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Template:Wettest tropical cyclones in Tonga

1800's

  • April 1848 - A tropical cyclone impacted Fiji and Tonga.[1]
  • March 1856 - A tropical cyclone impacted Fiji and Tonga.[1]
  • March 1864 - A tropical cyclone impacted Fiji and Tonga.[1]
  • January 1875 - A tropical cyclone impacted Rotuma, Fiji and Tonga.[1]
  • March 1875 - A tropical cyclone impacted Fiji and Tonga.[1]
  • November 1875 - A tropical cyclone developed in between Fiji and Samoa before impacting Tonga.[1]
  • March 31, 1877 - A tropical cyclone impacted the whole of Tonga.[1]
  • January 1883 - A tropical cyclone impacted Fiji and Tonga.[1]
  • February 1891 - A tropical cyclone impacted Tonga and the Ellice Islands.[1]

1900's

  • January 1912 – A tropical cyclone impacted Fiji before it recurved and impacted Tonga.[1][2]
  • February 1913 – A tropical cyclone impacted Southern Tonga.[2]
  • March 1915 – A tropical cyclone impacted Southern Tonga.[2]
  • March 1920 – A tropical cyclone existed in between Fiji and Tonga.[1]
  • December 1923 – A tropical cyclone existed in between Fiji and Tonga.[3]
  • December 1929 – A tropical cyclone developed near the Tongan island of Nulakita before passing over Rotuma, Viti Levu, Makongai and Ngau.
  • December 1, 1930 – A tropical cyclone severely impacted Fiji, before moving on to Tonga.[3]
  • March 1932 – A tropical cyclone impacted Southern Tonga.[2]
  • March 1935 – A tropical cyclone impacted Southern Tonga.[2]
  • February 1937 – A tropical cyclone impacted Southern Tonga.[2]
  • February 1941 – A tropical cyclone impacted Northern Tonga, before it became one of the worst tropical cyclones to impact Fiji on record.[4]
  • December 26-27, 1941 – A tropical cyclone passed about 100 km (60 mi)* of Tongatapu in Southern Tonga, where it caused gale force winds and minor damage.[2]
  • January 1944 – A tropical cyclone impacted Southern Tonga.[4]
  • December 8–10, 1948 – A tropical cyclone hovered to the west of Tonga between December 8-10, before it rapidly moved eastwards and passed near Haʻapai and Niue.[4]

1950

  • February 1950 – A tropical cyclone impacted Southern Tonga.[5]
  • January 1952 – A tropical cyclone impacted Southern Tonga.[5]
  • January 1954 – A tropical cyclone impacted Northern Tonga.[5]
  • January 1955 – A tropical cyclone impacted Southern Tonga.[5]
  • February 1956 – A tropical cyclone impacted Southern Tonga.[5]
  • January 17-19, 1960 - An unnamed tropical cyclone impacted Tonga.[6]
  • March 14-19, 1961 - An unnamed tropical cyclone impacted Tonga.[6]
  • November 1963 – A tropical cyclone impacted Fiji and Southern Tonga.[7]
  • November 22-23, 1964 - An unnamed tropical cyclone impacted Southern Tonga.[6]
  • February 25-26, 1969 - An unnamed tropical cyclone impacted Southern Tonga.[6]
  • November 1969 – A tropical cyclone impacted Fiji and Southern Tonga.[7]
  • January 11–12, 1970 – An unnamed tropical cyclone impacted Tonga.[6]
  • February 11–25, 1970 – Tropical Cyclone Dolly impacted Tonga, Niue and Samoa.[6]
  • April 8–11, 1970 – Tropical Cyclone Gillian.[6]
  • April 13–16, 1970 – Tropical Cyclone Helen.[6]

1970's

1980's

Betsy

  • Cliff
  • Unnamed
  • Daman
  • Issac
  • February 1, 1983 - Tropical Cyclone Mark's remnant tropical depression moved over Tonga during February 1, before degenerating into an area of low pressure and persisting between Tonga and Niue over the next few days.[8]
  • Lance
  • Unnamed
  • Drena
  • January 18 - 20, 1985 - Tropical Cyclone's Eric and Nigel both moved south-eastwards through the Happai Islands, where a wharf was destroyed and 80% of the banana crops were damaged.[9][10]
  • Keli
  • Lusi
  • Martin
  • Unnamed
  • Kerry

1990's

Ofa subsequently moved more towards the southeast than expected and passed about 110 km (70 mi) to the east of Niuatoputapu.[11] As a result, the Haapai and Tongatapu island groups did not receive any gale-force winds from the system, while Niuatoputapu only experienced storm force winds from the system.[11] Severe damage to houses, church buildings, coconut plantations, food crops and other vegetation, was reported on the islands of Tafahi and Niuatoputapu.[12] Over 70% of the housing in Niuatoputapu was completely destroyed, while the roofs of the remaining 30% were partially or completely damaged.[11] On Niuafo'ou a moderate amount of damage was reported, but was generally confined to crops and vegetation.[11] One death was attributed to Ofa on Niuafo'ou, while overall the system caused about US$3.2 million in damage to Tonga.[12]

2000's

2010's

  • Rene
  • Thomas
  • Wilma
  • Cyril
  • Jasmine
  • Cyclone Ian
  • Cyclone Tuni indirectly impacted Tonga between November 27-29, 2015, where it caused strong winds of up to 55 km/h (35 mph)* on the island of Niuatoputapu.[13]
  • Cyclone Ula
  • Victor
  • Winston
  • Zena

Summary

Name Dates of impact Areas affected Damage
(FJD) 		Damage
(USD) 		Deaths Refs

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Gabites J. F. (May 17, 1978). Information Sheet No. 27: Tropical Cyclones in Fiji: 1840 – 1923 (Report). Fiji Meteorological Service.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Kerr I. S. (March 1, 1976). Tropical Storms and Hurricanes in the South West Pacific: November 1939 - April 1969 (Report). New Zealand Meteorological Service. p. 81-86. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2017. {{cite report}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b Gabites J. F. (May 17, 1978). Information Sheet No. 28: Tropical Cyclones in Fiji: 1923 – 1939 (Report). Fiji Meteorological Service.
  4. ^ a b c Gabites J. F. (March 17, 1977). Information Sheet No. 7: Tropical Cyclones in Fiji: 1939/40 – 1948/49 (Report). Fiji Meteorological Service.
  5. ^ a b c d e Gabites J. F. (March 17, 1977). Information Sheet No. 8: Tropical Cyclones in Fiji: 1949/50 – 1958/59 (Report). Fiji Meteorological Service.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h List of Tropical Cyclones that have affected at least a part of Tonga from 1960 - present (Report). Tonga Meteorological Service. October 6, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2017.
  7. ^ a b Gabites J. F. (March 17, 1977). Information Sheet No. 9: Tropical Cyclones in Fiji: 1959/60 – 1968/69 (Report). Fiji Meteorological Service.
  8. ^ Prasad, Rajendra (February 17, 1983). Tropical Cyclone Mark Preliminary Report (Report). Fiji Meteorological Service.
  9. ^ Ready, S.C. (February 12, 1985). Tropical Cyclone Eric Preliminary Report (Report). Fiji Meteorological Service.
  10. ^ Krishna, Ram (February 12, 1985). Tropical Cyclone Nigel Preliminary Report (Report). Fiji Meteorological Service.
  11. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference Ofa TCR was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Ofa MWL was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/tcp/documents/RAV_TCC-16_Tonga_CountryReport.pdf
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