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Hurricanes on December 25 in history (1842 to 2026)

178 storms on record were active on December 25 between 1857 and 2025. On this date 15 formed, 10 reached their peak recorded wind, 11 came ashore and 24 ended. The strongest storm active on December 25 was Cyclone Zoe (2002–03), with a peak 1-minute sustained wind of 155 kt (178 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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Recorded trackCame ashore on December 25Tracks of the 57 storms that formed, peaked, came ashore or ended on December 25, from NOAA best-track records. Simplified outlines.

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Typhoon Marge (1986)

Last recorded position: December 25, 1986, 18:00 UTC. Peak: 85 kt · 10-minute (JMA). Western Pacific, Dec 9 to 25, 1986.

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Came ashore on December 25

11 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
2019	Typhoon Phanfone	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 12.2°N, 121.3°E December 25, 2019, 06:00 UTC	70 kt (81 mph), 10-minute, JMA	Estimated from the track
2016	Typhoon Nock-Ten	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 13.5°N, 124.6°E December 25, 2016, 09:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
2012	Tropical storm Wukong	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 10.6°N, 125.4°E December 25, 2012, 15:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
2011	Cyclone Grant	Australian region	Coast crossing (estimated) near 11.4°S, 132.8°E December 25, 2011, 09:00 UTC	60 kt (69 mph), 10-minute, BoM	Estimated from the track
2006	Cyclone Bondo	Southwest Indian	Coast crossing (estimated) near 15.2°S, 46.7°E December 25, 2006, 09:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1997	Cyclone Sid	Australian region	Coast crossing (estimated) near 11.8°S, 130.0°E December 25, 1997, 09:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1992	Cyclone Nina	Australian region → South Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 14.2°S, 141.5°E December 25, 1992, 06:00 UTC	80 kt (92 mph), 10-minute, BoM	Estimated from the track
1977	Cyclone Anne	South Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 15.9°S, 180.0°W December 25, 1977, 00:00 UTC	40 kt (46 mph), 10-minute, MetService NZ	Estimated from the track
1966	Storm Daphne	Southwest Indian	Coast crossing (estimated) near 22.4°S, 42.6°E December 25, 1966, 12:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1954	Unnamed storm · 1954	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 9.6°N, 124.4°E December 25, 1954, 03:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1947	Typhoon Jean	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 13.0°N, 124.6°E December 25, 1947, 12:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track

Formed on December 25

15 storms had their first recorded position on this date.

Season	Storm	Ocean	First position	Peak
2003–04	Cyclone Heta	South Pacific	15.0°S, 176.5°E	115 kt · 10-minute (FMS)
2013–14	Cyclone Christine	Australian region	12.2°S, 123.6°E	90 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
2011	Cyclone Thane	North Indian	8.9°N, 88.4°E	75 kt · 3-minute (IMD)
1997–98	Cyclone Selwyn	Australian region → Southwest Indian	11.9°S, 110.9°E	75 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1996–97	Cyclone Fabriola	Southwest Indian	12.0°S, 60.0°E	55 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1984–85	Cyclone Monica	Australian region → South Pacific → Australian region → South Pacific	12.0°S, 146.0°E	55 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1991–92	Cyclone Bryna	Southwest Indian	13.1°S, 57.5°E	39 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1966–67	Tropical depression Delilah	Australian region	11.0°S, 100.0°E	30 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1965–66	Tropical depression Carol-Daisy	Australian region	8.8°S, 100.9°E	25 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
2002–03	Unnamed tropical depression · 2002	Southwest Indian → Australian region	2.8°S, 88.5°E	30 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1983–84	Storm Sharon	Southwest Indian	13.1°S, 82.5°E	Not recorded
1916–17	Unnamed storm · 1916	Australian region	19.4°S, 152.1°E	Not recorded
1973	Unnamed storm · 1973	North Indian	4.0°N, 89.5°E	Not recorded
1948–49	Unnamed storm · 1948	Southwest Indian	7.9°S, 71.2°E	Not recorded
1929–30	Unnamed storm · 1929	Southwest Indian	19.2°S, 51.3°E	Not recorded

