Category 5 tropical cyclones of the 2023 and 2024 seasons

Map of 12 locations · Worldwide

Between early 2023 and late 2024, thirteen tropical cyclones reached the top of the Saffir-Simpson scale, in basins from the southern Indian Ocean to the North Atlantic. This is a historical record of those storms in the order they formed, with the track each one drew, where it came ashore, and what was counted afterwards.

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  • Typhoon Man-yi (2024) — Known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Pepito, Man-yi was a long-lived system that moved west-northwestward and made its first landfall…
  • Typhoon Kong-rey (2024) — Kong-rey was a large system that affected Taiwan and the Philippines before moving on to East China, South Korea and Japan in late October…
  • Hurricane Milton (2024) — Milton intensified from a tropical storm into a hurricane over the Atlantic on 6 October 2024, then intensified explosively into a Category…
  • Typhoon Yagi (2024) — Yagi made landfall over Casiguran, Aurora, in the Philippines on 2 September and weakened as it crossed the rugged terrain of the Cordiller…
  • Hurricane Beryl (2024) — Beryl struck the island of Carriacou, Grenada, as a Category 4 hurricane on 1 July, causing significant damage. It was the earliest-forming…
  • Hurricane Otis (2023) — Otis was a compact but very powerful system that made landfall just west of Acapulco, Mexico, as a Category 5 hurricane, and its winds seve…
  • Hurricane Lee (2023) — Lee's winds doubled in under 36 hours, reaching 165 mph by 06:00 UTC on 8 September, an increase of 80 mph in a day, while the storm moved…
  • Hurricane Jova (2023) — In the 24 hours ending early on 7 September, Jova's maximum sustained winds rose from 90 mph to a peak of 160 mph while its central pressur…
  • Typhoon Saola (2023) — Saola passed close to Central Luzon as a Category 4-equivalent typhoon, bringing gusty winds and heavy rain across the country. After turni…
  • Cyclone Mocha (2023) — Mocha affected Myanmar and parts of Bangladesh in May 2023. After an eyewall replacement cycle it strengthened rapidly, peaking on 14 May w…
  • Cyclone Ilsa (2023) — Ilsa reached severe category three strength by 00:00 UTC on 12 April, eighteen hours after it formed, and crossed the east Pilbara coast of…
  • Cyclone Freddy (2023) — Freddy crossed the southern Indian Ocean over a span of more than five weeks in February and March 2023, an unusually long-lived track for…

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