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Hurricanes on December 29 in history (1842 to 2026)

175 storms on record were active on December 29 between 1861 and 2025. On this date 23 formed, 10 reached their peak recorded wind, 15 came ashore and 27 ended. The strongest storm active on December 29 was Typhoon Hester (1952), with a peak 1-minute sustained wind of 160 kt (184 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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Cyclone Ula (2015–16)

First recorded position: December 29, 2015, 12:00 UTC. Peak: 100 kt · 10-minute (FMS). South Pacific, Dec 29, 2015 to Jan 16, 2016.

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Came ashore on December 29

15 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
2024	Unnamed cyclone · 2024	South Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 17.4°S, 177.9°E December 29, 2024, 12:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
2021	Cyclone Seth	Australian region	Coast crossing (estimated) near 15.1°S, 140.9°E December 29, 2021, 03:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
2018	Unnamed tropical depression · 2018	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 11.6°N, 122.8°E December 29, 2018, 09:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
2014	Tropical storm Jangmi	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 9.6°N, 124.9°E December 29, 2014, 09:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1993	Cyclone Rewa	South Pacific → Australian region → South Pacific → Australian region → South Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 10.4°S, 162.1°E December 29, 1993, 03:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1978	Cyclone Fay	South Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 16.2°S, 179.5°E December 29, 1978, 06:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1975	Unnamed tropical depression · 1975	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 8.6°N, 117.2°E December 29, 1975, 03:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1971	Unnamed storm · 1971	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 12.8°N, 124.2°E December 29, 1971, 00:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1970	Storm Loris	Australian region	Coast crossing (estimated) near 19.3°S, 121.1°E December 29, 1970, 18:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1953	Unnamed storm · 1953	Southwest Indian	Coast crossing (estimated) near 12.8°S, 50.4°E December 29, 1953, 21:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1952	Unnamed storm · 1952	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 8.5°N, 126.3°E December 29, 1952, 03:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1950	Typhoon Fran	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 13.6°N, 124.4°E December 29, 1950, 15:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1947	Unnamed storm · 1947	Australian region	Coast crossing (estimated) near 20.3°S, 118.8°E December 29, 1947, 15:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1930	Unnamed storm · 1930	Southwest Indian	Coast crossing (estimated) near 20.0°S, 43.8°E December 29, 1930, 03:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1916	Unnamed storm · 1916	Australian region	Coast crossing (estimated) near 18.9°S, 146.8°E December 29, 1916, 00:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track

Formed on December 29

23 storms had their first recorded position on this date.

Season	Storm	Ocean	First position	Peak
2015–16	Cyclone Ula	South Pacific	9.4°S, 170.5°W	100 kt · 10-minute (FMS)
1978–79	Cyclone Peter	Australian region	10.0°S, 135.6°E	80 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
2006–07	Cyclone Clovis	Southwest Indian	12.1°S, 57.8°E	62 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2023–24	Cyclone Alvaro	Southwest Indian	19.2°S, 34.9°E	65 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1989–90	Cyclone Baomavo	Australian region → Southwest Indian	5.0°S, 95.0°E	85 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1973–74	Cyclone Erica	Australian region	17.9°S, 118.7°E	50 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
2018	Tropical storm Bolaven	Western Pacific	7.4°N, 138.0°E	35 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
1981–82	Tropical depression Clarissee	Southwest Indian	9.5°S, 78.8°E	28 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2007–08	Cyclone Elnus	Southwest Indian	20.3°S, 42.5°E	35 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2024–25	Unnamed cyclone · 2024	South Pacific	17.3°S, 176.9°E	51 kt · 1-minute (Real-time)
1962–63	Storm Annie	Australian region	17.2°S, 149.9°E	Not recorded
1954–55	Unnamed storm · 1954	Australian region	14.0°S, 119.3°E	Not recorded
2010–11	Unnamed tropical depression · 2010	Australian region	14.5°S, 132.8°E	30 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1969–70	Storm Delphine	Southwest Indian	21.0°S, 42.0°E	Not recorded
1967–68	Storm Amy	Southwest Indian	10.0°S, 78.0°E	Not recorded

