List of named storms (M)

Storms are named for historical reasons to avoid confusion when communicating with the public, as more than one storm can exist at a time. Names are drawn in order from predetermined lists. For tropical cyclones, names are assigned when a system has one-, three-, or ten-minute winds of more than 65 km/h (40 mph). Standards, however, vary from basin to basin. For example, some tropical depressions are named in the Western Pacific, while within the Australian and Southern Pacific regions, the naming of tropical cyclones are delayed until they have gale-force winds occurring more than halfway around the storm center.

This list covers the letter M .

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  • Ma-on
  • 2004 – became a super typhoon and made landfall on the Izu Peninsula, Honshū, Japan, killing 6 people.
  • 2011 – struck Japan.
  • 2016 –
  • Madeline
  • 1949 –
  • 1961 – downgraded in post-analysis, should not have been named.
  • 1968 – never threatened land.
  • 1976 – Made landfall near Zihuatanejo, causing heavy damage.
  • 1980 – short-lived storm, stayed out to sea.
  • 1986 – not a threat to land.
  • 1992 – stayed out to sea.
  • 1998 – threatened Islas Marías and parts of Mexico before dissipating caused no damage.
  • 2016 – threatened Hawaii but took a different route just before approaching the islands.
  • Maggie
  • Malakas
  • 2005 - A weak tropical storm which drifted out to sea.
  • 2010 - A strong Category 2 typhoon which stayed out to sea.
  • 2016 - A powerful Category 4 typhoon which impacted Taiwan and Japan, killing 1 person.
  • 2022 - an extremely large early-season Category 4 typhoon which remained out to sea.
  • Maliksi
  • 2012 – storm's center passed over Iwo To (Iwo Jima).
  • 2018 – remained at sea, but brought rainfall to the Philippines and to Japan.
  • Malou
  • 2004 – struck Japan.
  • 2010 – struck Japan and brought heavy rain.
  • 2016 - a storm that was not recognized by the JTWC.
  • Man-yi
  • 2001 –
  • 2007 – struck Japan during July 2007.
  • 2013 – struck Japan during September 2013.
  • 2018 – November typhoon that stayed out to sea.
  • Mangkhut
  • 2013 – a weak storm that landfall in Northern Vietnam.
  • 2018 – a destructive Category 5 super typhoon that made landfall in Cagayan, Philippines, and subsequently impacted Hong Kong and southern China.
  • Manuel
  • 1983 – never made landfall.
  • 1989 – paralleled the coast of Mexico; never made landfall.
  • 2001 – formed from the remnants of Hurricane Iris.
  • 2013 – costliest Pacific hurricane on record; made landfall twice in Mexico (Colima, Sinaloa); killed at least 169 people.
  • Marce
  • Marcia
  • 1974 – did not affect land.
  • 1989 – did not affect land.
  • 2000 – did not affect land.
  • 2015 one of the most intense tropical cyclones making landfall over Queensland, Australia.
  • 1990 – hugged west coast of Florida, making landfall as a tropical depression, causing heavy rain and moderate damage.
  • 1996 – formed in the Caribbean Sea and, while never making landfall, was large enough to drop heavy rain on Central America and Hispaniola, causing flooding and mudslides that killed eight
  • 2008 – smallest tropical cyclone (radius of winds from center) on record that rapidly formed in the Bay of Campeche.
  • 2020 – a minimal Category 1 hurricane that formed in the central Caribbean and subsequently weakened to a tropical depression before degenerating into a remnant low in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
  • Marge
  • Maria
  • 2000 – a severe tropical storm that made a landfall in southern China.
  • 2005 – a Category 3 hurricane that did not affect any land area as a tropical cyclone.
  • 2006 – tracked just south and east of Japan.
  • 2011 – a Category 1 hurricane that formed in the eastern Atlantic, made landfall on Newfoundland, causing minor damage.
  • 2012 – did not affect land.
  • 2017 – an extremely powerful hurricane that made landfall in the island of Dominica at Category 5 intensity, and later brushed through St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands before making landfall in Puerto Rico as a high-end Category 4 hurricane where devastation and a humanitarian crisis occurred.
  • 2018 – a Category 5 super typhoon which weakened before making landfall in East China.
