Two storms have been named Cempaka since 2017: one in the West Pacific (2021) and one in the Southern Hemisphere (2017). The strongest, in 2021, peaked as a Category 1 typhoon with winds of 90 mph (150 km/h).
Cempaka formed in the West Pacific in July 2021 and peaked as a Category 1 typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph (150 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 965 mb. It made landfall near Yangjiang, China. The system was tracked for 8 days.
Typhoon Cempaka (2021): track and historyCempaka formed in the Southern Hemisphere in November 2017 and peaked as a Category 1 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 990 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 4 days.
Cyclone Cempaka (2017): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cempaka 2021 | Yangjiang, China | 2021-07-20 15:00 | 75 mph / 120 km/h |
Storms named Cempaka 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 Typhoon Cempaka in 2021, in the West Pacific. It formed on July 17, peaked at 90 mph (150 km/h) and lasted 8 days. It made landfall near Yangjiang, China. Before that, the name was used in 2017.
Typhoon Cempaka in 2021 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 1 typhoon with winds of 90 mph (150 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 965 mb. It formed in the West Pacific in July and made landfall near Yangjiang, China. The weakest of the two, in 2017, peaked at 80 mph (130 km/h).