Reached peak wind on December 25

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

Season	Storm	Ocean	Peak wind	Lowest pressure
1996	Tropical storm Greg	Western Pacific	45 kt (52 mph), 1-minute, JTWC	Not recorded
1977	Typhoon Mary	Western Pacific	85 kt (98 mph), 10-minute, JMA	945 hPa (JMA)
1981	Typhoon Lee	Western Pacific	80 kt (92 mph), 10-minute, JMA	950 hPa (JMA)
1947	Typhoon Jean	Western Pacific	95 kt (109 mph), 1-minute, JTWC	Not recorded
1973–74	Cyclone Dalida	Australian region → Southwest Indian	80 kt (92 mph), 10-minute, BoM	965 hPa (BoM)
2011–12	Cyclone Grant	Australian region	60 kt (69 mph), 10-minute, BoM	976 hPa (BoM)
1977–78	Cyclone Anne	South Pacific	55 kt (63 mph), 10-minute, MetService NZ	980 hPa (MetService NZ)
2012	Tropical storm Wukong	Western Pacific	40 kt (46 mph), 10-minute, JMA	1000 hPa (JMA)
2004–05	Cyclone Judy	South Pacific	45 kt (52 mph), 10-minute, FMS	987 hPa (FMS)
2003	Unnamed tropical storm · 2003	Western Pacific	35 kt (40 mph), 1-minute, JTWC	997 hPa (JTWC)

Ended on December 25

24 storms had their last recorded position on this date.

Season	Storm	Ocean	Last position	Dates
2013–14	Cyclone Bruce	Australian region → Southwest Indian	32.6°S, 99.9°E	Dec 16 to 25, 2013
1952	Typhoon Gloria	Western Pacific	14.5°N, 105.0°E	Dec 16 to 25, 1952
1986	Typhoon Marge	Western Pacific	9.8°N, 109.5°E	Dec 9 to 25, 1986
1985	Typhoon Hope	Western Pacific	17.5°N, 129.0°E	Dec 13 to 25, 1985
1981–82	Cyclone Benedicte	Southwest Indian	16.2°S, 35.9°E	Dec 17 to 25, 1981
2016–17	Cyclone Yvette	Australian region	18.0°S, 123.4°E	Dec 18 to 25, 2016
2020	Tropical storm Krovanh	Western Pacific → North Indian	11.3°N, 97.0°E	Dec 17 to 25, 2020
2008–09	Unnamed tropical depression · 2008	Australian region	17.0°S, 128.7°E	Dec 21 to 25, 2008
2011–12	Unnamed cyclone · 2011	Australian region → South Pacific	25.9°S, 160.5°E	Dec 20 to 25, 2011
1964–65	Storm Doreen	Southwest Indian	22.1°S, 44.5°E	Dec 23 to 25, 1964

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Season	Storm	Ocean	Last position	Dates
2012	Unnamed tropical depression · 2012	North Indian	6.2°N, 49.6°E	Dec 22 to 25, 2012
2002	Unnamed cyclone · 2002	North Indian	8.2°N, 86.7°E	Dec 21 to 25, 2002
1970–71	Storm Janet	Australian region → Southwest Indian	20.0°S, 87.0°E	Dec 19 to 25, 1970
2022	Unnamed tropical depression · 2022	North Indian	8.5°N, 81.6°E	Dec 22 to 25, 2022
1972–73	Storm Beatrice	Southwest Indian	28.0°S, 56.0°E	Dec 7 to 25, 1972
1936–37	Unnamed storm · 1936	Southwest Indian	21.5°S, 40.1°E	Dec 20 to 25, 1936
1920–21	Unnamed storm · 1920	Australian region	23.0°S, 124.6°E	Dec 17 to 25, 1920
1897–98	Unnamed storm · 1897	Australian region	22.5°S, 115.1°E	Dec 21 to 25, 1897
1961–62	Unnamed storm · 1961	Australian region	25.3°S, 159.9°E	Dec 22 to 25, 1961
1955–56	Unnamed storm · 1955	Southwest Indian	21.2°S, 74.0°E	Dec 20 to 25, 1955
1938–39	Unnamed storm · 1938	Southwest Indian	17.5°S, 80.5°E	Dec 21 to 25, 1938
1934–35	Unnamed storm · 1934	Southwest Indian	25.2°S, 51.7°E	Dec 18 to 25, 1934
1902–03	Unnamed storm · 1902	Southwest Indian	19.3°S, 52.6°E	Dec 20 to 25, 1902
1861–62	Unnamed storm · 1861	Southwest Indian	16.3°S, 83.7°E	Dec 20 to 25, 1861

Other recorded events on December 25

Editor-reviewed, sourced events.