  • Marie
  • 1954 – struck Japan.
  • 1958 –
  • 1961 –
  • 1964 –
  • 1966 –
  • 1969 –
  • 1972 – destroyed many crops and coconut palms in the Northern Marianas Islands
  • 1976 –
  • 1984 – a Category 1 hurricane that stayed offshore Baja California in early September.
  • 1990 – a Category 4 hurricane that had no effects on land; briefly threatened the Hawaiian islands.
  • 1997 –
  • 2008 – a Category 1 hurricane that had no effects on land.
  • 2014 – a rare Category 5 hurricane that produced some flooding in coastal Mexico while producing large swells that caused damage and multiple deaths along Baja California and Southern California.
  • 2020 – a Category 4 hurricane that had no effects on land.
  • Marilyn
  • 1995 – Category 3 hurricane that caused significant damage in the Leeward Islands.
  • 2015 – a strong typhoon, but stayed out in sea.
  • 2019 – a weak system that drifted over the open sea before dissipating.
  • Maring
  • 1964 –
  • 1968 – made landfall on Miyakojima and Kyūshū in Japan.
  • 1972 – traversed the southern Ryukyu Islands, passed just north of Taiwan and struck China.
  • 1976 – struck Japan.
  • 1980 – weak tropical depression which affected the Philippines and China.
  • 1984 – struck the northern part of Luzon claiming 121 lives, before making landfall in China.
  • 1988 – made landfall on the extreme northern tip of Luzon Island and then Hong Kong.
  • 1992 – brushed Luzon, then hit southern Taiwan, eastern China, and South Korea, causing 61 deaths.
  • 1996 – a strong typhoon which brushed the northern portion of the Philippines and eventually made landfall in southern China, causing at least 140 fatalities.
  • 2000 – struck Vietnam.
  • 2001 – hit Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands.
  • 2005 – triggered mudslides killing 95 in eastern China.
  • 2009 – hit Hainan and northern Vietnam.
  • 2013 – caused flooding in the Philippines.
  • 2017 – impacted the Philippines and Vietnam.
  • 2021 – a deadly and damaging storm which affected the Philippines, China and Hong Kong.
  • Mario
  • 2014 - brushed the Northern Philippines, where it caused over $231 million in damages; later landfall on Shanghai, China.
  • 2019 – never threatened land.
  • Martin
  • 1986 – weak tropical cyclone had only minor effects on land.
  • 1997 – damaging and deadly Category 3 tropical cyclone that affected the Cook Islands and French Polynesia.
  • 1999 – caused devastating damage in southern France in late December 1999, killing 30 people.
  • 1985 – no effect on land.
  • 1991 – briefly threatened the Mexican coastline.
  • 1996 – a minimal storm that killed 125 in Vietnam.
  • 1997 – not a threat to land.
  • 2003 – made two landfalls on the Baja California peninsula.
  • 2009 – never affected land.
  • 2015 – affected southwestern Mexico.
  • 2021 – had no effect on land; formed from the remnants of Atlantic basin Hurricane Grace.
  • Matmo
  • Matthew
  • 2004 - Brought heavy rain to the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, causing light damage but no deaths.
  • 2010 - Made landfall in Central America and later moved into Mexico, causing 171 million in damages and 126 deaths.
  • 2016 - an intense Category 5 hurricane that caused $16.4 billion in damages and at least 603 deaths throughout the Caribbean and the United States.
  • Mawar
  • Max
  • 1981 (March) – Category 3 tropical cyclone, crossed the Top End of Australia's Northern Territory, then moved west out to sea.
  • 1981 (October) –
  • 1987 – Category 4 hurricane, churned in the open ocean.
  • 1993 –
  • 2005 – Category 1 hurricane, no threat to land.
  • 2017 – Category 1 hurricane, made landfall in southwestern Mexico.
  • Maysak
  • Meari
  • Megi
  • 2004 – moved through the Ryūkyū islands before passing between South Korea and Japan.
  • 2010 – an intense typhoon that struck Luzon, causing damages amounting to $709 million, Taiwan and Fujian, China.
  • 2016 – Made landfall in Taiwan as a Category 3 typhoon.
  • 2022 – a deadly tropical cyclone that stalled in the Leyte Gulf, bringing widespread flooding to the Philippines.
  • Mekkhala
  • 2002 –
  • 2008 – affected southern China.
  • 2015 – the first tropical storm of the 2015 season.
  • 2020 – impacted southern China as a severe tropical storm.
  • Melissa
