Tropical cyclones in 2001

During 2001, tropical cyclones formed in seven different areas called basins, located within various parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. A total of 119 tropical cyclones formed within bodies of water known as tropical cyclone basins, with 84 of them were further named by the responsible weather agencies when they attained maximum sustained winds of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph). Typhoon Faxai is the strongest tropical cyclone throughout the year, peaking with a pressure of 915 hPa (27.02 inHg) and attaining 10-minute sustained winds of 195 km/h (120 mph).

Tropical cyclones in 2001
Year boundaries
First system	Bindu
Formed	January 3, 2001
Last system	05F
Dissipated	January 6, 2002
Strongest system
Name	Faxai
Lowest pressure	915 mbar/hPa; 27.02 inHg
Longest lasting system
Duration	days
Year statistics
Total systems	119
Named systems	84
Total fatalities	Unknown
Total damage	Unknown
Related articles 2001 Atlantic hurricane season 2001 Pacific hurricane season 2001 Pacific typhoon season 2001 North Indian Ocean cyclone season 2000–01 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season 2001–02 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season 2000–01 Australian region cyclone season 2001–02 Australian region cyclone season 2000–01 South Pacific cyclone season 2001–02 South Pacific cyclone season

Hurricane Gil (left) and Tropical Storm Henriette (right) on September 7

Global atmospheric and hydrological conditions

La Niña is a weather pattern that occurs every few years, as a result of complex variations on the ocean temperatures in the equatorial band of the Pacific Ocean.[1] The 1998 - 2001 La Nina persisted through early 2001, which made the waters of Pacific Ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean warmer than normal.

Summary

Systems

January

Cyclone Charly

Tropical cyclones formed in January 2001

Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths	Refs
Bindu	January 3–17	150 (90)	955	Rodrigues	None	None	[2][3]
Charly	January 17 – 31	185 (115)	930	Rodrigues, Mauritius, Réunion	None	None	[2][3]
06	January 22–24	Not specified	Not specified	Réunion, Madagascar	None	None	[3]
Terri	January 27–31	110 (70)	975	Western Australia	None	None	[2][4]
07	January 30 - February 3	Not specified	Not specified	None	None	None

February

Cyclone Paula

Tropical cyclones formed in February 2001

Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths	Refs
Vincent	February 7 - 15	85 (50)	980	Western Australia	None	None
Winsome	February 8 - 14	75 (45)	981	Northern Territory	None	2	[5]
Wylva	February 14 - 22	75 (45)	988	Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia	None	None
10P	February 16	55 (35)	1000	None	None	None
07F	February 16 - 18	55 (35)	993	New Caledonia	None	None
01W (Auring)	February 17 - 20	55 (35)	1004	Philippines	Unknown	15
Oma	February 20 - 22	95 (60)	984	Cook Islands	Minor	None
Abigail	February 24 - March 8	120 (75)	970	Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia	None	None
Paula	February 26 - March 4	175 (110)	930	Vanuatu, Fiji	$1.39 million	2	[6] [7]
Rita	February 27 - March 5	85 (50)	986	None	None	None

March

Cyclone Dera

Tropical cyclones formed in March 2001

Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths	Refs
11F	March 1 - 3	Not specified	Not specified	None	None	None
12F	March 1 - 3	Not specified	Not specified	None	None	None
Dera	March 4 - 12	150 (90)	955	Europa Island, Mayotte,Comoros, Mozambique	Unknown	2

April

Cyclone Walter

Tropical cyclones formed in April 2001

Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths	Refs
Walter	April 1 - 8	150 (90)	940	Cocos Islands	None	None
Evariste	April 2 - 8	110 (70)	973	St. Brandon, Rodrigues	None	None
10	April 2 - 5	65 (40)	998	None	None	None
Sose	April 5 - 11	110 (70)	975	Vanuatu, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Australia, Tonga, Samoa	Minor	9
Alistair	April 15 - 23	110 (70)	975	Western Australia, New Guinea, Northern Territory	None	None
02W (Barok)	April 16 - 18	45 (30)	1004	Philippines	None	None

May

Hurricane Adolph

Tropical cyclones formed in May 2001

Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths	Refs
14F	May 1-3	75 (45)	1004	None	None	None
TD	May 6-7	Not specified	Not specified	None	None	None
15F	May 7-9	Not specified	Not specified	None	None	None
Cimaron (Crising)	May 9-14	95 (60)	985	Philippines, Taiwan	$555 thousand	None
ARB 01	May 21 - 28	215 (130)	932	Western India	Minimal	120-900	[nb 1]
Adolph	May 25- June 1	230 (145)	940	Mexico	None	None

