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Tropical cyclone headlines:
THE DAILY CYCLONE NEWS
December 9, 2025
Active Tropical Cyclones
There are no tropical cyclones active at this time.
Invests/Areas of Interest
Invest 91S (05U) (Low) (Aus region)
NOTE: Information on this template is taken from the National Hurricane Center in the North Atlantic and Eastern Pacific, the Central Pacific Hurricane Center in the Central Pacific, and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center everywhere else. These agencies issue official warnings on tropical cyclones and possible suspect areas when needed. Please note that information on this template is updated daily. However, it may be out of date during busier periods of tropical cyclone activity.
Categories Basins
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Tropical depressions |
Tropical storms |
Hurricanes/ Typhoons/Cyclones |
Major hurricanes |
Category 5 hurricanes
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| North Atlantic | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Central/East Pacific | 20 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| West Pacific | 34 | 28 | 17 | 6 | 1 |
| North Indian Ocean | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| South-West Indian Ocean | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Australian region | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| South Pacific | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Atlantic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 in total | 117 | 108 | 50 | 26 | 5 |
Sample articles:
If you want to make a hypothetical hurricane season, take a look at this guide. Additionally, you can view these sample articles listed here in order to help get your hurricane-making juices flowing:
Tip: you can also see a list of these articles here!
Ever wanted to test something before using it on your season/storm article? You can contribute on the wiki sandbox. You can also do it on your personal sandbox!
Featured article:
Cyclone Maipelo
Featured Hypothetical Article of the Month
Severe Tropical Cyclone Maipelo, also known as Moderate Tropical Storm Maipelo, was a unprecedentedly long-lived, powerful, costly, and deadly tropical cyclone that traversed the Indian Ocean in May and June of 2028. Maipelo was the longest lived tropical cyclone on record, lasting for six weeks and producing a record accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 140.2. Additionally, it became the costliest tropical cyclone in the Australian region both nominally and adjusted for inflation, surpassing Cyclone Yasi of the 2010-11 season. Read more...
View past featured articles here
Community Creation Contest
YOUR chance to show your creativity!
The Hypothetical Hurricanes Wiki Discord server is holding our first annual Community Creation Contest to close off 2025! Anyone is welcome to participate - you can create a new hypothetical season or storm and have the chance to have it featured on the main page for all of 2026!. The deadline is December 20 - there are some rules (that can be read here) but we hope this serves its purpose as HHW's contest of the year to showcase your creativity skills and as the biggest opportunity we give to have your hypo-making skills recognized!
Join our discord server here!
Wiki headlines:
News of 2025
- EFFECTIVE — November 6, 2025 — Season 27 of Hurricane Idol has ended! The winning name of the season is Halola, submitted by CaesiumXenon! The runner-up name is Humberto, submitted by JXthemeteorologist, while Sebastien, which was submitted by Shibainuz, made third place! Congratulations to these three users!
- EFFECTIVE — October 18, 2025 — Hypothetical Hurricanes Wiki reaches 17,000 pages!
- EFFECTIVE — September 28, 2025 — Hypothetical Hurricanes Wiki celebrates its 15th anniversary!
- EFFECTIVE — September 3, 2025 — Season 27 of Hurricane Idol has begun! This season is being hosted by Cove412 and co-hosted by LazarBeam123!
- EFFECTIVE — August 29, 2025 — 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's 2nd and 3rd landfalls.
- EFFECTIVE — May 28, 2025 — Season 26 of Hurricane Idol has ended! The winning name of the season is Akará, submitted by HurriCade1031! The runner-up name is Inigo, submitted by FCX, while Dorian, which was submitted by StrawberryMaster, made third place! Congratulations to these three users!
- EFFECTIVE — March 20, 2025 — Season 26 of Hurricane Idol has begun! This season is being hosted by LazarBeam123 and co-hosted by FCX!
- EFFECTIVE — January 21, 2025 — Season 25 of Hurricane Idol has ended! The winning name of the season is Camille, submitted by KingLucarius! The runner-up name is Saola, submitted by HulkCraziness, while Jova, which was submitted by HurriCade1031, made third place! Congratulations to these three users!
News of 2024
- EFFECTIVE — September 7, 2024 — Season 25 of Hurricane Idol has begun! This season is being hosted by HulkCraziness and co-hosted by Kiko Snowe!
- EFFECTIVE — May 25, 2024 — Season 24 of Hurricane Idol has ended! The winning name of the season is Mireille, submitted by JosephDaviduJT! The runner-up name is Virgil, submitted by MonseurRoussil1997, while Haiyan, which was submitted by Featherflight21, made third place! Congratulations to these three users!
- EFFECTIVE — March 17, 2024 — Season 24 of Hurricane Idol has begun! This season is being hosted by Finolian and co-hosted by HurriCade1031!
News of 2023
- EFFECTIVE — November 25, 2023 — Season 23 of Hurricane Idol has ended! The winning name of the season is Isaac, submitted by Kiko Snowe! The runner-up name is Roslyn, submitted by Farm River, while Sandra, which was submitted by StrawberryMaster, made third place! Congratulations to these three users!
- EFFECTIVE — September 3, 2023 — Season 23 of Hurricane Idol has begun! This season is being hosted by Sandy and co-hosted by Fabian!
- EFFECTIVE — May 9, 2023 — Season 22 of Hurricane Idol has ended! The winning name of the season is Roxanne, submitted by HulkCraziness! The runner-up name is Pamela, submitted by StrawberryMaster, while Ian, which was submitted by GloriouslyBlonde, made third place! Congratulations to these three users!
- EFFECTIVE — March 1, 2023 — Season 22 of Hurricane Idol has started! This season is being hosted by FCX and co-hosted by Sandy.
Did you know...
- …that Tropical Storm Vamei of 2001 was the closest tropical cyclone to the equator?
Countdowns:
Countdown to the end of the 2025-26 Australian region, Southwest Indian Ocean, and South Pacific cyclone seasons
Countdown to the start of the 2025 Eastern Pacific hurricane season
Countdown to the start of the 2025 Atlantic and Central Pacific hurricane seasons
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