Tropical cyclones in 2020

Tropical cyclones in 2020
Tropical cyclones in 2020
	Danilo
Dissipated	January 12, 2021
Strongest system
Name	Goni
Lowest pressure	905 mbar (hPa); 26.72 inHg
Longest lasting system
Name	Paulette
Duration	21 days
Year statistics
Total systems	141
Named systems	104 (record high)
Total fatalities	1,338 total
Total damage	> $73.396 billion (2020 USD)
Related articles
	2020 Atlantic hurricane season; 2020 Pacific hurricane season; 2020 Pacific typhoon season; 2020 North Indian Ocean cyclone season; 2019–20 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season; 2020–21 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season; 2019–20 Australian region cyclone season; 2020–21 Australian region cyclone season; 2019–20 South Pacific cyclone season; 2020–21 South Pacific cyclone season;
	Other years ; 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

2020 was regarded as the most active tropical cyclone year on record, documenting 104 named tropical systems. During the year, 141

maximum sustained winds of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) (though one storm was a crossover storm that received two names). The strongest storm of the year was Typhoon Goni, peaking with a pressure of 905 hPa (26.72 inHg). The deadliest storm of the year was Hurricane Eta which caused 175 fatalities and another 100+ to be missing in Central America and the US, while the costliest storm of the year was Hurricane Laura, with a damage cost around $19.1 billion in the Greater Antilles, The Bahamas, and the Gulf Coast of the United States

.

2020 featured a very high amount of tropical cyclones forming in the year. It was dominated by a

major tropical cyclones which formed throughout the year constituted an average amount. The accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) index for the 2020 (seven basins combined), as calculated by Colorado State University (CSU) was 599.1 units, which was below the 1981-2010 mean of 770.2 units.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Tropical Storm Vicky

Ferdinand in February to Yasa

in December.

Global atmospheric and hydrological conditions

Atsani

(at bottom-right).

As 2020 began,

La Niña. As a result, the ENSO Blog issued La Niña watch, stating a 50–55% chance of a strong La Niña.^[7] In September, NOAA confirmed that the environment shifted to a La Niña pattern, based on lower than normal water temperatures in the eastern Pacific Ocean near the equator. The ENSO Blog estimated a 75% chance that La Niña conditions would persist through the end of the year, in part due to a strengthening Walker circulation.^[8]

Meanwhile, in the Atlantic, sea surface temperatures were near normal in the early parts of the year. However, they began to warm up significantly that Spring, with the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and the Main Development Region all having well above-average sea surface temperatures. This was mainly due to the developing La Niña.

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the response to tropical cyclones during the year. In the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, COVID-19, travel and social distancing restrictions associated with the pandemic were lifted for those seeking safe houses and evacuation shelters during Cyclone Harold.^[9]^[10] When Typhoon Vongfong struck the Philippines in May, evacuation shelters were filled to half-capacity to comply with social distancing guidelines, requiring more evacuation centers to house refugees.^[11]^[12]^[13] As a result of the use of schools as quarantine facilities for COVID-19, some schools could not be used as evacuation shelters.^[14] When Cyclone Amphan was approaching India in May, shelter capacity in West Bengal was reduced from 500,000 people to 200,000 people due to social distancing restrictions.^[15] Movement restrictions in El Salvador were temporarily lifted to allow people to purchase supplies ahead of Tropical Storm Amanda.^[16]

Summary

North Atlantic Ocean

An average Atlantic hurricane season features 14 tropical storms, 7 hurricanes, and 3 major hurricanes, and features an Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) count of 110. This is according to the new 30-year averages from 1991 to 2020. In 2020 in the North Atlantic basin, all of the statistics fell well above listed, featuring a record-breaking 30 tropical storms, 14 hurricanes, and 7 major hurricanes, with an ACE total of 182.

