Two storms have been named Joy since 1990: one in the West Pacific (1996) and one in the Southern Hemisphere (1990). The strongest, in 1990, peaked as a Category 2 cyclone with winds of 105 mph (165 km/h).
Joy formed in the West Pacific in July 1996 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 did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 12 days.
Typhoon Joy (1996): track and historyJoy formed in the Southern Hemisphere in December 1990 and peaked as a Category 2 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 940 mb. It made landfall near Townsville, Australia. The system was tracked for 12 days.
Cyclone Joy (1990): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joy 1990 | Townsville, Australia | 1990-12-26 15:00 | 45 mph / 70 km/h |
Storms named Joy 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 Typhoon Joy in 1996, in the West Pacific. It formed on July 25, peaked at 85 mph (140 km/h) and lasted 12 days. It did not make landfall. Before that, the name was used in 1990.
Cyclone Joy in 1990 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 2 cyclone with winds of 105 mph (165 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 940 mb. It formed in the Southern Hemisphere in December and made landfall near Townsville, Australia. The weakest of the two, in 1996, peaked at 85 mph (140 km/h).