Two storms have been named Rosie since 1997: one in the Southern Hemisphere (2008) and one in the West Pacific (1997). The strongest, in 1997, peaked as a Category 5 super typhoon with winds of 160 mph (260 km/h).
Rosie formed in the Southern Hemisphere in April 2008 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 985 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 4 days.
Tropical Storm Rosie (2008): track and historyRosie formed in the West Pacific in July 1997 and peaked as a Category 5 super typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 920 mb. It made 3 landfalls, first near Anan, Japan and last near Echizen, Japan. The system was tracked for 16 days.
Super Typhoon Rosie (1997): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosie 1997 | Anan, Japan | 1997-07-26 08:00 | 80 mph / 125 km/h |
| Rosie 1997 | Bizen, Japan | 1997-07-26 12:00 | 75 mph / 120 km/h |
| Rosie 1997 | Echizen, Japan | 1997-07-28 09:00 | 30 mph / 50 km/h |
Storms named Rosie 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 Rosie in 2008, in the Southern Hemisphere. It formed on April 20, peaked at 60 mph (95 km/h) and lasted 4 days. It did not make landfall. Before that, the name was used in 1997.
Super Typhoon Rosie in 1997 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 5 super typhoon with winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 920 mb. It formed in the West Pacific in July and made landfall near Anan, Japan. The weakest of the two, in 2008, peaked at 60 mph (95 km/h).