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Hurricanes on December 3 in history (1842 to 2026)

202 storms on record were active on December 3 between 1845 and 2025. On this date 25 formed, 8 reached their peak recorded wind, 16 came ashore and 23 ended. The strongest storm active on December 3 was Typhoon Paka (1997), with a peak 1-minute sustained wind of 160 kt (184 mph), recorded by NHC.

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 3Tracks of the 69 storms that formed, peaked, came ashore or ended on December 3, from NOAA best-track records. Simplified outlines.

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Typhoon Yuri (1991)

Last recorded position: December 3, 1991, 12:00 UTC. Peak: 120 kt · 10-minute (JMA). Western Pacific, Nov 16 to Dec 3, 1991.

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Came ashore on December 3

16 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
2025	Typhoon Koto	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 12.9°N, 109.9°E December 3, 2025, 06:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
2005	Cyclone Baaz	North Indian	Coast crossing (estimated) near 12.8°N, 80.4°E December 3, 2005, 00:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
2004	Typhoon Nanmadol	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 22.2°N, 119.8°E December 3, 2004, 21:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
2000	Cyclone Sam	Australian region	Coast crossing (estimated) near 13.9°S, 127.9°E December 3, 2000, 21:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1990	Typhoon Page	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 54.0°N, 155.5°E December 3, 1990, 09:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1982	Unnamed tropical depression · 1982	North Indian	Coast crossing (estimated) near 9.6°N, 79.1°E December 3, 1982, 15:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1982	Unnamed tropical depression · 1982	North Indian	Coast crossing (estimated) near 9.2°N, 81.1°E December 3, 1982, 06:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1981	Cyclone Amelia	Australian region	Coast crossing (estimated) near 11.4°S, 133.1°E December 3, 1981, 00:00 UTC	25 kt (29 mph), 10-minute, BoM	Estimated from the track
1975	Cyclone Kim	Australian region	Coast crossing (estimated) near 12.5°S, 136.9°E December 3, 1975, 06:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1974	Cyclone Selma	Australian region	Coast crossing (estimated) near 11.9°S, 130.1°E December 3, 1974, 03:00 UTC	60 kt (69 mph), 10-minute, BoM	Estimated from the track
1973	Cyclone Beryl	Australian region	Coast crossing (estimated) near 22.2°S, 113.7°E December 3, 1973, 16:00 UTC	40 kt (46 mph), 10-minute, BoM	Estimated from the track
1972	Typhoon Therese	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 9.4°N, 123.8°E December 3, 1972, 15:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1972	Typhoon Therese	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 8.2°N, 126.9°E December 3, 1972, 03:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1971	Cyclone Sally	Australian region	Coast crossing (estimated) near 8.2°S, 124.4°E December 3, 1971, 15:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1940	Unnamed storm · 1940	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 11.3°N, 123.5°E December 3, 1940, 06:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1939	Unnamed storm · 1939	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 11.1°N, 125.8°E December 3, 1939, 00:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1936	Unnamed storm · 1936	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 14.2°N, 121.8°E December 3, 1936, 22:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1936	Unnamed storm · 1936	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 13.7°N, 124.6°E December 3, 1936, 00:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1910	Unnamed storm · 1910	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 10.0°N, 119.3°E December 3, 1910, 18:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track

Formed on December 3

25 storms had their first recorded position on this date.

