Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston was a powerful, long-lived, erratic, and destructive tropical cyclone that became the most intense in the Southern Hemisphere on record, as well as the strongest to mak
Cyclone Winston at record peak intensity on 20 February, just before making landfall in Fiji
Winston east of Queensland, with subtropical characteristics on 27 February
A home largely destroyed by the storm in Tailevu Province
Large swells in Gold Coast, Queensland injured multiple people and prompted the closure of beaches
During 2016, tropical cyclones formed within seven different tropical cyclone basins, located within various parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. During the year, 135 tropical cyclones fo
Cyclone Winston
…in the Southern Hemisphere on record, as well as the strongest to make landfall on record, and the most intense and longest lasting tropical cyclone worldwide in 2016. Winston was, at the time, the costliest tropical cyclone on record in the South Pacific basin, until it was surpassed by Cyclone Gabrielle in 2023…
Taken by various of satellites throughout 2016, these are the 24 tropical cyclones that reached at least Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale during that year, from Winston in February to Nock-ten in December. Among them, Winston (first image in the first row) is the strongest with a minimal barometric pressure of 884 hPa.
Subtropical Storm Eçaí, the strongest subtropical or tropical cyclone of 2016.