Year	Storm	Event	When
1974	Cyclone Tracy	Struck Darwin early on Christmas Day (local date)	December 25, 1974

Also active on December 25

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

Season	Storm	Ocean	Dates	Peak
1971–72	Cyclone Althea	Australian region → South Pacific	Dec 19 to 30, 1971	90 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1993	Tropical storm Nell	Western Pacific	Dec 18, 1993 to Jan 1, 1994	60 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
2002–03	Cyclone Zoe	South Pacific	Dec 23, 2002 to Jan 4, 2003	130 kt · 10-minute (FMS)
2001	Typhoon Faxai	Western Pacific	Dec 13 to 26, 2001	105 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
1997–98	Cyclone Susan	South Pacific	Dec 20, 1997 to Jan 10, 1998	125 kt · 10-minute (FMS)
1959	Typhoon Harriet	Western Pacific	Dec 22, 1959 to Jan 3, 1960	130 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)
2018–19	Cyclone Cilida	Southwest Indian	Dec 16 to 28, 2018	115 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1963	Typhoon Susan	Western Pacific	Dec 18 to 29, 1963	135 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
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)
1989	Typhoon Jack	Western Pacific	Dec 20 to 29, 1989	95 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
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)
1980–81	Cyclone Felix	Australian region	Dec 22 to 31, 1980	100 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1990–91	Cyclone Joy	South Pacific → Australian region	Dec 15 to 27, 1990	90 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
2025–26	Cyclone Grant	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 18, 2025 to Jan 6, 2026	119 kt · 1-minute (Real-time)
1981–82	Cyclone Gyan	South Pacific	Dec 18 to 29, 1981	100 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
1996–97	Cyclone Fergus	South Pacific → Australian region → South Pacific	Dec 19, 1996 to Jan 1, 1997	80 kt · 10-minute (FMS)
1986	Typhoon Norris	Western Pacific	Dec 19, 1986 to Jan 3, 1987	85 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
2014–15	Cyclone Kate	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 21, 2014 to Jan 4, 2015	90 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1978–79	Cyclone Angele	Southwest Indian	Dec 13, 1978 to Jan 5, 1979	82 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2004–05	Cyclone Chambo	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 21, 2004 to Jan 3, 2005	85 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)