Season	Storm	Ocean	First position	Peak
2019–20	Cyclone Ambali	Southwest Indian	3.9°S, 65.4°E	120 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1951	Typhoon Amy	Western Pacific	9.0°N, 150.2°E	120 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
2009–10	Cyclone Cleo	Australian region → Southwest Indian	6.8°S, 96.4°E	105 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2007–08	Cyclone Daman	South Pacific	12.0°S, 174.5°W	100 kt · 10-minute (FMS)
1992–93	Cyclone Joni	South Pacific	4.0°S, 173.0°E	50 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
1971–72	Cyclone Sally	Australian region	7.0°S, 125.0°E	65 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1984–85	Cyclone Emma	Australian region	5.3°S, 102.0°E	65 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1996–97	Cyclone Elvina	Australian region → Southwest Indian	3.0°S, 94.0°E	45 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1951	Unnamed hurricane · 1951	Atlantic	39.0°N, 53.0°W	Category 1 · Saffir-Simpson (NHC)
1977–78	Cyclone Babette	Southwest Indian	13.3°S, 75.7°E	36 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2013	Unnamed subtropical storm · 2013	Atlantic	34.3°N, 27.7°W	55 kt · 1-minute (NHC)
2008	Unnamed tropical depression · 2008	North Indian	5.8°N, 91.5°E	30 kt · 3-minute (IMD)
1975–76	Storm Barbara	Southwest Indian	8.0°S, 75.0°E	Not recorded
2004–05	Unnamed cyclone · 2004	Australian region	9.0°S, 112.8°E	35 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
2011	Unnamed tropical depression · 2011	Western Pacific	6.0°N, 113.9°E	25 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)

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Season	Storm	Ocean	First position	Peak
1966–67	Storm Bella	Southwest Indian	11.0°S, 65.0°E	Not recorded
1967	Unnamed storm · 1967	North Indian	4.9°N, 88.4°E	Not recorded
1930	Unnamed storm · 1930	Western Pacific	6.4°N, 141.5°E	Not recorded
1911	Unnamed storm · 1911	Western Pacific	9.9°N, 150.0°E	Not recorded
1980	Unnamed storm · 1980	North Indian	9.4°N, 84.7°E	Not recorded
1946	Unnamed storm · 1946	North Indian	11.2°N, 81.3°E	Not recorded
1945	Unnamed storm · 1945	North Indian	7.6°N, 86.5°E	Not recorded
1939	Unnamed storm · 1939	North Indian	9.6°N, 94.8°E	Not recorded
1921	Unnamed storm · 1921	Western Pacific	10.2°N, 145.5°E	Not recorded
1915	Unnamed storm · 1915	North Indian	10.4°N, 89.9°E	Not recorded

Reached peak wind on December 3

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

Season	Storm	Ocean	Peak wind	Lowest pressure
1986	Typhoon Kim	Western Pacific	110 kt (127 mph), 10-minute, JMA	905 hPa (JMA)
1977	Typhoon Lucy	Western Pacific	110 kt (127 mph), 10-minute, JMA	920 hPa (JMA)
1985–86	Cyclone Nicholas	Australian region	85 kt (98 mph), 10-minute, BoM	945 hPa (BoM)
1975–76	Cyclone Kim	Australian region	45 kt (52 mph), 10-minute, BoM	990 hPa (BoM)
2021	Cyclone Jawad	North Indian	40 kt (46 mph), 3-minute, IMD	1000 hPa (IMD)
1996	Unnamed cyclone · 1996	North Indian	65 kt (75 mph), 3-minute, IMD	984 hPa (IMD)
1983	Tropical storm Sperry	Western Pacific	45 kt (52 mph), 10-minute, JMA	996 hPa (JMA)
2013	Unnamed tropical depression · 2013	Western Pacific	30 kt (35 mph), 1-minute, JTWC	1000 hPa (JTWC)

Ended on December 3

23 storms had their last recorded position on this date.

Season	Storm	Ocean	Last position	Dates
1990	Typhoon Page	Western Pacific	54.0°N, 156.0°E	Nov 5 to Dec 3, 1990
2009	Typhoon Nida	Western Pacific	22.5°N, 135.4°E	Nov 21 to Dec 3, 2009
1991	Typhoon Yuri	Western Pacific	43.0°N, 177.0°W	Nov 16 to Dec 3, 1991
2003	Typhoon Lupit	Western Pacific	40.9°N, 159.8°E	Nov 14 to Dec 3, 2003
1974	Typhoon Irma	Western Pacific	23.5°N, 116.0°E	Nov 20 to Dec 3, 1974
1994–95	Cyclone Albertine	Southwest Indian	30.8°S, 64.7°E	Nov 21 to Dec 3, 1994
2005–06	Cyclone Alvin	Australian region → Southwest Indian	9.5°S, 68.1°E	Nov 18 to Dec 3, 2005
2025	Typhoon Koto	Western Pacific	12.5°N, 108.8°E	Nov 23 to Dec 3, 2025
1958–59	Unnamed cyclone · 1958	South Pacific	21.6°S, 176.0°W	Nov 27 to Dec 3, 1958
1947	Tropical storm Irene	Western Pacific	21.0°N, 129.2°E	Nov 29 to Dec 3, 1947

