The name Dot was used for fourteen
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 in
Pacific Ocean
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: two in the central Pacific and twelve in the northwest Pacific.
In the central Pacific:
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Hurricane Dot (1959)
Hurricane Dot was a powerful hurricane which affected Hawaii in August 1959, making it, at the time, the costliest tropical cyclone in Hawaiian history. Dot was first identified as a strong tropical storm southeast of Hawaii on August 1. ...
– peaked as Category 4 hurricane prior to making landfall on Kauai, Hawaii.
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Hurricane Dot (1970) – formed northwest of Hawaii, peaked as a Category 1 hurricane; did not affect land.
In the northwest Pacific:
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Typhoon Dot (1955) (T5508)
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Super Typhoon Dot (1961) (T6128, 66W) – affected Iwo Jima
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Typhoon Dot (1964)
Typhoon Dot (known as Typhoon Enang in the Philippines) was a strong tropical cyclone that made landfall (meteorology), landfalls on Luzon and near Hong Kong in October 1964. It was the fifth typhoon to impact Hong Kong during the active 19 ...
(T6424, 36W, Enang) – made landfall twice, affected the Philippines, Hong Kong and eastern China
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Tropical Storm Dot (1967)
The 1967 Pacific typhoon season was one of the most active Pacific typhoon seasons on record, witnessing the formation of 35 tropical storms during the season. It began on January 1, 1967, though most storms usually form between June and Decembe ...
(T6709, 10W) – affected the Ryūkyū Islands
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Typhoon Dot (1973)
The 1973 Pacific typhoon season, in comparison to the two years preceding it, was a below average season, with only 21 named storms and 12 typhoons forming. However, it featured Typhoon Nora, which ties Typhoon June of 1975 for the second stron ...
(T7305, 05W) – made landfall just east of Hong Kong on the Chinese mainland
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Tropical Storm Dot (1976)
The 1976 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1976, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year whe ...
(T7615, 15W) – scraped the coast of China near Shanghai before making landfall while dissipating on the Korean Peninsula
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Tropical Storm Dot (1979)
The 1979 Pacific typhoon season featured the largest and most intense tropical cyclone recorded globally, Typhoon Tip. The season also used both male and female names as tropical cyclone names for the first time. Additionally, the season was sli ...
(T7904, 04W, Karing) – affected most of The Philippines
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Typhoon Dot (1982)
The 1982 Pacific typhoon season was an average season in terms of total tropical storms, though it featured a very high amount of typhoons. It ran year-round in 1982, but most tropical cyclones formed between May and November. These dates convent ...
(T8212, 13W, Miding) – made landfall in China.
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Typhoon Dot (1985)
Typhoon Dot, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Saling, was the strongest storm of the 1985 season. Dot originated from a small area of thunderstorm activity in early to mid October. The system was first classified on October 11, and ...
(T8522, 21W, Saling) – made landfall in the Philippines, brushed the southern coast of Hainan, made second landfall in Vietnam
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Typhoon Dot (1989)
Typhoon Dot, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Kuring, was one of several tropical cyclones to impact southern China and northern Vietnam during the 1989 Pacific typhoon season. Originating from a tropical disturbance near Palau on June 4 ...
(T8905, 05W, Kuring) – made landfall on Hainan, weakening before a third landfall in Vietnam
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Typhoon Dot (1990)
The 1990 Pacific typhoon season was another active season, with 31 storms being named during the year. It had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1990, but most tropical cyclones formed in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and Novem ...
(T9017, 17W) – made landfalls in Taiwan and China
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Typhoon Dot (1993)
The 1993 Pacific typhoon season was the most active season for the Philippines, seeing a total of 32 storms forming or entering their area of responsibility. Overall, it was an average season, spawning 28 tropical storms, 15 typhoons and three su ...
(T9318, 24W) – made landfall in the Philippines Turned away from Hainan at the last moment to make landfall on mainland China.
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