Three storms have been named Jack since 1989: one in the Southern Hemisphere (2014) and two in the West Pacific (1989 and 1993). The strongest, in 1989, peaked as a Category 4 typhoon with winds of 145 mph (230 km/h).
Jack formed in the Southern Hemisphere in April 2014 and peaked as a Category 2 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 956 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Cyclone Jack (2014): track and historyJack formed in the West Pacific in May 1993 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h). It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 9 days.
Tropical Storm Jack (1993): track and historyJack formed in the West Pacific in December 1989 and peaked as a Category 4 typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (230 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 925 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 10 days.
Typhoon Jack (1989): track and historyStorms named Jack 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 Cyclone Jack in 2014, in the Southern Hemisphere. It formed on April 16, peaked at 105 mph (165 km/h) and lasted 7 days. It did not make landfall. Before that, the name was used in 1993 and 1989.
Typhoon Jack in 1989 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 4 typhoon with winds of 145 mph (230 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 925 mb. It formed in the West Pacific in December. The weakest of the three, in 1993, peaked at 40 mph (65 km/h).