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Hurricanes on December 17 in history (1842 to 2026)

190 storms on record were active on December 17 between 1862 and 2025. On this date 23 formed, 19 reached their peak recorded wind, 24 came ashore and 29 ended. The strongest storm active on December 17 was Typhoon Ruth (1955), with a peak 1-minute sustained wind of 180 kt (207 mph), recorded by JTWC.

Dates are calendar dates in UTC. Typhoons and cyclones are the same kind of storm as hurricanes, named by region. Archive of September 29, 2026.

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Tropical storm Washi (2011)

Coast crossing (estimated): December 17, 2011, 15:00 UTC. Peak: 50 kt · 10-minute (JMA). Western Pacific, Dec 11 to 19, 2011.

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Came ashore on December 17

24 storms, most recent first. Recorded landfalls come from the National Hurricane Center's best track; elsewhere a coast crossing is estimated from the track and labelled.

Year	Storm	Ocean	Where and when	Wind at landfall	Record
2021	Typhoon Rai	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 10.3°N, 119.9°E December 17, 2021, 06:00 UTC	80 kt (92 mph), 10-minute, JMA	Estimated from the track
2020	Cyclone Yasa	South Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 16.5°S, 178.8°E December 17, 2020, 06:00 UTC	115 kt (132 mph), 10-minute, FMS	Estimated from the track
2018	Cyclone Phethai	North Indian	Coast crossing (estimated) near 16.5°N, 82.3°E December 17, 2018, 09:00 UTC	40 kt (46 mph), 3-minute, IMD	Estimated from the track
2017	Tropical storm Kai-Tak	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 10.6°N, 120.0°E December 17, 2017, 21:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
2017	Tropical storm Kai-Tak	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 11.8°N, 122.6°E December 17, 2017, 06:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
2017	Tropical storm Kai-Tak	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 12.1°N, 124.1°E December 17, 2017, 00:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
2011	Tropical storm Washi	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 9.9°N, 119.6°E December 17, 2011, 15:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
2005	Unnamed tropical storm · 2005	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 10.9°N, 119.7°E December 17, 2005, 03:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1999	Cyclone Ilsa	Australian region	Coast crossing (estimated) near 19.7°S, 120.6°E December 17, 1999, 04:00 UTC	35 kt (40 mph), 10-minute, BoM	Estimated from the track
1998	Unnamed tropical depression · 1998	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 13.9°N, 121.8°E December 17, 1998, 21:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1998	Unnamed tropical depression · 1998	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 12.0°N, 123.4°E December 17, 1998, 09:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1998	Unnamed cyclone · 1998	North Indian	Coast crossing (estimated) near 18.7°N, 57.4°E December 17, 1998, 06:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1993	Cyclone Naomi	Australian region	Coast crossing (estimated) near 18.9°S, 121.5°E December 17, 1993, 03:00 UTC	80 kt (92 mph), 10-minute, BoM	Estimated from the track
1988	Cyclone Ilona	Australian region	Coast crossing (estimated) near 20.9°S, 116.1°E December 17, 1988, 15:00 UTC	80 kt (92 mph), 10-minute, BoM	Estimated from the track
1987	Typhoon Phyllis	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 12.8°N, 121.6°E December 17, 1987, 06:00 UTC	65 kt (75 mph), 10-minute, JMA	Estimated from the track
1986	Cyclone Patsy	South Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 22.3°S, 167.6°E December 17, 1986, 12:00 UTC	30 kt (35 mph), 10-minute, MetService NZ	Estimated from the track
1980	Unnamed cyclone · 1980	North Indian	Coast crossing (estimated) near 8.5°N, 81.7°E December 17, 1980, 03:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1973	Unnamed storm · 1973	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 5.0°N, 114.2°E December 17, 1973, 09:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1971	Storm Agnes	Southwest Indian	Coast crossing (estimated) near 12.6°S, 49.8°E December 17, 1971, 12:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1943	Unnamed storm · 1943	Australian region	Coast crossing (estimated) near 15.0°S, 141.6°E December 17, 1943, 00:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track

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Year	Storm	Ocean	Where and when	Wind at landfall	Record
1917	Unnamed storm · 1917	South Pacific → Australian region → South Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 21.0°S, 164.5°E December 17, 1917, 15:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1917	Unnamed storm · 1917	South Pacific → Australian region → South Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 21.9°S, 149.9°E December 17, 1917, 03:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1912	Unnamed storm · 1912	North Indian	Coast crossing (estimated) near 5.8°N, 81.0°E December 17, 1912, 06:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1899	Unnamed storm · 1899	Southwest Indian	Coast crossing (estimated) near 12.0°S, 49.7°E December 17, 1899, 00:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1889	Unnamed storm · 1889	North Indian	Coast crossing (estimated) near 10.3°N, 80.0°E December 17, 1889, 21:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1886	Unnamed storm · 1886	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 9.1°N, 126.5°E December 17, 1886, 04:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1884	Unnamed storm · 1884	North Indian	Coast crossing (estimated) near 10.7°N, 80.1°E December 17, 1884, 15:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track

Formed on December 17

23 storms had their first recorded position on this date.

