Two storms have been named Violet since 1995: one in the West Pacific (1996) and one in the Southern Hemisphere (1995). The strongest, in 1996, peaked as a Category 4 super typhoon with winds of 150 mph (240 km/h).
Violet formed in the West Pacific in September 1996 and peaked as a Category 4 super typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 935 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 18 days.
Super Typhoon Violet (1996): track and historyViolet formed in the Southern Hemisphere in February 1995 and peaked as a Category 1 cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 960 mb. It did not make landfall. The system was tracked for 9 days.
Cyclone Violet (1995): track and historyStorms named Violet 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 Super Typhoon Violet in 1996, in the West Pacific. It formed on September 9, peaked at 150 mph (240 km/h) and lasted 18 days. It did not make landfall. Before that, the name was used in 1995.
Super Typhoon Violet in 1996 was the strongest, peaking as a Category 4 super typhoon with winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 935 mb. It formed in the West Pacific in September. The weakest of the two, in 1995, peaked at 85 mph (140 km/h).