Caspian Sea tropical cyclones (Cardozo)

Caspian Sea tropical cyclones are unusual events that occur in the Northern Hemisphere. The low amount of disturbances favorable for development, as well as location, make any strong tropical system rare, and Cyclone Zamir in 2024 is the only recorded tropical cyclone-strength system. Since 2024, Azerbaijan's Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources began monitoring for subtropical/tropical cyclones in the sea. Any subtropical/tropical cyclone with 3-minute sustained wind speeds of at least 65 km/h (40 mph) are named by the MENR.

Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Zamir
Cyclone Zamir is the only known cyclone to reach very severe cyclonic storm strength in the Caspian Sea. It formed on August 23, 2024, after an extratropical low moved over the Caspian Sea and entered warm waters. Soon, it later became a tropical storm on the SSHWS and a cyclonic storm on the IMD scale. It continued to strengthen and reached peak intensity on August 24, 2024, in the southern-central part of the Caspian Sea. It continued northwestward and made landfall near Baku, Azerbaijan, as a severe cyclonic storm. The storm weakened and turned northeastward, and did a small cyclonic loop, before making its final landfall in Kazakhstan on August 26, when it would later become extratropical. The cyclone killed 98 people, most of the deaths in Azerbaijan, and cost $775 million (2024 USD).

The name Zamir would later be semi-retired and will come back in 2034 due to mild damage in Azerbaijan.

Depression CSP 02-Y2024
Another depression formed later that year in September.

(WIP)