Season	Storm	Ocean	First position	Peak
1991–92	Cyclone Alexandra	Southwest Indian	7.5°S, 66.0°E	56 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1981–82	Cyclone Benedicte	Southwest Indian	12.0°S, 60.0°E	72 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1996	Tropical storm Fern	Western Pacific	5.2°N, 151.3°E	60 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
2019–20	Cyclone Calvinia	Southwest Indian	13.5°S, 70.2°E	65 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1988–89	Cyclone Eseta	South Pacific	14.3°S, 166.3°E	55 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
2020	Tropical storm Krovanh	Western Pacific → North Indian	5.8°N, 129.0°E	35 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
2007–08	Cyclone Dama	Southwest Indian	11.7°S, 87.9°E	35 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1992–93	Cyclone Ken	Australian region → Southwest Indian	11.2°S, 100.2°E	40 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1987	Unnamed tropical depression · 1987	North Indian	9.0°N, 86.4°E	30 kt · 3-minute (IMD)
1998	Unnamed tropical depression · 1998	Western Pacific	10.9°N, 125.0°E	25 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
2005–06	Unnamed cyclone · 2005	Southwest Indian → Australian region → Southwest Indian	9.0°S, 83.7°E	35 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1980–81	Storm Diana	Southwest Indian	12.9°S, 59.2°E	Not recorded
1964–65	Storm Connie	Southwest Indian	22.8°S, 34.8°E	Not recorded
1964	Unnamed storm · 1964	North Indian	5.0°N, 93.0°E	Not recorded
1958–59	Unnamed storm · 1958	Southwest Indian	18.8°S, 40.6°E	Not recorded

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Season	Storm	Ocean	First position	Peak
1943	Unnamed storm · 1943	Western Pacific	7.5°N, 137.3°E	Not recorded
1920–21	Unnamed storm · 1920	Australian region	10.3°S, 147.2°E	Not recorded
1917–18	Unnamed storm · 1917	Australian region	12.0°S, 123.1°E	Not recorded
1912	Unnamed storm · 1912	North Indian	5.5°N, 81.7°E	Not recorded
1889	Unnamed storm · 1889	North Indian	10.2°N, 81.4°E	Not recorded
1983	Unnamed storm · 1983	Western Pacific	7.5°N, 129.0°E	Not recorded
1963–64	Unnamed storm · 1963	South Pacific	11.4°S, 171.5°E	Not recorded
1923	Unnamed storm · 1923	North Indian	6.8°N, 73.2°E	Not recorded

Reached peak wind on December 17

19 storms recorded their highest wind on this date, as the responsible agency measured it.

Season	Storm	Ocean	Peak wind	Lowest pressure
1997	Typhoon Paka	Central Pacific → Western Pacific	100 kt (115 mph), 10-minute, JMA	920 hPa (JMA)
1959	Typhoon Gilda	Western Pacific	150 kt (173 mph), 1-minute, JTWC	925 hPa (JMA)
1981	Typhoon Kit	Western Pacific	100 kt (115 mph), 10-minute, JMA	925 hPa (JMA)
1988–89	Cyclone Ilona	Australian region	80 kt (92 mph), 10-minute, BoM	960 hPa (BoM)
1993–94	Cyclone Naomi	Australian region	80 kt (92 mph), 10-minute, BoM	960 hPa (BoM)
1993–94	Cyclone Cecilia	Southwest Indian	55 kt (63 mph), 10-minute, Météo-France	972 hPa (Météo-France)
1952	Tropical storm Faye	Western Pacific	45 kt (52 mph), 1-minute, JTWC	990 hPa (JMA)
1976–77	Cyclone Harry	Australian region → Southwest Indian	55 kt (63 mph), 10-minute, BoM	985 hPa (BoM)
1983	Tropical storm Thelma	Western Pacific	55 kt (63 mph), 10-minute, JMA	990 hPa (JMA)
2023	Tropical storm Jelawat	Western Pacific	35 kt (40 mph), 10-minute, JMA	1000 hPa (JTWC)
2006	Tropical storm Trami	Western Pacific	35 kt (40 mph), 10-minute, JMA	1000 hPa (JMA)
1990	Unnamed cyclone · 1990	North Indian	55 kt (63 mph), 3-minute, IMD	Not recorded
2007–08	Cyclone Celina	Southwest Indian	40 kt (46 mph), 10-minute, Météo-France	992 hPa (Météo-France)
1970–71	Cyclone Priscilla	South Pacific	40 kt (46 mph), 10-minute, MetService NZ	990 hPa (MetService NZ)
1963	Tropical storm Rita	Western Pacific	40 kt (46 mph), 1-minute, JTWC	998 hPa (JMA)