June

Typhoon Chebi

Tropical cyclones formed in June 2001

Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths	Refs
Allison	June 4 - 20	95 (60)	1000	Gulf Coast of the United States, East Coast of the United States	$9 billion	55
BOB 01	June 11 - 13	45 (30)	990	East India	Minimal	Unknown
Darna	June 17 - 19	55 (35)	1000	Philippines, Taiwan	Unknown	None
Chebi (Emong)	June 19 - 24	120 (75)	965	Philippines, Taiwan, China	$471 million	108	[8]
Barbara	June 20 - 26	95 (60)	997	Hawaii	None	None
11	June 20 - 24	95 (60)	995	Mozambique	None	None
Durian	June 29 - July 2	110 (70)	970	China, Vietnam	$422 million	110

July

Typhoon Toraji

Tropical cyclones formed in July 2001

Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths	Refs
Utor (Feria)	July 1 - 7	110 (70)	960	Philippines, Taiwan, China	$332 million	197
Trami (Gorio)	July 8 - 11	75 (45)	994	Philippines, Taiwan, China	Unknown	3
08W	July 10 - 11	45 (30)	1002	None	None	None
Two	July 11 - 12	45 (30)	1010	None	None	None
Cosme	July 13 - 15	75 (45)	1000	None	None	None
TD	July 16 - 19	55 (35)	1004	None	None	None
Erick	July 20 - 24	65 (40)	1001	None	None	None
Dalila	July 21 - 28	120 (75)	987	Mexico, Baja California Peninsula	$1 million	1
Kong-rey	July 21 - 28	130 (80)	955	None	None	None
Yutu (Huaning)	July 22 - 26	100 (65)	975	Philippines, Taiwan, China, Vietnam	$75.5 million	Unknown
Toraji (Isang)	July 25 - August 1	140 (85)	960	Philippines, Taiwan, China	$245 million	200

August

Tropical cyclones formed in August 2001

Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths	Refs

September

Tropical cyclones formed in September 2001

Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths	Refs

October

Typhoon Podul

Tropical cyclones formed in October 2001

Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths	Refs
Lorena	October 2 - 4	95 (60)	997	Mexico	Minimal	None
Fourteen-E	October 3 - 4	55 (35)	1008	None	None	None
Krosa	October 3 - 9	150 (90)	950	Micronesia	None	None
01	October 3 - 7	55 (35)	998	None	None	None
Iris	October 4 - 9	230 (145)	948	Windward Islands, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, Mexico	$250 million	36
Jerry	October 6 - 8	85 (50)	1004	Barbados, Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles	None	None
ARB 03	October 7 - 13	65 (40)	998	Western India	None	None
Manuel	October 10 - 18	95 (60)	997	None	None	None
Haiyan (Maring)	October 11 - 18	130 (80)	960	Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands	$3.4 million	2
Karen	October 12 - 15	130 (80)	982	Bermuda, Atlantic Canada	$1.4 million	None
BOB 02	October 14 - 17	65 (40)	998	South India	$104 million	153
Podul	October 19 - 27	185 (115)	925	None	None	None
Narda	October 20 - 25	140 (85)	980	None	None	None
TD	Ocotber 20 - 21	Not specified	1002	Vietnam	None	None
Alex	October 26 - October 28	95 (60)	984	None	None	None
Lorenzo	October 27 - 31	65 (40)	1007	None	None	None
Andre	October 28 - November 8	95 (60)	985	None	None	None
Michelle	October 29 - November 6	220 (140)	933	Jamaica, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Florida, The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, Bermuda	$2.43 billion	48
Octave	October 31 - November 3	140 (85)	980	None	None	None

