Four storms have been named Clara since 1980: three in the West Pacific (1981, 1984 and 1988) and one in the Southern Hemisphere (1980). The strongest, in 1981, peaked as a Category 4 typhoon with winds of 140 mph (220 km/h).
Clara formed in the West Pacific in August 1988 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 994 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 11 days.
Tropical Storm Clara (1988): track and historyClara formed in the West Pacific in November 1984 and peaked as a Category 3 typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph (205 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 940 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 11 days.
Typhoon Clara (1984): track and historyClara formed in the West Pacific in September 1981 and peaked as a Category 4 typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph (220 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 925 mb. It made landfall near Donghai, China. The system was tracked for 20 days.
Typhoon Clara (1981): track and historyClara formed in the Southern Hemisphere in January 1980 and peaked as a Category 1 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 980 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 8 days.
Cyclone Clara (1980): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clara 1981 | Donghai, China | 1981-09-21 21:00 | 70 mph / 110 km/h |
Storms named Clara 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 Clara in 1988, in the West Pacific. It formed on August 5, peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h) and lasted 11 days. It did not make landfall. Before that, the name was used in 1984, 1981 and 1980.
Typhoon Clara in 1981 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 4 typhoon with winds of 140 mph (220 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 925 mb. It formed in the West Pacific in September and made landfall near Donghai, China. The weakest of the four, in 1988, peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h).