Five storms have been named Gay since 1981: one in the Central Pacific (1992) and four in the West Pacific (1981, 1985, 1988 and 1989). The strongest, in 1992, peaked as a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 185 mph (295 km/h).
Gay formed in the Central Pacific in November 1992 and peaked as a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph (295 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 900 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 21 days.
Hurricane Gay (1992): track and historyGay formed in the West Pacific in October 1989 and peaked as a Category 5 super typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 970 mb. It made 2 landfalls, first near Chumphon, Thailand and last near Kāvali, India. The system was tracked for 10 days.
Super Typhoon Gay (1989): track and historyGay formed in the West Pacific in September 1988 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 996 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 6 days.
Tropical Storm Gay (1988): track and historyGay formed in the West Pacific in May 1985 and peaked as a Category 3 typhoon 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 13 days.
Typhoon Gay (1985): track and historyGay formed in the West Pacific in October 1981 and peaked as a Category 2 typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (175 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 950 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 11 days.
Typhoon Gay (1981): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gay 1989 | Chumphon, Thailand | 1989-11-04 06:00 | 115 mph / 185 km/h |
| Gay 1989 | Kāvali, India | 1989-11-08 21:00 | 130 mph / 215 km/h |
Storms named Gay 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 Hurricane Gay in 1992, in the Central Pacific. It formed on November 13, peaked at 185 mph (295 km/h) and lasted 21 days. It did not make landfall. Before that, the name was used in 1989, 1988, 1985 and 1981.
Hurricane Gay in 1992 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 185 mph (295 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 900 mb. It formed in the Central Pacific in November. The weakest of the five, in 1988, peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h).