After fifteen years, the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season has surpassed record high activity in terms of named storms. The season produced thirty-one tropical cyclones, of which thirty developed into named storms; thirteen became hurricanes, and six attained major hurricane status. The season's first cyclone developed on May 16, and activity was unprecedented after Arthur formed, with an additional off-season storm forming having been named Tropical Storm Bertha. In July, five individual storms (most notably Hurricane Isaias, which spawned a damaging tornado outbreak in the United States) formed and tied the record with 2005 as the most active July on record. The month of August also included Hurricanes Laura and Marco, which both impacted the United States and the former becoming the costliest of the year. Afterwards, a record-breaking ten storms developed in the month of September. Afterwards, October featured little relief with 3 hurricanes and 4 named storms forming all and all. The catastrophic season ended on November 18, after Hurricane Iota dissipated. Iota was also the most intense hurricane of the season with a minimum central pressure of 917 mbar. Iota was also the strongest storm in terms of wind speed, peaking with a strength of 155 mph or as a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson scale. Many records were broken throughout the season, including the extreme rate of tropical cyclone formations, the second time on record that the Greek naming system for named storms was used, and the strength of the storms which formed in the months of October and November.^[17]

The season was very destructive, causing an estimated $51.146 billion (2020 USD) in damage and more than four hundred fatalities. Most destruction was due to Laura, which caused about $19.1 billion (2020 USD) in damage and killed seventy people in Louisiana. Hurricane Eta in early November also caused $7 billion (2020 USD) in damage and was the deadliest storm of the season, causing over two hundred deaths as it crossed the vast majority of Central America and eventually made three more landfalls: one in Cuba, and two in Florida.

Eastern and Central Pacific Oceans

An average Pacific hurricane season features 15 tropical storms, 9 hurricanes, and 4 major hurricanes, and features an Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) count of 132. In 2020 in the Eastern and Central Pacific basins, most of the statistics fell below the above list. The exception was the number of tropical storms, featuring 17, which was slightly above average for the basin.

The season as a whole, however, was below average. Featuring only seventeen tropical storms (sixteen received names), four hurricanes, and three major hurricanes, the

Tropical Storm Polo

, which briefly existed for around 2 days prior.

Each individual storm generated very low ACE counts throughout the season, ending at a total of just 73 units. These statistics are typical of a

La Niña that has been persisting since the beginning of the year. In addition, no storms formed in the Central Pacific Ocean this year – the first such occurrence since 2017

.

Western Pacific Ocean

The average typhoon season lasts year-round, with the majority of the storms forming between May and October. An average Pacific typhoon season features 26 tropical storms, 16 typhoons, and 9 super typhoons (unofficial category). It also features an average Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) count of approximately 294; the basin is typically the most active basin for tropical cyclone formation. For only the third time ever and the first in a decade, the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season surpassed the 2020 Pacific typhoon season in named storms, which had below-average statistics, especially in the count of super typhoons. This was only the third time ever that the typhoon season wasn't the most active season; two times (2005 and 2010) it was the Atlantic hurricane season, and the fourth (and only time the most active season wasn't in the Northern Hemisphere) being the 1973 Australian cyclone season. The season was slightly below average with most of the

Typhoon Chan-hom was the longest-lived storm of the season, Typhoon Saudel was another contributing storm to the Vietnam flood event, Tropical Storm Linfa became the deadliest storm of the season and year, and Typhoon Molave caused catastrophic damage to the Philippines. Typhoon Goni in October–November was the strongest and most intense storm of the season and year. The final typhoon of the season was Typhoon Vamco, which was another serious Philippine typhoon. The last depression dissipated in early December. During most of the year, sea surface temperatures were moderately below normal near the equator, and were highest around 160° E from August to October. Partially as a result, most of the storms make landfall in Philippines. No named storms entered the basin from the Central Pacific, east of the International Date Line. Overall, there were 22 named storms

in the basin in 2020, which was slightly below the norm of 27. A total of 10 of the 22 storms became typhoons, a moderately lower than normal proportion.

North Indian Ocean

The season was slightly above average, with nine tropical cyclones, five cyclonic storms, four severe cyclonic storms, three very severe cyclonic storms, and one super cyclonic storm. The first storm, in the Bay of Bengal, formed on May 16 from a low-pressure area. It went on to strengthen into a super cyclonic storm, being designated Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan, and make landfall in India three days later, becoming the costliest storm ever recorded in the basin. Amphan simultaneously dissipated. In June, Severe Cyclonic Storm Nisarga became the first storm in the new thirteen-list naming system. After Nisarga dissipated, there was no activity between June 4 and October 11 – one of the longest gaps in inactivity on record. Then, on October 11, after the inactivity gap came to a close, Deep Depression BOB 02 formed. It made landfall in Andhra Pradesh and caused extensive damage. Two more depressions formed in October, and none were named – one of only a few occurrences on record. Gati formed on November 21, causing one of the longest naming gaps in history. Gati later became a Category 3 tropical cyclone on the Saffir–Simpson scale, and made landfall in the Horn of Africa near Ras Hafun which became later the strongest cyclone to attack Somalia since reliable records began in 1891. Two more storms formed in the Bay of Bengal – Nivar and Burevi, both impacting south India. Nivar was in late November and affected South India at Tamil Nadu. Burevi formed on November 30, scraped Sri Lanka, and dissipated just off the coast of India.