November

Typhoon Lingling

Tropical cyclones formed in November 2001

Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths	Refs
Noel	November 4 - 6	120 (75)	986	None	None	None
Lingling (Nanang)	November 6 - 12	155 (100)	940	Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia	$70.3 million	379
TL	November 7 - 13	55 (35)	998	None	None	None
BOB 03	November 11 - 12	45 (30)	1004	East India	Minimal	None
03	November 15 - 23	55 (35)	998	None	None	None
28W (Ondoy)	November 17 - 25	55 (35)	996	Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, Philippines	None	None
03S	November 17 - 22	65 (40)	997	Indonesia, Queensland	Unknown	None
29W (Pabling)	November 18 - 24	55 (35)	1004	Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia	None	None
Olga	November 24 - December 7	150 (90)	973	Bermuda, Bahamas, Florida, Cuba	None	None
Bessi	November 26 - 30	100 (65)	980	None	None	None
Trina	November 29 - December 3	65 (40)	995	Cook Islands	$52 thousand	None
Bako	November 30 - December 5	120 (75)	968	None	None	None

December

Typhoon Faxai

Tropical cyclones formed in December 2001

Storm name	Dates active	Max wind km/h (mph)	Pressure (hPa)	Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths	Refs
Kajiki (Quedan)	December 4 - 9	65 (40)	996	Philippines, Vietnam	Minimal	None
02F	December 8 - 10	45 (30)	1000	Fiji	None	None
31W	December 10 - 12	65 (40)	997	Caroline Islands	None	None
Faxai	December 13 - 25	195 (120)	915	Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands	$1 million	2
Waka	December 19 - January 2	185 (115)	930	Wallis and Futuna, Niue, Tonga, New Zealand	$51.4 million	1
Vicky	December 22 - 26	65 (40)	996	None	None	None
Vamei	December 26 - January 1	85 (50)	1006	Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia	$3.6 million	5
Cyprien	December 30 - January 3	100 (65)	980	Mozambique, Madagascar	$181 thousand	None
Bernie	December 30 - January 6	95 (60)	980	Northern Territory	None	None
05F	December 31 - January 6	65 (40)	998	Solomon Islands, Vanuatu	None	None

Global effects

Season name	Areas affected	Systems formed	Named storms	Damage (USD)	Deaths
2001 Atlantic hurricane season	Cuba, Florida, Atlantic Canada, Windward Islands, Yucatan Peninsula, Central America, Alabama Gulf Coast of the United States, East Coast of the United States, Lesser Antilles, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Canada, Bermuda, Newfoundland, Hispaniola, Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, Eastern Mexico, Barbados, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Turks and Caicos, Cayman Islands,	17	15
2001 Pacific hurricane season		19	15
2001 Pacific typhoon season		45	25
2001 North Indian Ocean cyclone season		6	4
2000–01 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
2001–02 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
2000–01 Australian region cyclone season
2001–02 Australian region cyclone season
2000–01 South Pacific cyclone season
2001–02 South Pacific cyclone season
Worldwide	(See above)

See also

• Tropical cyclones by year
• List of earthquakes in 2001
• Tornadoes of 2001

Notes

1. Between 120 and 900 fishermen were listed as missing after contact was lost with their vessels during the storm.

References

1. "What are "El Niño" and "La Niña"?". National Ocean Service. oceanservice.noaa.gov. U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. February 10, 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
2. "Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Summary January 2001". Retrieved 2014-07-07.
3. Cyclone Season 2000–2001. RSMC La Reunion (Report). Meteo-France. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
4. "Season 2000-2001 Tropical Cyclone TERRI Track Map". australiasevereweather.com. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
5. James Wakelin and Alice Burton (14 February 2001). "Storm chaos: 2 feared dead; High winds lash Top End". Northern Territory News.
6. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. "Vanuatu and Fiji Islands - Tropical Cyclone Paula OCHA Situation Report No. 1". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
7. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. "Vanuatu and Fiji Islands - Tropical Cyclone Paula OCHA Situation Report No. 2". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 21 December 2012.

External links

Regional Specialized Meteorological Centers

• US National Hurricane Center – North Atlantic, Eastern Pacific
• Central Pacific Hurricane Center – Central Pacific
• Japan Meteorological Agency – NW Pacific
• India Meteorological Department – Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea
• Météo-France – La Reunion – South Indian Ocean from 30°E to 90°E
• Fiji Meteorological Service – South Pacific west of 160°E, north of 25° S

Tropical Cyclone Warning Centers

• Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia – South Indian Ocean from 90°E to 141°E, generally north of 10°S
• Australian Bureau of Meteorology (TCWC's Perth, Darwin & Brisbane) – South Indian Ocean & South Pacific Ocean from 90°E to 160°E, generally south of 10°S
• Papua New Guinea National Weather Service – South Pacific Ocean from 141°E to 160°E, generally north of 10°S
• Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited – South Pacific west of 160°E, south of 25°S

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