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Season	Storm	Ocean	Dates	Peak
1984–85	Cyclone Frank	Australian region	Dec 19 to 28, 1984	85 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1983–84	Cyclone Bakoly	Southwest Indian	Dec 19 to 31, 1983	92 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1966	Typhoon Pamela	Western Pacific	Dec 24 to 31, 1966	90 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1992–93	Tropical depression Kina	South Pacific	Dec 23, 1992 to Jan 6, 1993	30 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
2017	Typhoon Tembin	Western Pacific	Dec 20 to 26, 2017	70 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
1991–92	Cyclone Alexandra	Southwest Indian	Dec 17 to 29, 1991	56 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1996–97	Cyclone Phil	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 22, 1996 to Jan 16, 1997	60 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
2002–03	Cyclone Crystal	Southwest Indian	Dec 21, 2002 to Jan 3, 2003	80 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1986–87	Cyclone Raja	South Pacific	Dec 21, 1986 to Jan 5, 1987	80 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
1998–99	Cyclone Cora	South Pacific	Dec 21 to 30, 1998	80 kt · 10-minute (FMS)
2020–21	Cyclone Chalane	Southwest Indian	Dec 20, 2020 to Jan 4, 2021	60 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2000	Unnamed cyclone · 2000	North Indian	Dec 23 to 29, 2000	90 kt · 3-minute (IMD)
1999–00	Cyclone Astride	Southwest Indian	Dec 23, 1999 to Jan 3, 2000	50 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1996	Tropical storm Fern	Western Pacific	Dec 17 to 30, 1996	60 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
2019–20	Cyclone Calvinia	Southwest Indian	Dec 17, 2019 to Jan 3, 2020	65 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2019–20	Cyclone Sarai	South Pacific	Dec 24, 2019 to Jan 2, 2020	60 kt · 10-minute (FMS)
2021–22	Cyclone Seth	Australian region	Dec 23, 2021 to Jan 7, 2022	55 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1988–89	Cyclone Eseta	South Pacific	Dec 17 to 28, 1988	55 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
1978–79	Cyclone Fay	South Pacific	Dec 24 to 31, 1978	55 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
1979–80	Cyclone Danitza	Australian region → Southwest Indian → Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 23, 1979 to Jan 2, 1980	70 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1982–83	Cyclone Dadafy	Southwest Indian	Dec 21, 1982 to Jan 1, 1983	52 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2022–23	Cyclone Ellie	Australian region	Dec 21, 2022 to Jan 8, 2023	40 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
2003–04	Cyclone Darius	Southwest Indian	Dec 23, 2003 to Jan 4, 2004	55 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1996–97	Cyclone Ophelia	Australian region	Dec 13 to 27, 1996	55 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
2010–11	Cyclone Tasha	Australian region	Dec 23 to 26, 2010	40 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1994	Tropical storm Bobbie	Western Pacific	Dec 14 to 29, 1994	50 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
1995	Tropical storm Dan	Western Pacific	Dec 23, 1995 to Jan 3, 1996	55 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
2009–10	Cyclone David	Southwest Indian	Dec 12 to 31, 2009	45 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1988	Tropical storm Val	Western Pacific	Dec 21 to 27, 1988	45 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
1985–86	Cyclone Alifredy	Southwest Indian	Dec 22 to 27, 1985	36 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1998–99	Cyclone Cathy	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 22 to 30, 1998	50 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1981–82	Unnamed cyclone · 1981	Australian region	Dec 19 to 27, 1981	45 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1980–81	Cyclone Edna	Australian region	Dec 20 to 27, 1980	40 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1987–88	Cyclone Benandro	Southwest Indian	Dec 24, 1987 to Jan 8, 1988	36 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1966–67	Cyclone Clara	Southwest Indian	Dec 19, 1966 to Jan 2, 1967	40 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
2024	Tropical storm Pabuk	Western Pacific	Dec 21 to 26, 2024	35 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
1962–63	Cyclone Cecile	Southwest Indian	Dec 16 to 29, 1962	35 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1978–79	Unnamed cyclone · 1978	Southwest Indian	Dec 20 to 26, 1978	55 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
2018	Unnamed tropical depression · 2018	Western Pacific	Dec 23 to 30, 2018	30 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1975	Unnamed tropical depression · 1975	Western Pacific	Dec 23 to 30, 1975	30 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1965–66	Storm Amanda	Australian region	Dec 20, 1965 to Jan 2, 1966	Not recorded
1965–66	Storm Claude	Southwest Indian	Dec 24, 1965 to Jan 10, 1966	Not recorded
1961–62	Storm Beryl	Southwest Indian	Dec 20 to 28, 1961	Not recorded
2005–06	Unnamed cyclone · 2005	Southwest Indian → Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 17 to 29, 2005	35 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