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Season	Storm	Ocean	First position	Peak
1961–62	Storm Chantal	Southwest Indian	10.3°S, 66.0°E	Not recorded
1951–52	Unnamed storm · 1951	Southwest Indian	8.4°S, 64.8°E	Not recorded
1929–30	Unnamed storm · 1929	Southwest Indian	12.1°S, 52.3°E	Not recorded
1919	Unnamed storm · 1919	North Indian	8.0°N, 85.5°E	Not recorded
1958–59	Unnamed storm · 1958	Australian region	13.0°S, 107.7°E	Not recorded
1946–47	Unnamed storm · 1946	Australian region → South Pacific	16.2°S, 148.0°E	Not recorded
1930–31	Unnamed storm · 1930	Southwest Indian	17.3°S, 45.0°E	Not recorded
1914–15	Unnamed storm · 1914	Australian region	19.2°S, 142.6°E	Not recorded

Reached peak wind on December 29

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

Season	Storm	Ocean	Peak wind	Lowest pressure
2025–26	Cyclone Grant	Australian region → Southwest Indian	119 kt (137 mph), 1-minute, Real-time	944 hPa (Real-time)
2011	Cyclone Thane	North Indian	75 kt (86 mph), 3-minute, IMD	969 hPa (IMD)
2025–26	Cyclone Hayley	Australian region	89 kt (102 mph), 1-minute, Real-time	964 hPa (Real-time)
1950	Typhoon Fran	Western Pacific	80 kt (92 mph), 1-minute, JTWC	Not recorded
1978–79	Cyclone Fay	South Pacific	55 kt (63 mph), 10-minute, MetService NZ	980 hPa (MetService NZ)
2007–08	Cyclone Melanie	Australian region	60 kt (69 mph), 10-minute, BoM	962 hPa (BoM)
2014	Tropical storm Jangmi	Western Pacific	40 kt (46 mph), 10-minute, JMA	996 hPa (JMA)
2012–13	Cyclone Mitchell	Australian region	45 kt (52 mph), 10-minute, BoM	988 hPa (BoM)
2024–25	Unnamed cyclone · 2024	South Pacific	51 kt (59 mph), 1-minute, Real-time	997 hPa (Real-time)
1995–96	Unnamed tropical depression · 1995	Southwest Indian	30 kt (35 mph), 10-minute, Météo-France	995 hPa (Météo-France)

Ended on December 29

27 storms had their last recorded position on this date.

Season	Storm	Ocean	Last position	Dates
2019	Typhoon Phanfone	Western Pacific	14.5°N, 111.2°E	Dec 19 to 29, 2019
1963	Typhoon Susan	Western Pacific	27.3°N, 162.0°E	Dec 18 to 29, 1963
1989	Typhoon Jack	Western Pacific	14.0°N, 140.0°E	Dec 20 to 29, 1989
1981	Typhoon Lee	Western Pacific	20.9°N, 116.0°E	Dec 21 to 29, 1981
1981–82	Cyclone Gyan	South Pacific	41.0°S, 166.3°E	Dec 18 to 29, 1981
1991–92	Cyclone Alexandra	Southwest Indian	21.8°S, 66.0°E	Dec 17 to 29, 1991
1947	Typhoon Jean	Western Pacific	29.5°N, 137.3°E	Dec 22 to 29, 1947
2000	Unnamed cyclone · 2000	North Indian	9.0°N, 75.5°E	Dec 23 to 29, 2000
2011–12	Cyclone Grant	Australian region	13.7°S, 140.7°E	Dec 23 to 29, 2011
1997–98	Cyclone Sid	Australian region	16.3°S, 137.2°E	Dec 24 to 29, 1997