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Season	Storm	Ocean	Peak wind	Lowest pressure
2005	Unnamed tropical depression · 2005	North Indian	30 kt (35 mph), 3-minute, IMD	1000 hPa (IMD)
1998	Unnamed tropical depression · 1998	Western Pacific	25 kt (29 mph), 1-minute, JTWC	Not recorded
1998–99	Unnamed cyclone · 1998	Australian region → South Pacific	35 kt (40 mph), 1-minute, JTWC	Not recorded
1996	Unnamed tropical depression · 1996	Western Pacific	30 kt (35 mph), 1-minute, JTWC	Not recorded

Ended on December 17

29 storms had their last recorded position on this date.

Season	Storm	Ocean	Last position	Dates
2023–24	Cyclone Jasper	South Pacific → Australian region	15.9°S, 142.3°E	Dec 2 to 17, 2023
2015	Typhoon Melor	Western Pacific	13.1°N, 119.5°E	Dec 10 to 17, 2015
2024–25	Cyclone Chido	Southwest Indian	17.5°S, 29.3°E	Dec 5 to 17, 2024
1991–92	Cyclone Val	South Pacific	50.0°S, 163.0°W	Dec 4 to 17, 1991
2009–10	Cyclone Cleo	Australian region → Southwest Indian	22.3°S, 56.6°E	Dec 3 to 17, 2009
2003–04	Cyclone Jana	Australian region → Southwest Indian	11.2°S, 65.0°E	Dec 6 to 17, 2003
1951	Typhoon Babs	Western Pacific	47.5°N, 174.0°E	Dec 10 to 17, 1951
1999–00	Cyclone Ilsa	Australian region	20.7°S, 121.7°E	Dec 8 to 17, 1999
2018	Cyclone Phethai	North Indian	17.8°N, 82.8°E	Dec 13 to 17, 2018
1996–97	Cyclone Nicholas	Australian region	20.3°S, 127.1°E	Dec 10 to 17, 1996

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Season	Storm	Ocean	Last position	Dates
1998	Unnamed cyclone · 1998	North Indian	20.4°N, 55.5°E	Dec 11 to 17, 1998
2015–16	Cyclone Bohale	Southwest Indian	31.6°S, 71.6°E	Dec 7 to 17, 2015
2021	Unnamed tropical depression · 2021	Western Pacific	4.0°N, 101.9°E	Dec 15 to 17, 2021
1994–95	Unnamed cyclone · 1994	South Pacific	24.6°S, 171.4°W	Dec 13 to 17, 1994
2025–26	Unnamed cyclone · 2025	South Pacific	13.5°S, 172.3°E	Dec 14 to 17, 2025
1917–18	Unnamed storm · 1917	South Pacific → Australian region → South Pacific	20.9°S, 165.0°E	Dec 12 to 17, 1917
1957–58	Unnamed storm · 1957	Southwest Indian	18.9°S, 44.6°E	Dec 13 to 17, 1957
1943–44	Unnamed storm · 1943	Australian region	16.7°S, 138.3°E	Dec 14 to 17, 1943
1946	Unnamed storm · 1946	Western Pacific	13.8°N, 122.4°E	Dec 14 to 17, 1946
1945–46	Unnamed storm · 1945	Southwest Indian	16.6°S, 45.1°E	Dec 11 to 17, 1945
1904–05	Unnamed storm · 1904	Southwest Indian	13.4°S, 40.5°E	Dec 10 to 17, 1904
1901–02	Unnamed storm · 1901	Southwest Indian	16.6°S, 42.6°E	Dec 11 to 17, 1901
1970	Unnamed storm · 1970	Western Pacific	17.7°N, 119.4°E	Dec 14 to 17, 1970
1968	Unnamed storm · 1968	North Indian	9.3°N, 79.6°E	Dec 11 to 17, 1968
1954	Unnamed storm · 1954	North Indian	8.6°N, 84.1°E	Dec 15 to 17, 1954
1942	Unnamed storm · 1942	Western Pacific	17.1°N, 130.6°E	Dec 13 to 17, 1942
1909	Unnamed storm · 1909	Western Pacific	8.3°N, 106.6°E	Dec 15 to 17, 1909
1888–89	Unnamed storm · 1888	Southwest Indian	26.6°S, 71.0°E	Dec 10 to 17, 1888
1862–63	Unnamed storm · 1862	Australian region → Southwest Indian	16.9°S, 82.9°E	Dec 11 to 17, 1862

