The name Kate has been used for nineteen
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 worldwide, five in the
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the ...
, one in the central
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is ...
, ten in the western
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is ...
, and three in the
Southern Hemisphere.
In the Atlantic:
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Hurricane Kate (1985)
Hurricane Kate was the final in a series of tropical cyclones to impact the United States during 1985. The eleventh tropical cyclone naming, named storm, seventh hurricane, and third major hurricane of the 1985 Atlantic hurricane season, Kate or ...
– Category 3 hurricane, grazed Cuba, directly struck Panama City, Florida
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Hurricane Kate (2003) – Category 3 hurricane, brushed Newfoundland
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Hurricane Kate (2015) – Category 1 hurricane, brushed the Bahamas
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Tropical Storm Kate (2021) – weak and disorganized tropical storm which stayed at sea
In the Central Pacific:
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Hurricane Kate (1976) – briefly threatened Hawaii
In the Western Pacific:
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Tropical Storm Kate (1945) – struck Japan
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Typhoon Kate (1951) (T5106) – affected Japan
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Typhoon Kate (1955) (T5521)
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Tropical Storm Kate (1959) (T5910, 20W)
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Typhoon Kate (1962) (T6206, 44W)
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Typhoon Kate (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 ...
(T6430, 45W) – struck Vietnam
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Typhoon Kate (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 ...
(T6719, 21W, Pepang)
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Typhoon Kate
Typhoon Kate, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Titang, was the second of two super typhoons to strike the Philippines within a week in October 1970, the first being Super Typhoon Joan. As a result, Kate produced heavy damage and over 6 ...
(1970) – killed 915 people in the Philippines
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Tropical Storm Kate (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 ...
(T7312, 13W)
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Typhoon Kate (1999)
The 1999 Pacific typhoon season was the last Pacific typhoon season to use English names as storm names. It also featured the lowest number of typhoons on record, with only five reaching this intensity. This was mainly due to a strong La Niña w ...
(T9901, 04W, Diding)
In the Southern Hemisphere:
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Cyclone Kate (1962)
In meteorology, a cyclone () is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to an anti ...
– South-West Indian Ocean cyclone that struck eastern Madagascar
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Cyclone Kate (2006)
In meteorology, a cyclone () is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to an anti ...
– short-lived (Australian region) Category 2 cyclone in the northwestern Coral Sea, not a threat to land
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Cyclone Kate (2014)
In meteorology, a cyclone () is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to an anti ...
– severe (Australian region) Category 4 cyclone that moved from the South-East Indian Ocean basin into the South-West Indian Ocean basin, not a threat to land
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