The 1982 season
116 tropical cyclones worldwide, from NOAA’s IBTrACS archive.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Deaths and damage
2 of this season’s storms are on record as having killed someone, 69 people in all.
The figures come from the National Hurricane Center and from Wikidata, which have filled in only some storms; a storm with no figure here may still have killed.
North Atlantic
8 storms, 6 at tropical storm strength, 2 hurricanes, 1 major; accumulated cyclone energy 28.5.
- Hurricane AlbertoNorth Atlantic · 1982
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1982
- Tropical Storm BerylNorth Atlantic · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1982
- Tropical Storm ChrisNorth Atlantic · 1982
- Hurricane DebbyNorth Atlantic · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1982
- Tropical Storm ErnestoNorth Atlantic · 1982
Eastern Pacific
30 storms, 23 at tropical storm strength, 12 hurricanes, 5 major; accumulated cyclone energy 161.2.
- Tropical Storm AlettaEastern Pacific · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm BudEastern Pacific · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm CarlottaEastern Pacific · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1982
- Hurricane DanielEastern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm EmiliaEastern Pacific · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1982
- Hurricane FabioEastern Pacific · 1982
- Hurricane GilmaEastern Pacific · 1982
- Hurricane HectorEastern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm IvaEastern Pacific · 1982
- Hurricane JohnEastern Pacific · 1982
- Hurricane KristyEastern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm LaneEastern Pacific · 1982
- Hurricane MiriamEastern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm AkoniEastern Pacific · 1982
- Hurricane NormanEastern Pacific · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm HanaEastern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm EmaEastern Pacific · 1982
- Hurricane OliviaEastern Pacific · 1982
- Hurricane PaulEastern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm RosaEastern Pacific · 1982
- Hurricane SergioEastern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm TaraEastern Pacific · 1982
- Hurricane IwaEastern Pacific · 1982
Western Pacific
28 storms, 25 at tropical storm strength, 19 typhoons, 12 major; accumulated cyclone energy 358.9.
- Tropical Storm MamieWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon NelsonWestern Pacific · 1982 · 56 deaths
- Typhoon OdessaWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon PatWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon RubyWestern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm Tess:ValWestern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm SkipWestern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm WinonaWestern Pacific · 1982
- Super Typhoon BessWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon AndyWestern Pacific · 1982 · 13 deaths
- Typhoon CecilWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon DotWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon FayeWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon EllisWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon GordonWestern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm HopeWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon JudyWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon IrvingWestern Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm LolaWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon KenWestern Pacific · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1982
- Super Typhoon MacWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon NancyWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon OwenWestern Pacific · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon PamelaWestern Pacific · 1982
- Typhoon RogerWestern Pacific · 1982
North Indian
18 storms, 5 at tropical storm strength, 2 at hurricane force, 1 major; accumulated cyclone energy 20.7.
- Unnamed cycloneNorth Indian · 1982
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1982
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1982
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1982
- Unnamed cycloneNorth Indian · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1982
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1982
South Indian
21 storms, 17 at tropical storm strength, 7 at hurricane force, 2 major; accumulated cyclone energy 106.9.
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1982
- Cyclone AlexSouth Indian · 1982
- Cyclone Armelle:BessiSouth Indian · 1982
- Tropical Depression AmeliaSouth Indian · 1982
- Cyclone BenedicteSouth Indian · 1982
- Tropical Storm ClarisseeSouth Indian · 1982
- Cyclone Chris:DamiaSouth Indian · 1982
- Tropical Storm Daphne:FifiSouth Indian · 1982
- Tropical Storm ErrolSouth Indian · 1982
- Tropical Storm GrahamSouth Indian · 1982
- Tropical Storm ElectreSouth Indian · 1982
- Tropical Storm FridaSouth Indian · 1982
- Tropical Storm GabrielleSouth Indian · 1982
- Tropical Depression HeberteSouth Indian · 1982
- Tropical Storm HarrietSouth Indian · 1982
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1982
- Cyclone IanSouth Indian · 1982
- Tropical Depression IsabeauSouth Indian · 1982
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1982
- Cyclone JustineSouth Indian · 1982
- Cyclone KarlaSouth Indian · 1982
South Pacific
11 storms, 11 at tropical storm strength, 6 at hurricane force, 1 major; accumulated cyclone energy 51.2.
- Tropical Storm AmeliaSouth Pacific · 1982
- Cyclone GyanSouth Pacific · 1982
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm BrunoSouth Pacific · 1982
- Cyclone AbigailSouth Pacific · 1982
- Cyclone HettieSouth Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm CoralSouth Pacific · 1982
- Cyclone IsaacSouth Pacific · 1982
- Cyclone BernieSouth Pacific · 1982
- Cyclone DominicSouth Pacific · 1982
- Tropical Storm ClaudiaSouth Pacific · 1982
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.