Also active on December 17

106 more storms were active on this date, the most notable first. Storms listed above are not repeated.

Season	Storm	Ocean	Dates	Peak
1964	Typhoon Opal	Western Pacific	Dec 8 to 18, 1964	170 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1955	Typhoon Ruth	Western Pacific	Dec 12 to 18, 1955	180 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
2001	Typhoon Faxai	Western Pacific	Dec 13 to 26, 2001	105 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
2006–07	Cyclone Bondo	Southwest Indian	Dec 15 to 28, 2006	110 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2009–10	Cyclone Laurence	Australian region	Dec 8 to 23, 2009	110 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
2013–14	Cyclone Bruce	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 16 to 25, 2013	120 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1953	Typhoon Doris	Western Pacific	Dec 9 to 23, 1953	150 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
2022–23	Cyclone Darian	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 12, 2022 to Jan 2, 2023	125 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1989–90	Cyclone Alibera	Southwest Indian	Dec 14, 1989 to Jan 7, 1990	72 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2012–13	Cyclone Evan	South Pacific	Dec 10 to 27, 2012	100 kt · 10-minute (FMS)
1994–95	Cyclone Annette	Australian region	Dec 10 to 20, 1994	100 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1990	Typhoon Russ	Western Pacific	Dec 13 to 24, 1990	100 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
2018–19	Cyclone Cilida	Southwest Indian	Dec 16 to 28, 2018	115 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1979–80	Cyclone Claudette	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 9 to 28, 1979	110 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
2013–14	Cyclone Amara	Southwest Indian	Dec 14 to 28, 2013	110 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1951	Typhoon Amy	Western Pacific	Dec 3 to 19, 1951	120 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1994	Typhoon Axel	Western Pacific	Dec 10 to 27, 1994	85 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
2008–09	Cyclone Billy	Australian region	Dec 16, 2008 to Jan 4, 2009	95 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1952	Typhoon Gloria	Western Pacific	Dec 16 to 25, 1952	130 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1976–77	Cyclone Ted	Australian region	Dec 15 to 21, 1976	100 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
2018–19	Cyclone Kenanga	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 14 to 24, 2018	40 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1990–91	Cyclone Joy	South Pacific → Australian region	Dec 15 to 27, 1990	90 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1986	Typhoon Marge	Western Pacific	Dec 9 to 25, 1986	85 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
1980–81	Cyclone Carol	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 13 to 24, 1980	110 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1978–79	Cyclone Angele	Southwest Indian	Dec 13, 1978 to Jan 5, 1979	82 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)