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Season	Storm	Ocean	Last position	Dates
1962	Tropical storm Mary	Western Pacific	7.6°N, 111.1°E	Dec 1 to 3, 1962
2001–02	Cyclone Trina	South Pacific	21.0°S, 161.2°W	Nov 30 to Dec 3, 2001
2006–07	Unnamed cyclone · 2006	South Pacific	14.0°S, 163.1°E	Dec 1 to 3, 2006
1960–61	Storm Barbara	Southwest Indian	15.2°S, 80.4°E	Nov 29 to Dec 3, 1960
1948–49	Unnamed storm · 1948	Australian region	15.0°S, 129.0°E	Nov 30 to Dec 3, 1948
1953	Unnamed storm · 1953	Western Pacific	18.5°N, 113.0°E	Nov 27 to Dec 3, 1953
1924	Unnamed storm · 1924	Western Pacific	16.8°N, 117.0°E	Nov 27 to Dec 3, 1924
1953	Unnamed storm · 1953	Western Pacific	15.9°N, 113.9°E	Dec 1 to 3, 1953
1946	Unnamed storm · 1946	North Indian	11.2°N, 81.5°E	Dec 2 to 3, 1946
1936	Unnamed storm · 1936	North Indian	13.3°N, 91.4°E	Dec 2 to 3, 1936
1897–98	Unnamed storm · 1897	Australian region	21.5°S, 114.3°E	Dec 1 to 3, 1897
1894–95	Unnamed storm · 1894	Southwest Indian	24.3°S, 54.2°E	Nov 30 to Dec 3, 1894
1887	Unnamed storm · 1887	Atlantic	33.0°N, 33.5°W	Nov 29 to Dec 3, 1887

Other recorded events on December 3

Editor-reviewed, sourced events.

Year	Storm	Event	When
2019	Typhoon Kammuri	Crosses the central Philippines	December 3, 2019

Also active on December 3

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

Season	Storm	Ocean	Dates	Peak
2014	Typhoon Hagupit	Western Pacific	Nov 30 to Dec 12, 2014	115 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
1997	Typhoon Paka	Central Pacific → Western Pacific	Nov 28 to Dec 23, 1997	100 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
2012	Typhoon Bopha	Western Pacific	Nov 25 to Dec 9, 2012	100 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
2006	Typhoon Durian	Western Pacific → North Indian	Nov 24 to Dec 9, 2006	105 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
2002	Typhoon Pongsona	Western Pacific	Dec 1 to 11, 2002	90 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
2023–24	Cyclone Jasper	South Pacific → Australian region	Dec 2 to 17, 2023	115 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1993	Typhoon Manny	Western Pacific → North Indian	Dec 1 to 16, 1993	75 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
1993	Typhoon Lola	Western Pacific	Nov 27 to Dec 9, 1993	80 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
1992	Typhoon Gay	Central Pacific → Western Pacific	Nov 13 to Dec 4, 1992	110 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
1990	Typhoon Owen	Central Pacific → Western Pacific	Nov 14 to Dec 5, 1990	95 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
1998–99	Cyclone Thelma	Australian region	Dec 1 to 15, 1998	120 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1975–76	Cyclone Joan	Australian region	Nov 30 to Dec 10, 1975	115 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
2004–05	Cyclone Bentojana	Southwest Indian	Nov 19 to Dec 4, 2004	115 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1989	Typhoon Irma	Western Pacific	Nov 20 to Dec 5, 1989	95 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
1960	Typhoon Ophelia	Western Pacific → Central Pacific	Nov 21 to Dec 8, 1960	135 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
2021	Typhoon Nyatoh	Western Pacific	Nov 28 to Dec 4, 2021	100 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
1996–97	Cyclone Chantelle	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Nov 20 to Dec 11, 1996	100 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1991–92	Cyclone Graham	Australian region	Dec 1 to 12, 1991	110 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1955	Typhoon Patsy	Western Pacific	Nov 25 to Dec 4, 1955	130 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1984	Typhoon Doyle	Western Pacific	Dec 1 to 12, 1984	100 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
1982	Typhoon Pamela	Western Pacific	Nov 21 to Dec 9, 1982	90 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
1958	Typhoon Olga	Western Pacific	Dec 1 to 9, 1958	125 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
2012–13	Cyclone Claudia	Southwest Indian	Dec 2 to 13, 2012	95 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2019–20	Cyclone Belna	Southwest Indian	Dec 2 to 11, 2019	85 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1990–91	Cyclone Sina	South Pacific	Nov 23 to Dec 4, 1990	75 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)

