Three storms have been named Fritz since 1983: two in the Southern Hemisphere (1983 and 2004) and one in the West Pacific (1997). The strongest, in 1997, peaked as a Category 1 typhoon with winds of 85 mph (140 km/h).
Fritz formed in the Southern Hemisphere in February 2004 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 992 mb. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Tropical Storm Fritz (2004): track and historyFritz formed in the West Pacific in September 1997 and peaked as a Category 1 typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 980 mb. It made landfall near Đông Phú, Vietnam. The system was tracked for 10 days.
Typhoon Fritz (1997): track and historyFritz formed in the Southern Hemisphere in December 1983 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 990 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Tropical Storm Fritz (1983): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fritz 2004 | 16.9°S 138.5°E | 2004-02-12 12:00 | 30 mph / 45 km/h |
| Fritz 1997 | Đông Phú, Vietnam | 1997-09-25 06:00 | 75 mph / 120 km/h |
Storms named Fritz 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 Fritz in 2004, in the Southern Hemisphere. It formed on February 10, peaked at 40 mph (65 km/h) and lasted 5 days. It did not make landfall. Before that, the name was used in 1997 and 1983.
Typhoon Fritz in 1997 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 1 typhoon with winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 980 mb. It formed in the West Pacific in September and made landfall near Đông Phú, Vietnam. The weakest of the three, in 2004, peaked at 40 mph (65 km/h).