Two storms have been named Orson since 1989: one in the West Pacific (1996) and one in the Southern Hemisphere (1989). The strongest, in 1989, peaked as a Category 5 cyclone with winds of 160 mph (260 km/h).
Orson formed in the West Pacific in August 1996 and peaked as a Category 4 typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 955 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 22 days.
Typhoon Orson (1996): track and historyOrson formed in the Southern Hemisphere in April 1989 and peaked as a Category 5 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 905 mb. It made landfall near Karratha, Australia. The system was tracked for 8 days.
Cyclone Orson (1989): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orson 1989 | Karratha, Australia | 1989-04-22 21:00 | 130 mph / 210 km/h |
Storms named Orson 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 Orson in 1996, in the West Pacific. It formed on August 14, peaked at 130 mph (215 km/h) and lasted 22 days. It did not make landfall. Before that, the name was used in 1989.
Cyclone Orson in 1989 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 5 cyclone with winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 905 mb. It formed in the Southern Hemisphere in April and made landfall near Karratha, Australia. The weakest of the two, in 1996, peaked at 130 mph (215 km/h).