording seven named storms apiece. So far, twenty-four Category 3 tropical cyclones formed, including three Category 5 tropical cyclones in the year. The accumulated cyclone energy
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(ACE) index for the 2012 (seven basins combined), as calculated by Colorado State University
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was 740.5 units.
The strongest tropical cyclone
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was Typhoon Sanba
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, which strengthened to a minimum barometric pressure
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of 900 mbar
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(hPa
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; 26.58 inHg
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) before striking South Korea
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. The costliest tropical cyclone of the year was Hurricane Sandy
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, which caused $68.7 billion (2012 USD) in damages after striking the Caribbean and United States. The deadliest tropical cyclone of the year was Typhoon Bopha
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which caused widespread destruction on Mindanao, leaving thousands of people homeless and killing 1,901 people.
Global atmospheric and hydrological conditions
The Atlantic Ocean began an organization favorable to thesea surface temperatures
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, while the Eastern and Central Pacific Ocean began on unfavorable conditions due to dissipation of the 2010–12 La Niña event in April 2012. During the month of May to November along the Pacific hurricane season a favorable organization began due to the sea surface temperatures
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and the formation of El Niño–Southern Oscillation
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.
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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 North Pacific Ocean, the Southwest Pacific, the Southwest and Southeast Indian Oceans, ...
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Atlantic hurricane
An Atlantic hurricane is a type of tropical cyclone that forms in the Atlantic Ocean primarily between June and November. The terms "hurricane", "typhoon", and "cyclone, tropical cyclone" can be used interchangeably to describe this weather ph ...
season, the third-most active in history with previous 1887
Events January
* January 11 РLouis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Acad̩mie Nationale de M̩decine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher.
* January 20
** The United States Senate allows the United States Navy to lease Pearl Har ...
, 1995
1995 was designated as:
* United Nations Year for Tolerance
* World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...
, 2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
and 2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
seasons. On East Pacific and Central Pacific, a total of 17 named storms formed during the season.
Systems
A total of 132 systems formed globally in the year with 52 of them causing significant damage, deaths, and/or setting records for their basin.January
January was the most active month of the year with 21 tropical cyclones forming, However, only six were named by specific tropical cyclone naming agencies. Intense Tropical Cyclone Funso produced flooding rains as it looped in the Mozambique Channel, killing at least 21 people, soon after Subtropical Depression Dando killed 10 people across southern Africa.
February
A total of nine tropical systems of all intensities were monitored during February 2012, of which five developed further and were named by the various warning centres. Intense Tropical Cyclone Giovanna was a powerful tropical cyclone that affected Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...
. Giovanna is still blamed for 33 deaths along the Madagascar coast, and it is the first intense tropical cyclone to impact Madagascar, since Cyclone Bingiza
Tropical Cyclone Bingiza was the only tropical cyclone naming, named storm to make landfall (meteorology), landfall in the inactive 2010–11 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season. The second of three storms, Bingiza developed on 9 February to ...
in February 2011.
March
A total of twelve tropical systems of all intensities were monitored during March 2012, of which four developed further and were named by the various warning centres. Cyclone Lua
Severe Tropical Cyclone Lua affected a sparsely populated region of Western Australia during mid-March 2012. Originating in a broad low pressure area that formed northwest of Australia by 8 March, the storm was plagued by inhibiting wind shear ...
affected a sparsely populated region of Western Australia
Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...
.
April
A total of 4 tropical cyclones formed during this month, making this month the least active of 2012. None of these tropical cyclones were tropical storm strength or higher, thus making Tropical Cyclone Daphne, which was formed in March as the strongest tropical cyclone of this month.May
June
July
July was slightly active with only seven tropical cyclones being named, with all of them being named.August
September
October
November
December
Global effects
Notes
1 Only systems that formed either on or after January 1, 2012 are counted in the seasonal totals.2 Only systems that formed either before or on December 31, 2012 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.
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 2012
This is a list of earthquakes in 2012. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in damage or casualties, or are notable for some other reason. All dates are listed according to UTC time. Two huge 8 magnitude eart ...
* Tornadoes of 2012
This page documents the tornadoes and tornado outbreaks of 2012. Extremely destructive tornadoes form most frequently in the United States, Bangladesh, Brazil and eastern India, but they can occur almost anywhere under the right conditions. Tornad ...
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 2012 * Tropical cyclones by year