Three storms have been named Dinah since 1980: two in the West Pacific (1984 and 1987) and one in the Central Pacific (1980). The strongest, in 1987, peaked as a Category 4 super typhoon with winds of 150 mph (240 km/h).
Dinah formed in the West Pacific in August 1987 and peaked as a Category 4 super typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 915 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 16 days.
Super Typhoon Dinah (1987): track and historyDinah formed in the West Pacific in July 1984 and peaked as a Category 4 typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (230 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 915 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 11 days.
Typhoon Dinah (1984): track and historyDinah formed in the Central Pacific in November 1980 and peaked as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 950 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 9 days.
Hurricane Dinah (1980): track and historyStorms named Dinah 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 Super Typhoon Dinah in 1987, in the West Pacific. It formed on August 19, peaked at 150 mph (240 km/h) and lasted 16 days. It did not make landfall. Before that, the name was used in 1984 and 1980.
Super Typhoon Dinah in 1987 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 4 super typhoon with winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 915 mb. It formed in the West Pacific in August. The weakest of the three, in 1980, peaked at 115 mph (185 km/h).