OCHA Regional Office for Asia Pacific
Tropical Storm Seasons in Asia Pacific
United Nations Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian affairs (OCHA)
Regional Office for Asia Pacific (ROAP)
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Issued: 28 July 2006
Tropical Storm Seasons in Asia Pacific
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
KAZAKHSTAN
North of the equator, the tropical storm seasons run from May to
November. The Northwest Pacific area is the most active, seeing
an average of 28 storms per season, peaking in August. South of
the equator there are two main zones with seasons running from
October to April.
MONGOLIA
KYRGYZSTAN
DPRK
TAJIKISTAN
Jammu Aksai
Chin
and
Kashmir
AFGHANISTAN
C
H
I
N
RO
KOREA
A
JAPAN
PAKISTAN
NEPAL
IRAN
Arunashal
Pradesh
BHUTAN
BANGLADESH
INDIA
MYANMAR
Arabian Sea
May to November
Peak month: June
Average storms: 4
Tropical Storm Zones
Taiwan POC
Northwest Pacific
LAO
PDR
June to November
Peak month: August
Average storms: 28
THAILAND
Bay of Bengal
VIET
CAMBODIA NAM
May to November
Peak month: October
Average storms: 9
Guam (U.S.)
PHILIPPINES
SRI LANKA
PALAU
BRUNEI
DARUSSALAM
MALDIVES
Northern Mariana Islands (U.S.)
M
A
L
A
Y
S
I
MARSHALL ISLANDS
MICRONESIA (FSO)
KIRIBATI
NAURU
O c e a n
I
N
D
O
0
500
1,000
N
E
S
I
A
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
South Pacific
SOLOMON ISLANDS
Tokelau (N.Z.)
Australia
SAMOA
October to April
Peak month: February
Average storms: 10
Kilometers
Datum: WGS84
Map data source: UN Cartographic Section, Global Discovery, UNISYS
The names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations
October to April
Peak month: January
Average storms: 6
TUVALU
TIMOR-LESTE
Christmas Island (Aus.)
Cocos (Keeling) islands (Aus.)
O c e a n
A
SINGAPORE
I n d i a n
P a c i f i c
VANUATU
American Samoa (U.S.)
FIJI
AUSTRALIA
New Caledonia (Fra.)
Niue (N.Z.)
TONGA
French Polynesia (Fra.)
Cook Islands (N.Z.)
Map Ref: OCHA_ROAP_Tropical_Storm_Seasons_v1_060728