2015–16	Unnamed tropical depression · 2015	Australian region	Dec 21, 2015 to Jan 1, 2016	30 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1962–63	Unnamed tropical depression · 1962	Australian region → South Pacific	Dec 23 to 27, 1962	30 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
2001–02	Storm Vicky	South Pacific	Dec 22 to 26, 2001	Not recorded
1956–57	Unnamed storm · 1956	Australian region → South Pacific	Dec 16 to 26, 1956	Not recorded
2024–25	Unnamed cyclone · 2024	Australian region	Dec 24 to 31, 2024	35 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1959–60	Unnamed storm · 1959	Australian region → South Pacific	Dec 24, 1959 to Jan 3, 1960	Not recorded
1959–60	Unnamed storm · 1959	Australian region → South Pacific	Dec 19 to 31, 1959	Not recorded
1970–71	Storm Dominique	Southwest Indian	Dec 11 to 28, 1970	Not recorded
1967–68	Storm Carmen	Southwest Indian	Dec 19 to 28, 1967	Not recorded
1964–65	Storm Edna	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 22 to 28, 1964	Not recorded
1963–64	Storm Betty	Southwest Indian	Dec 23 to 28, 1963	Not recorded
1973	Unnamed storm · 1973	Western Pacific	Dec 24 to 27, 1973	Not recorded
1957–58	Unnamed storm · 1957	Southwest Indian	Dec 24, 1957 to Jan 1, 1958	Not recorded
1955–56	Unnamed storm · 1955	Australian region → South Pacific	Dec 24 to 30, 1955	Not recorded
1952	Unnamed storm · 1952	Western Pacific	Dec 23, 1952 to Jan 2, 1953	Not recorded
1951–52	Unnamed storm · 1951	South Pacific	Dec 19, 1951 to Jan 3, 1952	Not recorded
1950–51	Unnamed storm · 1950	Southwest Indian	Dec 18 to 28, 1950	Not recorded
1948–49	Unnamed storm · 1948	Southwest Indian	Dec 14 to 27, 1948	Not recorded
1944–45	Unnamed storm · 1944	Southwest Indian	Dec 21 to 26, 1944	Not recorded
1930–31	Unnamed storm · 1930	Australian region	Dec 24 to 29, 1930	Not recorded
1925–26	Unnamed storm · 1925	Southwest Indian	Dec 23 to 30, 1925	Not recorded
1918	Unnamed storm · 1918	Western Pacific	Dec 22 to 30, 1918	Not recorded
1916–17	Unnamed storm · 1916	Southwest Indian	Dec 21 to 29, 1916	Not recorded
1899–00	Unnamed storm · 1899	Southwest Indian	Dec 11 to 26, 1899	Not recorded
1897–98	Unnamed storm · 1897	Australian region	Dec 22, 1897 to Jan 1, 1898	Not recorded
1933–34	Unnamed storm · 1933	Australian region	Dec 24 to 29, 1933	Not recorded
1977–78	Unnamed storm · 1977	Australian region → South Pacific	Dec 22 to 29, 1977	Not recorded
1973	Unnamed storm · 1973	Western Pacific	Dec 21 to 27, 1973	Not recorded
1969	Unnamed storm · 1969	North Indian	Dec 20 to 26, 1969	Not recorded
1962–63	Unnamed storm · 1962	South Pacific	Dec 21 to 26, 1962	Not recorded
1957	Unnamed storm · 1957	North Indian	Dec 24 to 26, 1957	Not recorded
1946–47	Unnamed storm · 1946	South Pacific	Dec 24 to 30, 1946	Not recorded
1941	Unnamed storm · 1941	Western Pacific	Dec 22 to 30, 1941	Not recorded
1939	Unnamed storm · 1939	Western Pacific	Dec 22 to 26, 1939	Not recorded
1934–35	Unnamed storm · 1934	Southwest Indian	Dec 20 to 28, 1934	Not recorded
1934–35	Unnamed storm · 1934	Southwest Indian	Dec 21 to 30, 1934	Not recorded
1931–32	Unnamed storm · 1931	Australian region	Dec 20 to 26, 1931	Not recorded
1928–29	Unnamed storm · 1928	Australian region	Dec 21 to 26, 1928	Not recorded
1926	Unnamed storm · 1926	North Indian	Dec 24 to 27, 1926	Not recorded
1921–22	Unnamed storm · 1921	Southwest Indian	Dec 21 to 26, 1921	Not recorded
1920–21	Unnamed storm · 1920	Southwest Indian	Dec 20 to 26, 1920	Not recorded
1913	Unnamed storm · 1913	Western Pacific	Dec 21 to 27, 1913	Not recorded
1907–08	Unnamed storm · 1907	Southwest Indian	Dec 20 to 27, 1907	Not recorded
1898–99	Unnamed storm · 1898	Southwest Indian	Dec 21 to 28, 1898	Not recorded
1897–98	Unnamed storm · 1897	Southwest Indian	Dec 21 to 31, 1897	Not recorded
1889	Unnamed storm · 1889	North Indian	Dec 23 to 26, 1889	Not recorded
1885–86	Unnamed storm · 1885	Southwest Indian	Dec 20 to 28, 1885	Not recorded
1885–86	Unnamed storm · 1885	Southwest Indian	Dec 21 to 31, 1885	Not recorded
1879–80	Unnamed storm · 1879	Southwest Indian	Dec 20 to 26, 1879	Not recorded
1861–62	Unnamed storm · 1861	Southwest Indian	Dec 20 to 31, 1861	Not recorded
1861–62	Unnamed storm · 1861	Southwest Indian	Dec 21 to 27, 1861	Not recorded
1857–58	Unnamed storm · 1857	Southwest Indian	Dec 21 to 28, 1857	Not recorded

Questions about December 25

What is the strongest storm on record on December 25?

Of the storms active on December 25, Cyclone Zoe (2002–03) had the highest peak wind recorded by a U.S. agency: 155 kt (178 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 25?

Yes. 11 storms on record came ashore on December 25. The most recent was Typhoon Phanfone (2019): coast crossing (estimated) near 12.2°N, 121.3°E. Some coast crossings are estimated from the track, and each one is labelled.

How many storms were active on December 25?

178 storms on record were active on December 25, in 100 different years from 1857 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.

International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) v04r01, all basins (CSV), NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Retrieved 2026-09-26.
HURDAT2 Atlantic hurricane database, 1851-2025 (released 2026-09-12), NOAA National Hurricane Center (NHC). Retrieved 2026-09-26.
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.