The 1987 season
104 tropical cyclones worldwide, from NOAA’s IBTrACS archive.
Radar
Reflectivity now across the United States. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.











Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Deaths and damage
1 of this season’s storms are on record as having killed someone, 126 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
14 storms, 7 at tropical storm strength, 3 hurricanes, 1 major; accumulated cyclone energy 34.4.
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1987
- Hurricane ArleneNorth Atlantic · 1987
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1987
- Tropical Storm BretNorth Atlantic · 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1987
- Tropical Storm CindyNorth Atlantic · 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1987
- Tropical Storm DennisNorth Atlantic · 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1987
- Hurricane EmilyNorth Atlantic · 1987
- Hurricane FloydNorth Atlantic · 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1987
Eastern Pacific
21 storms, 21 at tropical storm strength, 11 hurricanes, 6 major; accumulated cyclone energy 178.2.
- Tropical Storm AdrianEastern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm BeatrizEastern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm CalvinEastern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm DoraEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane WynneEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane EugeneEastern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm FernandaEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane GregEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane HilaryEastern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm IrwinEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane JovaEastern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm OkaEastern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm KnutEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane LidiaEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane MaxEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane NormaEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane OtisEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane PekeEastern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm PilarEastern Pacific · 1987
- Hurricane RamonEastern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm SelmaEastern Pacific · 1987
Western Pacific
27 storms, 23 at tropical storm strength, 16 typhoons, 10 major; accumulated cyclone energy 316.0.
- Typhoon OrchidWestern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm PercyWestern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm RuthWestern Pacific · 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1987
- Typhoon SperryWestern Pacific · 1987
- Super Typhoon ThelmaWestern Pacific · 1987
- Typhoon VernonWestern Pacific · 1987
- Typhoon AlexWestern Pacific · 1987 · 126 deaths
- Super Typhoon BettyWestern Pacific · 1987
- Typhoon CaryWestern Pacific · 1987
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1987
- Super Typhoon DinahWestern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm EdWestern Pacific · 1987
- Super Typhoon HollyWestern Pacific · 1987
- Typhoon GeraldWestern Pacific · 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1987
- Typhoon FredaWestern Pacific · 1987
- Typhoon IanWestern Pacific · 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm JuneWestern Pacific · 1987
- Typhoon KellyWestern Pacific · 1987
- Super Typhoon LynnWestern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm MauryWestern Pacific · 1987
- Super Typhoon NinaWestern Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm OgdenWestern Pacific · 1987
- Typhoon PhyllisWestern Pacific · 1987
North Indian
11 storms, 8 at tropical storm strength, 0 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 14.6.
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1987
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1987
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1987
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1987
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1987
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1987
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1987
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1987
South Indian
14 storms, 12 at tropical storm strength, 3 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 56.9.
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1987
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1987
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1987
- Tropical Storm ConnieSouth Indian · 1987
- Cyclone AlininaSouth Indian · 1987
- Tropical Storm DamienSouth Indian · 1987
- Tropical Storm BemazavaSouth Indian · 1987
- Tropical Storm ClotildaSouth Indian · 1987
- Tropical Storm ElsieSouth Indian · 1987
- Cyclone DaodoSouth Indian · 1987
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1987
- Cyclone ElizabethaSouth Indian · 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1987
South Pacific
17 storms, 15 at tropical storm strength, 8 at hurricane force, 1 major; accumulated cyclone energy 82.5.
- Tropical Storm OseaSouth Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm PatsySouth Pacific · 1987
- Cyclone RajaSouth Pacific · 1987
- Cyclone SallySouth Pacific · 1987
- Cyclone TusiSouth Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Depression IrmaSouth Pacific · 1987
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1987
- Cyclone Uma:VeliSouth Pacific · 1987
- Cyclone JasonSouth Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm VeliSouth Pacific · 1987
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1987
- Cyclone WiniSouth Pacific · 1987
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 1987
- Cyclone YaliSouth Pacific · 1987
- Cyclone KaySouth Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm ZumanSouth Pacific · 1987
- Tropical Storm Blanch:BlancheSouth Pacific · 1987
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.