South-West Indian Ocean

2019–20 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season summary map

2020–21 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season summary map

January–June

The 2019–20 season was slightly above average, with eight tropical depressions, seven tropical storms, and three intense tropical cyclones in 2020.

As the season was reaching January, it already has seen four tropical cyclones throughout the second half of 2019. No tropical cyclones developed until January 19, which was very late in the calendar year. Diane and Esami later formed, with Diane being the costliest and deadliest storm. In February, Moderate Tropical Storm Francisco formed, and was deemed very weak. After, Intense Tropical Cyclone Gabekile formed, becoming the first of three intense cyclones of 2020. It was also the most intense tropical cyclone in the 2020 part of the 2019–20 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season. With the month of March being the least active of the year, Intense Tropical Cyclone Herold formed, becoming the first major tropical cyclone, which is Category 3 or higher on the Saffir–Simpson scale. Irondro later followed on April 1, and concluded with the dissipation of Jeruto on April 16.

July–December

On November, 12 Alicia formed on the extreme northeast section of the basin. This marked the third season in a row with a pre-season tropical cyclone. Alicia strengthened into a tropical cyclone on November 15, rapidly weakened due to the vertical wind shear and cool waters, and dissipated on November 17. On November 14, another tropical disturbance formed off the coast of

JTWC. It rapidly weakened and dissipated the next day. The basin remained quiet until, on November, 30 a tropical low crossed over from the Australian region. It strengthened into a moderate tropical storm, then to a severe tropical storm, and was named Bongoyo. Two additional low formed, one formed but exited the basin on December 20 and another Zone of Disturbed Weather formed near Diego Garcia, which strengthened to Severe Tropical Storm Chalane, which made landfall on Madagascar and Mozambique

, the first tropical cyclone for this season to make landfall. The same Zone of Disturbed Weather which exited on December 20, again re-entered on December 28, following with another Zone of Disturbed Weather, designated 06. On January 1, 06 intensified into Tropical Storm Danilo and continued into 2021 for 12 more days.

Australian Region

2019–20 Australian region cyclone season summary map

2020–21 Australian region cyclone season summary map

January–June

The 2019–20 Australian region cyclone season was a below average

Australian tropical cyclone scale before dissipating west of Australia. Later that month, a tropical low formed and lasted for a week before dissipating in late January without been named. Three other tropical lows formed in late January and early February. One of them dissipated later. Another one of them has been moving in and out of the Australian region. It was designated 06F by the Fiji Meteorological Service. The third one intensified into Cyclone Damien. In late February, 2 new tropical lows formed, and were named Esther and Ferdinand. Esther didn't strengthen much, but Ferdinand went on to become a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone, equivalent to a Category 2 Atlantic Hurricane. Then two cyclones named Gretel and Harold formed in Coral Sea on March and April respectively. They both exited the basin and intensified further into the South Pacific basin. The season concluded with the two lows formed in the area under TCWC Jakarta, which the latter one was named as Mangga which became one of the powerful extratropical cyclone

to hit Australia such late in the season.

July–December

On November 24, Tropical Low 01U formed off the coast of Sumatra which started the 2020–21 season. It exited the basin on November 30 and entered the South West Indian Ocean where it intensified into a severe tropical storm and it was named Bongoyo. After that, on December 6 another low formed off the coast of Java, which also intensified into a tropical storm status according to JTWC. It hit Christmas Island and dissipated quickly after making landfall in Pilbara region of Western Australia. Along with the system another low formed off the coast of Kimberley region. Both system caused strong winds and heavy downpour. Another low named 03U formed and quickly dissipated after making landfall in Northern Territory, Australia. Another low originated near Sumatra entered the basin on December 20, which then exited on December 28.