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Season	Storm	Ocean	Last position	Dates
1994	Tropical storm Bobbie	Western Pacific	46.5°N, 178.0°W	Dec 14 to 29, 1994
2012	Tropical storm Wukong	Western Pacific	7.1°N, 104.9°E	Dec 23 to 29, 2012
1962–63	Cyclone Cecile	Southwest Indian	28.8°S, 63.9°E	Dec 16 to 29, 1962
1977–78	Tropical depression Dulcinee	Southwest Indian	15.0°S, 74.3°E	Dec 26 to 29, 1977
1984–85	Unnamed cyclone · 1984	South Pacific	12.7°S, 177.7°W	Dec 26 to 29, 1984
1965–66	Tropical depression Carol-Daisy	Australian region	15.1°S, 91.4°E	Dec 25 to 29, 1965
2005–06	Unnamed cyclone · 2005	Southwest Indian → Australian region → Southwest Indian	23.5°S, 59.8°E	Dec 17 to 29, 2005
1954	Unnamed storm · 1954	Western Pacific	10.4°N, 115.3°E	Dec 23 to 29, 1954
1971	Unnamed storm · 1971	Western Pacific	15.9°N, 121.1°E	Dec 27 to 29, 1971
1930–31	Unnamed storm · 1930	Australian region	22.5°S, 120.0°E	Dec 24 to 29, 1930
1916–17	Unnamed storm · 1916	Southwest Indian	17.3°S, 40.5°E	Dec 21 to 29, 1916
1916–17	Unnamed storm · 1916	Australian region	22.8°S, 140.7°E	Dec 27 to 29, 1916
1933–34	Unnamed storm · 1933	Australian region	25.1°S, 159.9°E	Dec 24 to 29, 1933
1977–78	Unnamed storm · 1977	Australian region → South Pacific	23.0°S, 170.4°E	Dec 22 to 29, 1977
1935–36	Unnamed storm · 1935	Southwest Indian	25.0°S, 52.2°E	Dec 26 to 29, 1935
1912	Unnamed storm · 1912	Western Pacific	32.1°N, 150.7°E	Dec 27 to 29, 1912
1897	Unnamed storm · 1897	North Indian	16.0°N, 86.2°E	Dec 26 to 29, 1897

Also active on December 29

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

Season	Storm	Ocean	Dates	Peak
2003–04	Cyclone Heta	South Pacific	Dec 25, 2003 to Jan 12, 2004	115 kt · 10-minute (FMS)
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)
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)
1952	Typhoon Hester	Western Pacific	Dec 27, 1952 to Jan 6, 1953	160 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 Freda	South Pacific → Australian region → South Pacific	Dec 26, 2012 to Jan 3, 2013	100 kt · 10-minute (FMS)
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)
2013–14	Cyclone Christine	Australian region	Dec 25, 2013 to Jan 1, 2014	90 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1979	Typhoon Alice	Western Pacific	Dec 27, 1978 to Jan 15, 1979	95 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
1977	Typhoon Mary	Western Pacific	Dec 18, 1977 to Jan 8, 1978	85 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
2013–14	Cyclone Bejisa	Southwest Indian	Dec 27, 2013 to Jan 7, 2014	95 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2024–25	Cyclone Dikeledi	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 28, 2024 to Jan 20, 2025	95 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2001–02	Cyclone Waka	South Pacific	Dec 28, 2001 to Jan 6, 2002	75 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
2000	Typhoon Soulik	Western Pacific	Dec 28, 2000 to Jan 5, 2001	80 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
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)
1983–84	Cyclone Bakoly	Southwest Indian	Dec 19 to 31, 1983	92 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)