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Season	Storm	Ocean	Dates	Peak
1979	Typhoon Abby	Western Pacific	Nov 29 to Dec 15, 1979	90 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
2017	Cyclone Ockhi	North Indian	Nov 28 to Dec 5, 2017	85 kt · 3-minute (IMD)
2018–19	Cyclone Owen	Australian region	Nov 30 to Dec 22, 2018	85 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
2000	Unnamed cyclone · 2000	North Indian	Nov 26 to Dec 6, 2000	102 kt · 3-minute (IMD)
2011–12	Cyclone Alenga	Australian region → Southwest Indian → Australian region	Dec 2 to 10, 2011	75 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1984	Unnamed cyclone · 1984	North Indian	Nov 27 to Dec 8, 1984	115 kt · 3-minute (IMD)
1998–99	Cyclone Billy	Australian region	Dec 1 to 7, 1998	70 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1972	Typhoon Sally	Western Pacific → North Indian	Nov 30 to Dec 8, 1972	80 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1925	Unnamed tropical storm · 1925	Atlantic	Nov 27 to Dec 5, 1925	80 kt · 1-minute (NHC)
1993	Unnamed cyclone · 1993	Western Pacific → North Indian	Nov 27 to Dec 5, 1993	90 kt · 3-minute (IMD)
1979–80	Cyclone Albine	Southwest Indian	Nov 25 to Dec 6, 1979	100 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1948	Typhoon Beverly	Western Pacific	Dec 2 to 10, 1948	80 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
2001	Hurricane Olga	Atlantic	Nov 23 to Dec 4, 2001	Category 1 · Saffir-Simpson (NHC)
2010–11	Cyclone Abele	Southwest Indian → Australian region	Nov 26 to Dec 5, 2010	70 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2023	Cyclone Michaung	North Indian	Nov 30 to Dec 6, 2023	55 kt · 3-minute (IMD)
1991	Tropical storm Zelda	Central Pacific → Western Pacific	Nov 24 to Dec 7, 1991	60 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
2001–02	Cyclone Bako	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Nov 25 to Dec 9, 2001	65 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1964–65	Cyclone Flora	Australian region	Nov 30 to Dec 9, 1964	65 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1977–78	Cyclone Steve	South Pacific	Nov 24 to Dec 4, 1977	70 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
1973–74	Cyclone Lottie	South Pacific → Australian region → South Pacific	Nov 30 to Dec 12, 1973	70 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
1971–72	Cyclone Ursula	South Pacific	Dec 2 to 16, 1971	70 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
2005	Hurricane Epsilon	Atlantic	Nov 29 to Dec 9, 2005	Category 1 · Saffir-Simpson (NHC)
1982–83	Cyclone Bemany	Southwest Indian	Nov 29 to Dec 9, 1982	62 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2000	Tropical storm Rumbia	Western Pacific	Nov 27 to Dec 8, 2000	40 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
1997–98	Cyclone Pam	South Pacific	Dec 2 to 14, 1997	60 kt · 10-minute (FMS)
1949	Tropical storm Betty	Western Pacific	Dec 1 to 10, 1949	60 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1957	Hurricane Nina	Central Pacific	Nov 29 to Dec 6, 1957	Category 1 · Saffir-Simpson (NHC)
2004	Unnamed cyclone · 2004	North Indian	Nov 27 to Dec 5, 2004	55 kt · 3-minute (IMD)
2020–21	Cyclone Bongoyo	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Nov 26 to Dec 12, 2020	60 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1976	Tropical storm Nora	Western Pacific	Dec 1 to 8, 1976	45 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
