Four storms have been named Marian since 1990: two in the Southern Hemisphere (1991 and 2021) and two in the West Pacific (1990 and 1993). The strongest, in 2021, peaked as a Category 3 cyclone with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h).
Marian formed in the Southern Hemisphere in February 2021 and peaked as a Category 3 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 952 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 15 days.
Cyclone Marian (2021): track and historyMarian formed in the West Pacific in July 1993 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h). It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 6 days.
Tropical Storm Marian (1993): track and historyMarian formed in the Southern Hemisphere in April 1991 and peaked as a Category 2 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (175 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 930 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 10 days.
Cyclone Marian (1991): track and historyMarian formed in the West Pacific in May 1990 and peaked as a Category 2 typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 965 mb. It made landfall near Lugu, Taiwan. The system was tracked for 12 days.
Typhoon Marian (1990): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marian 1990 | Lugu, Taiwan | 1990-05-19 03:00 | 45 mph / 70 km/h |
Storms named Marian 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 Marian in 2021, in the Southern Hemisphere. It formed on February 22, peaked at 115 mph (185 km/h) and lasted 15 days. It did not make landfall. Before that, the name was used in 1993, 1991 and 1990.
Cyclone Marian in 2021 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 3 cyclone with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 952 mb. It formed in the Southern Hemisphere in February. The weakest of the four, in 1993, peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h).