Two storms have been named Leo since 1999: one in the Southern Hemisphere (2000) and one in the West Pacific (1999). The strongest, in 1999, peaked as a Category 3 typhoon with winds of 125 mph (205 km/h).
Leo formed in the Southern Hemisphere in March 2000 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 974 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 6 days.
Tropical Storm Leo (2000): track and historyLeo formed in the West Pacific in April 1999 and peaked as a Category 3 typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph (205 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 970 mb. It made landfall near Danshui, China. The system was tracked for 7 days.
Typhoon Leo (1999): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leo 1999 | Danshui, China | 1999-05-02 15:00 | 30 mph / 45 km/h |
Storms named Leo 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 Leo in 2000, in the Southern Hemisphere. It formed on March 4, peaked at 65 mph (100 km/h) and lasted 6 days. It did not make landfall. Before that, the name was used in 1999.
Typhoon Leo in 1999 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 3 typhoon with winds of 125 mph (205 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 970 mb. It formed in the West Pacific in April and made landfall near Danshui, China. The weakest of the two, in 2000, peaked at 65 mph (100 km/h).