Strong Wind in Guam
Every strong wind event the National Weather Service has filed in Guam, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
The most significant on the map
The most significant strong wind episodes in Guam.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 6
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $3.5 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Strong Wind in Guam, February 6 to 10, 2023The 200 foot Micronesia registered fishing vessel, Yap Seagull, sunk off the coast of Majuro. The boat was battered by rough seas generated by a trade-wind surge days prior the sinking.
- Flooding and High Wind in Guam, September 19 to 20, 2013A monsoon trough could be found near or over the Marianas for much of the month|of September. At times during the first half of the month it could be found south of Guam. During the second half of the month it became more active and was either over or north of Guam.
- Strong Wind in Guam, July 17, 2011Terrain effects produced locally high winds on Pohnpei the afternoon of Sunday July 17th, toppling trees and utility poles, and partially or totally removing the roofs from some buildings. One man was injured when a tree fell on his car after he had arrived at home.
- Coastal Flood and Strong Wind in Guam, March 13 to 14, 2025An active Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone moved across the southern Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) and the States of Pohnpei and Kosrae within the FSM during the second full week of March.
- Flash Flood and Strong Wind in Guam, August 25 to 28, 2025The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) developed across eastern Micronesia, producing areas of gusty winds and heavy rainfall, especially along embedded trade-wind troughs.
- Strong Wind in Guam, February 8 to 9, 2023A large swath of winds extending from the Marshall islands continuing eastward into the Central Pacific and even reaching up to Hawaii, created by a strong pressure gradient as a high pressure system passed north of Hawaii and the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) extending…
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.