The name Joan has been used for one

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in the Atlantic Ocean, ten tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific, and two tropical cyclones in the Australian region.

Atlantic

Hurricane Joan Hurricane Joan was a long lived and powerful tropical cyclone that caused death and destruction in over a dozen countries in the Caribbean and Central America. Moving on a due west course for nearly two weeks in October 1988, Hurricane Joan cau ...

(1988) – passed over the Guajira Peninsula in northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela before making landfall in Nicaragua. After crossing Central America into the Eastern Pacific, Joan was renamed ''Miriam''. The name Joan was retired in the Atlantic after the 1988 season, and it was replaced by '' Joyce'' for the 1994 season.

Western Pacific

Typhoon Joan (1951) The 1951 Pacific typhoon season was a generally average season with multiple tropical cyclones striking the Philippines. With the exception of January, each month saw at least one tropical system develop; October was the most active month with f ...

(T5105) – did not affect land *

Typhoon Joan (1955) The 1955 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1955, 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 wh ...

(T5520) – did not affect land *

Typhoon Joan (1959) Typhoon Joan was an intense typhoon that caused minor damages in relative to the strength of the typhoon. Joan was the strongest typhoon of 1959 Pacific typhoon season, and one of the most intense Pacific typhoons on record. Joan formed from a ...

(T5909, 21W) – a Category 5-equivalent typhoon that made landfall on Taiwan * Typhoon Joan (1962) (T6205, 37W) – hit South Korea *

Tropical Storm Joan (1964) In November 1964, the quick succession of three typhoons—Iris, Joan, and Kate—caused widespread flooding in Vietnam. Constituting part of a very active typhoon season, the three typhoons made landfalls in South Vietnam within a 12-day ...

(T6429, 44W) – a relatively weak storm which hit Vietnam and became one of the Western Pacific's deadliest systems, killing at least 7,000 people *

Tropical Storm Joan (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 ...

(T6717, 20W) – a long-lived tropical storm that did not affect land * Typhoon Joan (1970) (T7019, 21W, Sening) – a powerful and devastating typhoon that impacted southeastern

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as a Category 5-equivalent typhoon and eastern Hainan island as a Category 1-equivalent typhoon * Tropical Storm Joan (1973) (T7311, 12W, Elang) – approached Taiwan and struck China *

Typhoon Joan (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 ...

(T7621, 21W) – did not affect land *

Typhoon Joan (1997) Typhoon Joan was the longest-lasting super typhoon at the time, maintaining 1-minute maximum sustained winds of at least for 4.5 days. Joan, concurrently with Typhoon Ivan to its west, also became the strongest typhoons at the same time in ...

(T9724, 28W) – passed between

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and

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in the

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as a Category 5-equivalent typhoon

Australian region

Cyclone Joan (1965) The following is a list of all reported tropical cyclones within the Australian region between 90°E and 160°E in the 1960s. During the decade, tropical cyclones were named by the New Caledonia Meteorological Service, while the Australian Bureau ...

Cyclone Joan Severe Tropical Cyclone Joan was an intense tropical cyclone that ravaged areas of Western Australia. Forming out of a tropical low on 30 November 1975, Joan gradually intensified as it tracked towards the west. After attaining Category 5 inten ...

(1975) – a Category 5 severe tropical cyclone that made landfall in

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at peak intensity The name Joan was retired in the Australian region after its usage for the 1975 cyclone. {{DEFAULTSORT:Joan Atlantic hurricane set index articles Pacific typhoon set index articles Australian region cyclone set index articles