Austalian and western Pacific tropical cyclones

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Warnings

Tropical cyclone warnings

Season outlooks

The Tropical Cyclone season runs from November to April. Season outlooks are issued in the second week of October.

Archive of South Pacific tropical cyclone season outlook

History

Tropical cyclone reports

Tropical cyclone reports

Tropical cyclone tracks

Tropical cyclone historical tracks

Climatology maps

Tropical cyclone distribution, including in El Niño and La Niña years

Tropical cyclones per season in the Australian region

Graph showing the number of tropical cyclones per year in the Australian region — The number of severe and non-severe tropical cyclones since 1970/71 which have occurred in the Australian region.
These Severe tropical cyclones have a peak Current Intensity (CI) value of 4.5 or above or (where no CI value is available) a minimum central pressure of 960 hPa or below, approximating the modern definition of a category 3 (or above) cyclone.

Related services and information

Pacific outlooks
Tropical note
Tropical monitoring – Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO)
Northern rainfall onset
The Northern rainfall onset includes the outlook for the timing of the rainfall onset, then maps showing the progress of the onset during the onset season.
Climate driver update
About Australian climate influences