Four storms have been named Bart since 1996: two in the Southern Hemisphere (1998 and 2017) and two in the West Pacific (1996 and 1999). The strongest, in 1999, peaked as a Category 5 super typhoon with winds of 160 mph (260 km/h).
Bart formed in the Southern Hemisphere in February 2017 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 993 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 3 days.
Tropical Storm Bart (2017): track and historyBart formed in the West Pacific in September 1999 and peaked as a Category 5 super typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 930 mb. It made 2 landfalls, first near Ōmuta, Japan and last near Hagi, Japan. The system was tracked for 12 days.
Super Typhoon Bart (1999): track and historyBart formed in the Southern Hemisphere in April 1998 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 987 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 4 days.
Tropical Storm Bart (1998): track and historyBart formed in the West Pacific in May 1996 and peaked as a Category 4 typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (230 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 930 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 14 days.
Typhoon Bart (1996): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bart 1999 | Ōmuta, Japan | 1999-09-23 21:00 | 110 mph / 175 km/h |
| Bart 1999 | Hagi, Japan | 1999-09-24 00:00 | 105 mph / 165 km/h |
Storms named Bart appear in more than one ocean in our archive:
Each ocean region keeps its own name lists, drawn up by its own WMO regional committee (Tropical cyclone naming), so the same name can be given to unrelated storms in different oceans.
The most recent was Tropical Storm Bart in 2017, in the Southern Hemisphere. It formed on February 20, peaked at 45 mph (75 km/h) and lasted 3 days. It did not make landfall. Before that, the name was used in 1999, 1998 and 1996.
Super Typhoon Bart in 1999 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 5 super typhoon with winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 930 mb. It formed in the West Pacific in September and made landfall near Ōmuta, Japan. The weakest of the four, in 1998, peaked at 40 mph (65 km/h).