The 2012 season
92 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
2 of this season’s storms are on record as having killed someone, 266 people in all, and 1 as having done damage, $69 billion of it.
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
19 storms, 19 at tropical storm strength, 10 hurricanes, 2 major; accumulated cyclone energy 130.9.
- Tropical Storm AlbertoNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Tropical Storm BerylNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane ChrisNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Tropical Storm DebbyNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane ErnestoNorth Atlantic · 2012 · 12 deaths
- Tropical Storm FlorenceNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Tropical Storm HeleneNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane GordonNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane IsaacNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Tropical Storm JoyceNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane LeslieNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane KirkNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane MichaelNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane NadineNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Tropical Storm OscarNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Tropical Storm PattyNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane RafaelNorth Atlantic · 2012
- Hurricane SandyNorth Atlantic · 2012 · 254 deaths · $69 billion
- Tropical Storm TonyNorth Atlantic · 2012
Eastern Pacific
17 storms, 17 at tropical storm strength, 10 hurricanes, 5 major; accumulated cyclone energy 98.5.
- Tropical Storm AlettaEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane BudEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane CarlottaEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane DanielEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane EmiliaEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane FabioEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane GilmaEastern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm HectorEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane IleanaEastern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm JohnEastern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm KristyEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane LaneEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane MiriamEastern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm NormanEastern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm OliviaEastern Pacific · 2012
- Hurricane PaulEastern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm RosaEastern Pacific · 2012
Western Pacific
27 storms, 25 at tropical storm strength, 15 typhoons, 10 major; accumulated cyclone energy 300.9.
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm PakharWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon SanvuWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon MawarWestern Pacific · 2012
- Super Typhoon GucholWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm TalimWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm DoksuriWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm KhanunWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon VicenteWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon SaolaWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon DamreyWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon HaikuiWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm KirogiWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon Kai-TakWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon TembinWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon BolavenWestern Pacific · 2012
- Super Typhoon SanbaWestern Pacific · 2012
- Super Typhoon JelawatWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm EwiniarWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm GaemiWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm MaliksiWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon PrapiroonWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm MariaWestern Pacific · 2012
- Typhoon Son-TinhWestern Pacific · 2012
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2012
- Super Typhoon BophaWestern Pacific · 2012
- Tropical Storm WukongWestern Pacific · 2012
North Indian
5 storms, 4 at tropical storm strength, 0 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 4.1.
South Indian
19 storms, 17 at tropical storm strength, 9 at hurricane force, 2 major; accumulated cyclone energy 122.9.
- Cyclone AlengaSouth Indian · 2012
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2012
- Tropical Storm GrantSouth Indian · 2012
- Cyclone BenildeSouth Indian · 2012
- Tropical Storm ChandaSouth Indian · 2012
- Cyclone HeidiSouth Indian · 2012
- Tropical Storm DandoSouth Indian · 2012
- Cyclone EthelSouth Indian · 2012
- Cyclone FunsoSouth Indian · 2012
- Cyclone IggySouth Indian · 2012
- Cyclone GiovannaSouth Indian · 2012
- Tropical Storm HilwaSouth Indian · 2012
- Tropical Storm IrinaSouth Indian · 2012
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2012
- Cyclone Joni:KojiSouth Indian · 2012
- Cyclone LuaSouth Indian · 2012
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 2012
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 2012
- Tropical Storm KuenaSouth Indian · 2012
South Pacific
5 storms, 5 at tropical storm strength, 1 at hurricane force, 1 major; accumulated cyclone energy 27.1.
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.