South Pacific Ocean

2019–20 South Pacific Ocean cyclone season summary map

2020–21 South Pacific Ocean cyclone season summary map

January–June

The 2019–20 season was slightly above average with eight tropical cyclones and four severe tropical cyclones forming during the season. The other half, 2020 began with the arrival of Tropical Depression 01F on November 22, near the Solomon Islands, which would later become Tropical Cyclone Rita. Rita would then peak as a Category 3 on the Australian scale. Tropical Disturbance 02F was designated sometime later, but didn't last long after that. Sarai formed on December 23, lasting into the new year before finally ceasing to exist on January 2. Not too long after that, Tino formed and affected eastern Fiji and the surrounding area before dissipating. On January 24, a depression formed and dissipated the next day without been named. In early February, another low originally in the Australian region crossed the 160th meridian east and emerged in the South Pacific. It strengthened into severe tropical cyclone Uesi and affected New Caledonia and New Zealand. In mid-February four disturbances formed, 07F, 08F, 09F and 10F. 07F & 08F dissipated before becoming tropical depressions but the other 2 strengthened into tropical cyclones Vicky and Wasi. In mid March, Gretel entered the basin. It dissipated shortly afterwards. In early April, Harold also entered the basin from the Australian region. It rapidly intensified into a Category 5 Severe tropical cyclone as it impacted Vanuatu. The season ended on April 10.

July–December

During December 8, the FMS reported that Tropical Disturbance 01F had developed, while it was located about 145 km (90 mi) to the northeast of Apia in Samoa.^[18] Over the next few days, the system moved westwards towards Vanuatu and developed into a tropical depression, before it started to interact with Tropical Disturbance 02F that had developed near Vanuatu. On December 13, 15:00 UTC, 02F intensified into a Category 1 tropical cyclone Yasa according to Australian scale. Yasa continued intensifying, reaching Category 5 intensity on the Australian scale. The following day, 03F intensified into Category 1 tropical cyclone Zazu, strengthening to Category 2. Yasa peaked with a minimum barometric pressure of 917 mb (27.08 inHg) and maximum wind speed of 230 km/h (145 mph), while Zazu dissipated into an extratropical cyclone. Yasa caused catastrophic damage and four deaths in Fiji.^[19] It became extratropical on December 20.

South Atlantic Ocean

The South Atlantic Ocean had a record breaking three named systems in 2020; Subtropical Storm Kurumí in late January, Subtropical Storm Mani in late October, and Subtropical Storm Oquira in late December. Kurumí caused devastating floods and mudslides in Southeast region of Brazil, while Mani caused heavy rainfall in the Espírito Santo state. Oquira caused little damage to any landmasses. ^{[citation needed]}

Mediterranean Sea

In the Mediterranean Sea, a powerful system unofficially named Ianos by Greece formed and affected Sicily and Greece, with winds peaking at 120 kilometres per hour (75 mph) and a minimum pressure of 995 mb (29.38 inHg). Its remnants then affected Malta and Libya.^{[citation needed]}

Systems

January

Cyclone Claudia

The month of January was borderline-average in terms of named storms and systems formed, but below average in terms of intensity in the

Blake subsequently became the first named storm of the year and made two landfalls in the Kimberley region, bringing heavy rainfall throughout the region. Adding on, Tino brought considerable damage throughout the South Pacific in the middle portion of the month, and a rare South Atlantic tropical cyclone formed, named Kurumí

, becoming the first of its kind to be named in January later on in the month.

Tropical cyclones formed in January 2020
Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths	Refs
Blake	January 4–11	75 (45)	986	Western Australia	Minor	None
Claudia	January 4–17	150 (90)	963	Eastern Indonesia, Top End, Kimberley	None	None
Tino	January 11–20	120 (75)	970	Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna, Samoan Islands, Tuvalu, Tonga	$5.83 million	2	^[20]
05	January 19–23	55 (35)	999	None	None	None
Diane	January 22–26	75 (45)	990	Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion	Unknown	31	^[21]
Kurumí	January 23–25	65 (40)	998	São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro	Unknown	70	^[22]
Esami	January 23–26	85 (50)	990	Rodrigues	None	None
04U	January 23–30	Unspecified	998	Northern Territory, Queensland	None	None
05F	January 24–26	Unspecified	1003	Samoan Islands	None	None
TL	January 31 – February 4	Unspecified	1007	Cocos Islands	None	None

February

Cyclone Gabekile

The month of February was fairly above average, seeing thirteen tropical cyclones develop, with eight being named.