2024	Cyclone Fengal	North Indian	Nov 23 to Dec 4, 2024	45 kt · 3-minute (IMD)
2020	Cyclone Burevi	North Indian	Nov 29 to Dec 5, 2020	45 kt · 3-minute (IMD)
2019	Cyclone Pawan	North Indian	Nov 30 to Dec 7, 2019	40 kt · 3-minute (IMD)
1973–74	Cyclone Annie	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Nov 21 to Dec 8, 1973	55 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
2017–18	Cyclone Dahlia	Australian region	Nov 27 to Dec 7, 2017	50 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1984–85	Cyclone Bobalahy	Southwest Indian	Dec 2 to 12, 1984	44 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1962	Unnamed hurricane · 1962	Atlantic	Nov 26 to Dec 6, 1962	Category 1 · Saffir-Simpson (NHC)
1986	Tropical storm Lex	Western Pacific	Nov 29 to Dec 9, 1986	50 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
2002–03	Cyclone Yolande	South Pacific	Dec 1 to 11, 2002	45 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
1989	Tropical storm Karen	Atlantic	Nov 28 to Dec 4, 1989	50 kt · 1-minute (NHC)
2021–22	Cyclone Teratai	Australian region	Nov 29 to Dec 11, 2021	40 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
2004	Tropical storm Otto	Atlantic	Nov 26 to Dec 5, 2004	45 kt · 1-minute (NHC)
2006–07	Cyclone Anita	Southwest Indian	Nov 26 to Dec 4, 2006	35 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1995–96	Cyclone Emma	Australian region	Dec 1 to 16, 1995	40 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1958	Tropical storm Pamela	Western Pacific	Nov 28 to Dec 4, 1958	45 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1970	Unnamed tropical storm · 1970	Atlantic	Nov 26 to Dec 6, 1970	60 kt · 1-minute (NHC)
1887	Unnamed hurricane · 1887	Atlantic	Nov 27 to Dec 4, 1887	Category 1 · Saffir-Simpson (NHC)
1987	Unnamed cyclone · 1987	North Indian	Dec 2 to 13, 1987	45 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1971–72	Cyclone Kitty	Australian region	Dec 2 to 5, 1971	35 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1970–71	Storm Beverley	Australian region	Nov 26 to Dec 7, 1970	Not recorded
2019	Unnamed tropical depression · 2019	North Indian	Dec 2 to 6, 2019	30 kt · 3-minute (IMD)
1990–91	Unnamed tropical depression · 1990	Southwest Indian	Nov 29 to Dec 7, 1990	28 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1936	Unnamed tropical storm · 1936	Atlantic	Dec 2 to 16, 1936	55 kt · 1-minute (NHC)
1999	Unnamed tropical depression · 1999	Western Pacific → North Indian	Nov 29 to Dec 5, 1999	30 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1995	Unnamed tropical depression · 1995	Western Pacific	Nov 30 to Dec 5, 1995	30 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1992	Unnamed cyclone · 1992	North Indian	Nov 29 to Dec 4, 1992	50 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1980–81	Storm Bert	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Nov 24 to Dec 9, 1980	Not recorded
1953	Unnamed tropical storm · 1953	Western Pacific	Nov 27 to Dec 5, 1953	40 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
2011–12	Unnamed cyclone · 2011	Southwest Indian	Dec 2 to 11, 2011	35 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
