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During 2015, tropical cyclones formed in seven major bodies of water, commonly known as tropical cyclone basins. Tropical cyclones will be assigned names by various weather agencies if they attain maximum sustained winds of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph). During the year, one hundred thirty-four systems have formed and ninety-two were named.
The 2015 Atlantic hurricane season was the last of three consecutive below average Atlantic hurricane seasons.It produced twelve tropical cyclones, eleven named storms, four hurricanes, and two major hurricanes.
The 2015 Atlantic hurricane season was an event in the annual hurricane season in the north Atlantic ocean.(there were 15 different recorded hurricanes this year). It was the third consecutive year to feature below-average tropical cyclone activity, [nb 1] with eleven named storms.
Hurricane Patricia was the most powerful tropical cyclone on record worldwide in terms of maximum sustained winds and the second-most intense on record worldwide in terms of pressure, with a minimum atmospheric pressure of 872 mbar (hPa; 25.75 inHg), behind Typhoon Tip's 870 mbar. [1]
Tropical Storm Ana was the first named storm of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season. A pre-season system , it became the earliest United States– landfalling tropical cyclone on record. It developed as a subtropical cyclone from a non-tropical low north of the Bahamas , and intensified to attain peak winds of 60 mph (97 km/h) before ...
Hurricane Joaquin (/ hw ɑː ˈ k iː n / hwah-KEEN; Spanish: Huracán Joaquín [uɾaˈkaŋ xoaˈkin]) [1] was a powerful tropical cyclone that devastated several districts of The Bahamas and caused damage in the Turks and Caicos Islands, parts of the Greater Antilles, and Bermuda.
The Japan Meteorological Agency estimated Soudelor's central pressure at 8 a.m. EDT Tuesday was 900 millibars, making Soudelor the strongest tropical cyclone on Earth so far in 2015.
Hurricane Dolores was a powerful and moderately damaging tropical cyclone whose remnants brought record-breaking heavy rains and strong winds to California. The seventh named storm, fourth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the record-breaking 2015 Pacific hurricane season, Dolores formed from a tropical wave on July 11.