Ferdinand

forming, with Ferdinand staying north of the Australian coastline its entire lifetime.

Tropical cyclones formed in February 2020
Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths	Refs
Damien	February 2–11	155 (100)	955	Northern Australia, Kimberley	$4.3 million	None	^[23]
Uesi	February 3–15	120 (75)	970	Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island, New Zealand, New South Wales, South East Queensland	Minor	1	^[24]
Francisco	February 3–15	80 (50)	994	Madagascar	Minor	1	^[25]
TL	February 6–8	Unspecified	1007	Cocos Islands	None	None
TL	February 13	Unspecified	1009	None	None	None
Gabekile	February 13–17	165 (105)	950	None	None	None
07F	February 14–21	Unspecified	998	Tuvalu, American Samoa, Tokelau	None	None
TL	February 15–17	Unspecified	1002	Solomon Islands	None	None
08F	February 17–18	65 (40)	994	American Samoa, Niue	None	None
Vicky	February 19–22	85 (50)	988	Samoan Islands, Niue	None	None
Wasi	February 21–23	85 (50)	990	Wallis and Futuna, Samoan Islands	None	None
Esther	February 21 – March 5	75 (45)	988	Far North Queensland, Northern Territory, Kimberley	None	None
Ferdinand	February 22 – March 4	155 (100)	960	Lesser Sunda Islands	None	None

March

March was highly below average. Actually, it was the least active month of 2020, with only four systems forming with two being named. Despite that,

Gretel and Herold

formed, with the latter becoming the first major tropical cyclone of 2020.

Tropical cyclones formed in March 2020
Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths	Refs
09U	March 9–14	75 (45)	999	Java, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara Western Australia	None	None
Gretel	March 10–17	100 (65)	980	Top End, New Guinea, Queensland, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, New Zealand	None	None
Herold	March 12–20	175 (110)	955	Madagascar, Tromelin Island	Unknown	5	^[26]
11U	March 29 – April 2	Unspecified	1005	New Guinea, Cape York Peninsula	None	None

April

The month of April was average with five storms developing and three being named, though the month featured Harold which was responsible for devastating damage in Vanuatu and the first category 5-equivalent storm of 2020, as well as the first to be featured in the South Pacific since Gita in 2018. It also featured Tropical Depression One-E in the Eastern Pacific, becoming its earliest forming tropical cyclone in the basin proper, and the first storm in the Northern Hemisphere in 2020.

Tropical cyclones formed in April 2020
Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths	Refs
Irondro	April 1–7	175 (110)	950	None	None	None
Harold	April 1–11	230 (145)	920	Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga	>$123.5 million	≥30	^[27]^[28]
TL	April 3	Unspecified	1008	None	None	None
Jeruto	April 10–16	65 (40)	999	None	None	None
One-E	April 25–26	55 (35)	1006	None	None	None

May

The month of May was well above average with eight tropical cyclones developing and six of those being named.

Mangga formed as an off-season tropical storm in the Australian region. Furthermore, Bertha formed in the Atlantic and marked the first time since 2016 that two pre-season storms have formed in the Atlantic, as well as the first time since 2012 that two tropical depressions or storms formed in the month of May. Cristobal formed on June 1 from the remnants of Amanda

in and affected Mexico and the United States, becoming the earliest third named storm in the North Atlantic Ocean on record. However, Cristobal does not count for June, as it counts as one tropical cyclone, rather than two.