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Season	Storm	Ocean	Dates	Peak
1966	Typhoon Pamela	Western Pacific	Dec 24 to 31, 1966	90 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1992–93	Cyclone Nina	Australian region → South Pacific	Dec 21, 1992 to Jan 5, 1993	85 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1992–93	Tropical depression Kina	South Pacific	Dec 23, 1992 to Jan 6, 1993	30 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
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)
2011–12	Cyclone Benilde	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 27, 2011 to Jan 9, 2012	80 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2020–21	Cyclone Chalane	Southwest Indian	Dec 20, 2020 to Jan 4, 2021	60 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1986–87	Cyclone Sally	South Pacific	Dec 26, 1986 to Jan 5, 1987	80 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
1973–74	Cyclone Dalida	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 20, 1973 to Jan 6, 1974	80 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1997–98	Cyclone Selwyn	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 25, 1997 to Jan 3, 1998	75 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
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)
2012–13	Cyclone Dumile	Southwest Indian	Dec 27, 2012 to Jan 6, 2013	70 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2019–20	Cyclone Sarai	South Pacific	Dec 24, 2019 to Jan 2, 2020	60 kt · 10-minute (FMS)
1996–97	Cyclone Fabriola	Southwest Indian	Dec 25, 1996 to Jan 11, 1997	55 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2001	Tropical storm Vamei	Western Pacific → North Indian	Dec 26, 2001 to Jan 1, 2002	45 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
2017–18	Cyclone Hilda	Australian region	Dec 26 to 31, 2017	55 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1977–78	Cyclone Anne	South Pacific	Dec 23 to 31, 1977	55 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
2018–19	Cyclone Penny	Australian region	Dec 28, 2018 to Jan 9, 2019	55 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1979–80	Cyclone Danitza	Australian region → Southwest Indian → Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 23, 1979 to Jan 2, 1980	70 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1984–85	Cyclone Monica	Australian region → South Pacific → Australian region → South Pacific	Dec 25, 1984 to Jan 3, 1985	55 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1982–83	Cyclone Dadafy	Southwest Indian	Dec 21, 1982 to Jan 1, 1983	52 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1994–95	Cyclone Christelle	Southwest Indian	Dec 27, 1994 to Jan 11, 1995	45 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2022–23	Cyclone Ellie	Australian region	Dec 21, 2022 to Jan 8, 2023	40 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1988–89	Cyclone Delilah	Australian region → South Pacific	Dec 28, 1988 to Jan 8, 1989	60 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
1991–92	Cyclone Bryna	Southwest Indian	Dec 25, 1991 to Jan 10, 1992	39 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2003–04	Cyclone Darius	Southwest Indian	Dec 23, 2003 to Jan 4, 2004	55 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
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)
1998–99	Cyclone Cathy	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 22 to 30, 1998	50 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1977–78	Cyclone Esther	Southwest Indian	Dec 28, 1977 to Jan 2, 1978	44 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1983–84	Cyclone Atu	South Pacific	Dec 26 to 31, 1983	45 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
1993–94	Cyclone Oscar	Australian region	Dec 28, 1993 to Jan 9, 1994	35 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)
