Four storms have been named Susan since 1981: one in the Southern Hemisphere (1997) and three in the West Pacific (1981, 1984 and 1988). The strongest, in 1997, peaked as a Category 5 cyclone with winds of 160 mph (260 km/h).
Susan formed in the Southern Hemisphere in December 1997 and peaked as a Category 5 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 900 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 21 days.
Cyclone Susan (1997): track and historySusan formed in the West Pacific in May 1988 and peaked as a Category 1 typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph (150 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 970 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 6 days.
Typhoon Susan (1988): track and historySusan formed in the West Pacific in October 1984 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 996 mb. It made landfall near Ðà Lạt, Vietnam. The system was tracked for 5 days.
Tropical Storm Susan (1984): track and historySusan formed in the West Pacific in August 1981 and peaked as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 980 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 9 days.
Tropical Storm Susan (1981): track and history| Storm | Landfall near | Date (UTC) | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susan 1984 | Ðà Lạt, Vietnam | 1984-10-12 12:00 | 35 mph / 55 km/h |
Storms named Susan 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 Susan in 1997, in the Southern Hemisphere. It formed on December 20, peaked at 160 mph (260 km/h) and lasted 21 days. It did not make landfall. Before that, the name was used in 1988, 1984 and 1981.
Cyclone Susan in 1997 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 5 cyclone with winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 900 mb. It formed in the Southern Hemisphere in December. The weakest of the four, in 1984, peaked at 45 mph (75 km/h).