Tropical cyclones formed in May 2020
Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths	Refs
TD	May 3–10	55 (35)	1004	Mentawai Islands, Sumatra	None	None
Vongfong (Ambo)	May 10–18	155 (100)	960	Palau, Philippines, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands	$50 million	5	^[29]
Amphan	May 16–21	240 (150)	920	Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, Bhutan	>$13.6 billion	128	^[30]
Arthur	May 16–19	95 (60)	990	The Bahamas, North Carolina, Bermuda	$112.000	None	^[31]
Mangga	May 19–23	65 (40)	995	Mentawai Islands, Sumatra, Western Australia	None	None
Bertha	May 27–28	85 (50)	1004	Florida, Bahamas, East Coast of the United States	$130,000	1	^[32]
ARB 01	May 29–31	45 (30)	1000	Oman, Yemen	Minimal	3	^[33]
Amanda	May 30–31	65 (40)	1003	Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Belize, Costa Rica, Mexico	$200 million	40	^[34]

June

June was below average with just five tropical cyclones forming and four of them being named. In the North Indian Ocean,

Dolly

formed in the North Atlantic Ocean and became the third-earliest fourth named storm in the basin on record but dissipated before reaching any land.

Tropical cyclones formed in June 2020
Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths	Refs
Nisarga	June 1–4	110 (70)	984	West India	$803 million	6	^{[citation needed]}
Cristobal	June 1–9	95 (60)	988	Mexico, Gulf Coast of the United States, Midwestern United States, Eastern Canada	$665 million	6
Nuri (Butchoy)	June 10–15	75 (45)	996	Philippines, China	Minimal	1	^{[citation needed]}
Dolly	June 22–24	75 (45)	1002	East Coast of the United States, Atlantic Canada	None	None
Boris	June 24–28	65 (40)	1005	None	None	None
Four-E	June 30	55 (35)	1004	None	None	None

July

[System/Fatality_Counting-39] The sum of the number of systems and fatalities in each basin will not equal the number shown as the total. This is because when systems move between basins, it creates a discrepancy in the actual number of systems and fatalities.

[18] All damage totals are valued as of 2020 and in United States dollars, unless otherwise noted.

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Season name	Areas affected	Systems formed	Named storms	Damage (USD)	Deaths
2020 Atlantic hurricane season	Cabo Verde Islands, Senegal, The Gambia, Azores, Madeira , Portugal	31	30	>$51.146 billion	431
2020 Pacific hurricane season	Central America, Baja California Peninsula, Southwestern Mexico, Yucatán Peninsula, Socorro Island, Hawaii, California, Arizona, Clarion Island	21	17	>$250 million	47
2020 Pacific typhoon season ³	Palau, Philippines, Taiwan, Japan, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, North Korea, South Korea, Siberia, Myanmar, Cambodia	32	23	$4.06 billion	457
2020 North Indian Ocean cyclone season	Goa, Maharashtra, Northeast India, South India, Odisha, West Bengal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Djibouti, Oman, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Yemen	8	5	>$15.78 billion	269
2019–20 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season ²	Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues, Tromelin Island, Réunion	8	7	$25 million	37
2020–21 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season	Cocos Islands, Madagascar, Mozambique, Zimbabwe , Botswana	5	4	Unknown	7
2019–20 Australian region cyclone season ²	Western Australia, Eastern Indonesia, Top End, Kimberley	16	8	>$4.3 million	28
2020–21 Australian region cyclone season	Cocos Island, Coral Sea Islands, Papua New Guinea, Sumatra, Java, Christmas Island, Western Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia	3	0	None	None
2019–20 South Pacific cyclone season ²	Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Tuvalu, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Niue, Tokelau, American Samoa	7	4	$131.63 million	7
2020–21 South Pacific cyclone season	American Samoa, Fiji, Niue, Rotuma, Tonga	3	2	Minimal	4
2020 South Atlantic tropical cyclone season	São Paulo, Santa Catarina	3	3	None	3
2020 Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone season	Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Tunisia	2	1	$200 million	5
Worldwide	(See above)	141^[a]	104	> $73.396 billion	1338

v t e Tropical cyclones in 2020
Cyclones	Australian region (2019–20 2020–21) North Indian Ocean South-West Indian Ocean (2019–20 2020–21) South Pacific (2019–20 2020–21)
Hurricanes	Atlantic Pacific
Typhoons	Pacific
Non-seasonal lists	Mediterranean South Atlantic

Tropical cyclones in 2020

Global atmospheric and hydrological conditions

Summary

North Atlantic Ocean

Eastern and Central Pacific Oceans

Western Pacific Ocean

North Indian Ocean

South-West Indian Ocean

January–June

July–December

Australian Region

January–June

July–December

South Pacific Ocean

January–June

July–December

South Atlantic Ocean

Mediterranean Sea

Systems

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February

March

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December

Global effects

See also

Notes

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