  • 1994 – remained over open waters.
  • 2007 – short-lived storm west of Cape Verde, never threatened land.
  • 2013 – short-lived storm in the central Atlantic, never threatened land.
  • 2019 – short-lived storm that formed in the central Atlantic.
  • Melor
  • 2003 – a Category 1 typhoon that affected the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan.
  • 2009 – a category 5 typhoon that struck Japan.
  • 2015 – a category 4 typhoon that struck the Philippines.
  • Meranti
  • 2004 –
  • 2010 –
  • 2016 - a super typhoon that struck Taiwan.
  • Merbok
  • 2004 – brought heavy flooding during mid-November 2004.
  • 2011 –
  • 2017 – made landfall in China.
  • Michael
  • 2000 – Category 2 hurricane that caused moderate damage in Canada.
  • 2012 – Category 3 hurricane that did not affect land.
  • 2018 – Category 5 hurricane that formed near Central America, causing heavy flooding as it lingered over the area as a tropical depression, then rapidly intensified over the Gulf of Mexico making landfall in Florida at peak intensity. Michael caused about 74 fatalities and caused an estimated $25.1 billion (2018 USD) in damages.
  • Mina
  • 2003 – affected Taiwan and China in 2003.
  • 2007 – Struck the Philippines, killed 71, damages from the storm amounted to US$20 million.
  • 2011 – hit the Philippines killing 26, and causing widespread damage worth US$26million; later made landfall on Taiwan and on Fujian, China.
  • Mindulle
  • Mindy
  • 2003 – remained at sea, but caused minor damage in Puerto Rico.
  • 2021 – made landfall in Florida, weakening to a tropical depression shortly after. Also triggered deadly flooding in Mexico, killing 23 people.
  • Miriam
  • 1978 – a Category 1 hurricane that threatened Hawaii but did not affect land.
  • 1982 – a Category 1 hurricane that did not affect land.
  • 1988 – continuation of Hurricane Joan which originally formed in the Atlantic Ocean and crossed into the Pacific.
  • 1994 – a short-lived storm that did not affect land.
  • 2000 – a short-lived storm that hit Baja California as a weak storm.
  • 2006 – a short-lived tropical storm that did not affect land.
  • 2012 – a Category 3 hurricane that did not affect land.
  • 2018 – a Category 2 hurricane that did not affect land.
  • Mirinae
  • 2009 – made landfall on Luzon, Philippines, and later Southern Vietnam.
  • 2016 – made landfall on Hainan, China, and later on Northern Vietnam.
  • 2021 – remained out to sea.
  • Mitag
  • 2009 –
  • 2015 –
  • 2020 - a powerful typhoon that devastated the Southern Luzon area of the Philippines and Vietnam.
  • Mona
  • 1963 – a Category 1 hurricane that made landfall in western Mexico.
  • 2000 – a severe tropical cyclone that caused moderate damage in Tonga.
  • 2019 – a moderate tropical cyclone that had minimal impact on land.
  • Monica
  • 1967 – which spent its life at sea south of Mexico.
  • 1971 – did not affect land.
  • 1975 – stayed far from land
  • 1984 – formed west of New Caledonia, dissipated in the Coral Sea.
  • 2006 – A 2006 cyclone and was the most intense tropical cyclone, in terms of maximum sustained winds, on record to impact Australia, tied with Cyclone Marcus in 2018.
  • Morakot
  • 2003 – struck Taiwan and China.
  • 2009 – struck Taiwan and China.
  • Muifa
  • 2004 – struck the Philippines and Vietnam.
  • 2011 – approached Japan, China and Korea.
  • 2017 –
  • Mujigae
  • 2009 – made landfall on Hainan Island and then on Vietnam.
  • 2015 – a destructive Category 4 typhoon that formed just east of the Philippines and made landfall in Guangdong, China.

See also

References
    General
    1. "Atlantic hurricane best track (HURDAT version 2)" (Database). United States National Hurricane Center. April 8, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
    2. National Hurricane Center; Hurricane Research Division; Central Pacific Hurricane Center. "The Northeast and North Central Pacific hurricane database 1949–2019". United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service. Retrieved 1 October 2020. A guide on how to read the database is available here.
    3. MetService (May 22, 2009). "TCWC Wellington Best Track Data 1967–2006". International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship.
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