1968–69	Tropical depression Cheri	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 26, 1968 to Jan 4, 1969	30 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1966–67	Tropical depression Delilah	Australian region	Dec 25, 1966 to Jan 1, 1967	30 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1976	Unnamed cyclone · 1976	North Indian	Dec 28, 1976 to Jan 3, 1977	55 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1975	Unnamed tropical depression · 1975	Western Pacific	Dec 26 to 30, 1975	30 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1965–66	Storm Amanda	Australian region	Dec 20, 1965 to Jan 2, 1966	Not recorded
1984–85	Unnamed cyclone · 1984	South Pacific	Dec 26 to 30, 1984	45 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1980–81	Storm Edwig	Southwest Indian	Dec 28, 1980 to Jan 1, 1981	Not recorded
1968–69	Storm Berthe	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 26, 1968 to Jan 4, 1969	Not recorded
1965–66	Storm Claude	Southwest Indian	Dec 24, 1965 to Jan 10, 1966	Not recorded
1992–93	Unnamed cyclone · 1992	Southwest Indian	Dec 26 to 30, 1992	37 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2015–16	Unnamed tropical depression · 2015	Australian region	Dec 21, 2015 to Jan 1, 2016	30 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
2015	Unnamed tropical depression · 2015	Central Pacific	Dec 27, 2015 to Jan 1, 2016	30 kt · 1-minute (NHC)
2002–03	Unnamed tropical depression · 2002	Southwest Indian → Australian region	Dec 25, 2002 to Jan 3, 2003	30 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
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
1983–84	Storm Sharon	Southwest Indian	Dec 25 to 31, 1983	Not recorded
1959–60	Unnamed storm · 1959	Australian region → South Pacific	Dec 19 to 31, 1959	Not recorded
1957–58	Unnamed storm · 1957	Southwest Indian	Dec 24, 1957 to Jan 1, 1958	Not recorded
1956	Unnamed storm · 1956	Western Pacific	Dec 26, 1956 to Jan 1, 1957	Not recorded
1955–56	Unnamed storm · 1955	Australian region → South Pacific	Dec 24 to 30, 1955	Not recorded
1913–14	Unnamed storm · 1913	Australian region	Dec 27, 1913 to Jan 5, 1914	Not recorded
1951–52	Unnamed storm · 1951	South Pacific	Dec 19, 1951 to Jan 3, 1952	Not recorded
1946–47	Unnamed storm · 1946	Southwest Indian	Dec 26 to 31, 1946	Not recorded
1942–43	Unnamed storm · 1942	South Pacific	Dec 27, 1942 to Jan 5, 1943	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
1897–98	Unnamed storm · 1897	Australian region	Dec 22, 1897 to Jan 1, 1898	Not recorded
1945–46	Unnamed storm · 1945	Australian region	Dec 27, 1945 to Jan 2, 1946	Not recorded
1914–15	Unnamed storm · 1914	Australian region	Dec 27 to 30, 1914	Not recorded
1966–67	Unnamed storm · 1966	Southwest Indian	Dec 28 to 30, 1966	Not recorded
1966–67	Unnamed storm · 1966	Southwest Indian	Dec 28 to 30, 1966	Not recorded
1959–60	Unnamed storm · 1959	Southwest Indian	Dec 26, 1959 to Jan 4, 1960	Not recorded
1948–49	Unnamed storm · 1948	Southwest Indian	Dec 25, 1948 to Jan 11, 1949	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
1939–40	Unnamed storm · 1939	Southwest Indian	Dec 28 to 31, 1939	Not recorded
1934–35	Unnamed storm · 1934	Southwest Indian	Dec 21 to 30, 1934	Not recorded
1927–28	Unnamed storm · 1927	Southwest Indian	Dec 26, 1927 to Jan 1, 1928	Not recorded
1921	Unnamed storm · 1921	North Indian	Dec 27, 1921 to Jan 1, 1922	Not recorded
1921–22	Unnamed storm · 1921	Southwest Indian	Dec 28, 1921 to Jan 2, 1922	Not recorded
1905	Unnamed storm · 1905	Western Pacific	Dec 27 to 30, 1905	Not recorded
1897–98	Unnamed storm · 1897	Southwest Indian	Dec 21 to 31, 1897	Not recorded
1885–86	Unnamed storm · 1885	Southwest Indian	Dec 21 to 31, 1885	Not recorded
1861–62	Unnamed storm · 1861	Southwest Indian	Dec 20 to 31, 1861	Not recorded

Questions about December 29

What is the strongest storm on record on December 29?

Of the storms active on December 29, Typhoon Hester (1952) had the highest peak wind recorded by a U.S. agency: 160 kt (184 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 29?

Yes. 15 storms on record came ashore on December 29. The most recent was Unnamed cyclone · 2024 (2024): coast crossing (estimated) near 17.4°S, 177.9°E. Some coast crossings are estimated from the track, and each one is labelled.

How many storms were active on December 29?

175 storms on record were active on December 29, in 94 different years from 1861 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.