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Season	Storm	Ocean	Dates	Peak
2018–19	Cyclone Owen	Australian region	Nov 30 to Dec 22, 2018	85 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1985	Typhoon Hope	Western Pacific	Dec 13 to 25, 1985	90 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
1960	Typhoon Phyllis	Western Pacific	Dec 11 to 20, 1960	105 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
2016	Cyclone Vardah	North Indian	Dec 6 to 19, 2016	70 kt · 3-minute (IMD)
1995–96	Cyclone Gertie	Australian region → South Pacific	Dec 14 to 24, 1995	75 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1989–90	Cyclone Felicity	Australian region → South Pacific	Dec 12 to 22, 1989	75 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
2008	Typhoon Dolphin	Western Pacific	Dec 8 to 18, 2008	65 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
2003–04	Cyclone Debbie	Australian region	Dec 16 to 23, 2003	65 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1984	Hurricane Lili	Atlantic	Dec 12 to 24, 1984	Category 1 · Saffir-Simpson (NHC)
2003–04	Cyclone Cela	Southwest Indian	Dec 4 to 22, 2003	65 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1972–73	Cyclone Diana	South Pacific	Dec 6 to 18, 1972	70 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
2025–26	Cyclone Bakung	Australian region	Dec 12 to 18, 2025	80 kt · 1-minute (Real-time)
1973–74	Cyclone Cecily	Australian region	Dec 11 to 19, 1973	70 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1979	Tropical storm Ben	Western Pacific	Dec 16 to 23, 1979	45 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
1973–74	Cyclone Una	Australian region → South Pacific	Dec 14 to 22, 1973	55 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1980	Tropical storm Ed	Western Pacific	Dec 14 to 24, 1980	45 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
1982–83	Cyclone Lisa	South Pacific	Dec 10 to 18, 1982	60 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
1967	Tropical storm Ivy	Western Pacific	Dec 16 to 21, 1967	60 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1996–97	Cyclone Ophelia	Australian region	Dec 13 to 27, 1996	55 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1994	Tropical storm Bobbie	Western Pacific	Dec 14 to 29, 1994	50 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
1985	Tropical storm Irving	Western Pacific	Dec 13 to 22, 1985	50 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
2008–09	Cyclone Cinda	Southwest Indian	Dec 13 to 24, 2008	50 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2009–10	Cyclone David	Southwest Indian	Dec 12 to 31, 2009	45 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2004	Tropical storm Noru	Western Pacific	Dec 16 to 23, 2004	40 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
1974	Tropical storm Judy	Western Pacific	Dec 14 to 19, 1974	40 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1991–92	Cyclone Arthur	South Pacific	Dec 13 to 18, 1991	50 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
1980–81	Cyclone Dan	Australian region	Dec 14 to 18, 1980	50 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1972	Tropical storm Violet	Western Pacific	Dec 11 to 21, 1972	55 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1977–78	Cyclone Celimene	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 13 to 23, 1977	50 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
2004	Tropical storm Talas	Western Pacific	Dec 9 to 20, 2004	40 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
2010	Tropical storm Omeka	Central Pacific → Western Pacific → Central Pacific	Dec 16 to 22, 2010	45 kt · 1-minute (NHC)
1971–72	Cyclone Vivienne	South Pacific	Dec 16 to 19, 1971	40 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
1979–80	Cyclone Berenice	Southwest Indian	Dec 15 to 21, 1979	35 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1962–63	Cyclone Cecile	Southwest Indian	Dec 16 to 29, 1962	35 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
2010–11	Unnamed tropical depression · 2010	Australian region	Dec 15 to 20, 2010	30 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
2022	Unnamed tropical depression · 2022	North Indian	Dec 12 to 19, 2022	30 kt · 3-minute (IMD)
2015	Unnamed tropical depression · 2015	Western Pacific	Dec 14 to 19, 2015	25 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1975–76	Storm Barbara	Southwest Indian	Dec 3 to 19, 1975	Not recorded
1966–67	Storm Colette	Southwest Indian	Dec 11 to 22, 1966	Not recorded
1968–69	Storm Amber	Australian region → Southwest Indian → Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 15 to 24, 1968	Not recorded
1960–61	Unnamed storm · 1960	Australian region	Dec 14 to 24, 1960	Not recorded
1956–57	Unnamed storm · 1956	Australian region → South Pacific	Dec 16 to 26, 1956	Not recorded
2020–21	Storm Zazu	South Pacific	Dec 16 to 19, 2020	Not recorded
1946–47	Unnamed storm · 1946	Australian region	Dec 16 to 19, 1946	Not recorded
1973–74	Storm Christiane	Southwest Indian	Dec 13 to 22, 1973	Not recorded
1972–73	Storm Beatrice	Southwest Indian	Dec 7 to 25, 1972	Not recorded
1970–71	Storm Dominique	Southwest Indian	Dec 11 to 28, 1970	Not recorded
1967–68	Storm Belinda	Southwest Indian	Dec 8 to 23, 1967	Not recorded
1920–21	Unnamed storm · 1920	Australian region	Dec 16 to 24, 1920	Not recorded
1978	Unnamed storm · 1978	Western Pacific	Dec 13 to 18, 1978	Not recorded
1966	Unnamed storm · 1966	Western Pacific	Dec 15 to 19, 1966	Not recorded
1948–49	Unnamed storm · 1948	Southwest Indian	Dec 14 to 27, 1948	Not recorded
1941	Unnamed storm · 1941	Western Pacific	Dec 12 to 21, 1941	Not recorded
1940	Unnamed storm · 1940	Western Pacific	Dec 8 to 24, 1940	Not recorded
1939	Unnamed storm · 1939	Western Pacific	Dec 16 to 24, 1939	Not recorded
1935	Unnamed storm · 1935	Western Pacific	Dec 16 to 24, 1935	Not recorded
1924	Unnamed storm · 1924	Western Pacific	Dec 13 to 23, 1924	Not recorded
1911–12	Unnamed storm · 1911	Southwest Indian	Dec 16 to 21, 1911	Not recorded
1907–08	Unnamed storm · 1907	Southwest Indian	Dec 10 to 18, 1907	Not recorded
1907–08	Unnamed storm · 1907	Southwest Indian	Dec 11 to 21, 1907	Not recorded
1904–05	Unnamed storm · 1904	Southwest Indian	Dec 10 to 18, 1904	Not recorded
1904–05	Unnamed storm · 1904	Southwest Indian	Dec 11 to 20, 1904	Not recorded
1902–03	Unnamed storm · 1902	Southwest Indian	Dec 9 to 18, 1902	Not recorded
1899–00	Unnamed storm · 1899	Southwest Indian	Dec 10 to 23, 1899	Not recorded
1899–00	Unnamed storm · 1899	Southwest Indian	Dec 10 to 24, 1899	Not recorded
1952–53	Unnamed storm · 1952	Australian region → South Pacific	Dec 15 to 19, 1952	Not recorded
1971	Unnamed storm · 1971	North Indian	Dec 14 to 21, 1971	Not recorded
1967–68	Unnamed storm · 1967	South Pacific	Dec 14 to 20, 1967	Not recorded
1966	Unnamed storm · 1966	North Indian	Dec 15 to 19, 1966	Not recorded
1957–58	Unnamed storm · 1957	Australian region	Dec 16 to 19, 1957	Not recorded
1952–53	Unnamed storm · 1952	Southwest Indian	Dec 15 to 20, 1952	Not recorded
1949–50	Unnamed storm · 1949	South Pacific	Dec 15 to 21, 1949	Not recorded
1939–40	Unnamed storm · 1939	Southwest Indian	Dec 13 to 18, 1939	Not recorded
1934–35	Unnamed storm · 1934	Southwest Indian	Dec 11 to 18, 1934	Not recorded
1925–26	Unnamed storm · 1925	Southwest Indian	Dec 11 to 18, 1925	Not recorded
1925	Unnamed storm · 1925	Western Pacific	Dec 14 to 20, 1925	Not recorded
1912	Unnamed storm · 1912	Western Pacific	Dec 16 to 21, 1912	Not recorded
1910–11	Unnamed storm · 1910	Australian region	Dec 16 to 18, 1910	Not recorded
1897–98	Unnamed storm · 1897	Southwest Indian	Dec 11 to 18, 1897	Not recorded
1885–86	Unnamed storm · 1885	Southwest Indian	Dec 11 to 18, 1885	Not recorded
1885–86	Unnamed storm · 1885	Southwest Indian	Dec 11 to 18, 1885	Not recorded

Questions about December 17

What is the strongest storm on record on December 17?

Of the storms active on December 17, Typhoon Ruth (1955) had the highest peak wind recorded by a U.S. agency: 180 kt (207 mph), 1-minute sustained (JTWC). That is the storm's peak over its whole life, which may fall on another day. Agencies that average wind over 10 minutes report lower numbers for the same storm.

Has a storm ever made landfall on December 17?

Yes. 24 storms on record came ashore on December 17. The most recent was Typhoon Rai (2021): coast crossing (estimated) near 10.3°N, 119.9°E. Some coast crossings are estimated from the track, and each one is labelled.

How many storms were active on December 17?

190 storms on record were active on December 17, in 101 different years from 1862 to 2025. The count uses calendar dates in UTC and covers every ocean basin in NOAA's IBTrACS archive and the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2.

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Sources. Storm tracks and events from NOAA's best-track archives, exactly as the Hurricane Calendar app shows them. Dates are calendar dates in UTC. Each wind speed keeps the agency that recorded it and its averaging period; nothing is converted between agencies. A missing value is shown as not recorded, never as zero. Storms that may still have been active when the archive was updated are left out.

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HURDAT2 Northeast and North Central Pacific hurricane database, 1949-2025 (released 2026-09-14), NOAA National Hurricane Center (NHC) and Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC). Retrieved 2026-09-26.