2009	Unnamed tropical storm · 2009	Western Pacific	Dec 2 to 5, 2009	35 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1992–93	Unnamed tropical depression · 1992	Southwest Indian	Nov 26 to Dec 11, 1992	28 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1989	Unnamed tropical depression · 1989	Western Pacific	Dec 1 to 9, 1989	30 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1972–73	Storm Ariane	Southwest Indian	Dec 1 to 5, 1972	Not recorded
1965–66	Storm Alice	Southwest Indian	Nov 30 to Dec 5, 1965	Not recorded
1962–63	Storm Bertha	Southwest Indian	Dec 1 to 6, 1962	Not recorded
1972	Unnamed storm · 1972	North Indian	Dec 1 to 8, 1972	Not recorded
1963	Unnamed storm · 1963	North Indian	Nov 30 to Dec 6, 1963	Not recorded
1959	Unnamed storm · 1959	North Indian	Nov 27 to Dec 6, 1959	Not recorded
1959–60	Unnamed storm · 1959	Southwest Indian	Dec 1 to 11, 1959	Not recorded
1946–47	Unnamed storm · 1946	Southwest Indian	Dec 1 to 9, 1946	Not recorded
1943	Unnamed storm · 1943	Western Pacific	Dec 2 to 10, 1943	Not recorded
1941	Unnamed storm · 1941	North Indian	Nov 30 to Dec 6, 1941	Not recorded
1937	Unnamed storm · 1937	Western Pacific	Dec 2 to 6, 1937	Not recorded
1923	Unnamed storm · 1923	Western Pacific	Dec 2 to 5, 1923	Not recorded
1922	Unnamed storm · 1922	North Indian	Nov 25 to Dec 6, 1922	Not recorded
1909	Unnamed storm · 1909	North Indian	Dec 2 to 6, 1909	Not recorded
1908	Unnamed storm · 1908	Western Pacific	Dec 2 to 10, 1908	Not recorded
1902–03	Unnamed storm · 1902	Southwest Indian	Nov 30 to Dec 10, 1902	Not recorded
1961–62	Unnamed storm · 1961	Australian region → South Pacific	Nov 28 to Dec 10, 1961	Not recorded
1969	Unnamed storm · 1969	Western Pacific	Dec 1 to 4, 1969	Not recorded
1963	Unnamed storm · 1963	North Indian	Nov 29 to Dec 7, 1963	Not recorded
1957–58	Unnamed storm · 1957	South Pacific	Dec 1 to 8, 1957	Not recorded
1952	Unnamed storm · 1952	North Indian	Dec 1 to 4, 1952	Not recorded
1951–52	Unnamed storm · 1951	Southwest Indian	Nov 26 to Dec 6, 1951	Not recorded
1950–51	Unnamed storm · 1950	Southwest Indian	Dec 1 to 8, 1950	Not recorded
1950	Unnamed storm · 1950	North Indian	Dec 1 to 5, 1950	Not recorded
1945–46	Unnamed storm · 1945	Southwest Indian	Dec 1 to 8, 1945	Not recorded
1944–45	Unnamed storm · 1944	Southwest Indian	Dec 1 to 6, 1944	Not recorded
1935	Unnamed storm · 1935	Western Pacific	Dec 2 to 6, 1935	Not recorded
1934	Unnamed storm · 1934	Western Pacific	Nov 30 to Dec 6, 1934	Not recorded
1933–34	Unnamed storm · 1933	Australian region	Dec 1 to 4, 1933	Not recorded
1932	Unnamed storm · 1932	Western Pacific	Dec 2 to 7, 1932	Not recorded
1912	Unnamed storm · 1912	Western Pacific	Dec 1 to 7, 1912	Not recorded
1901–02	Unnamed storm · 1901	Southwest Indian	Nov 30 to Dec 7, 1901	Not recorded
1897–98	Unnamed storm · 1897	Southwest Indian	Dec 1 to 5, 1897	Not recorded
1894	Unnamed storm · 1894	Atlantic	Nov 30 to Dec 9, 1894	Not recorded
1883–84	Unnamed storm · 1883	Southwest Indian	Nov 30 to Dec 6, 1883	Not recorded
1883–84	Unnamed storm · 1883	Southwest Indian	Dec 1 to 8, 1883	Not recorded
1876–77	Unnamed storm · 1876	Southwest Indian	Nov 30 to Dec 5, 1876	Not recorded
1865–66	Unnamed storm · 1865	Southwest Indian	Nov 30 to Dec 6, 1865	Not recorded
1863–64	Unnamed storm · 1863	Southwest Indian	Nov 30 to Dec 6, 1863	Not recorded
1860–61	Unnamed storm · 1860	Southwest Indian	Dec 1 to 7, 1860	Not recorded
1860–61	Unnamed storm · 1860	Southwest Indian	Dec 1 to 5, 1860	Not recorded
1859–60	Unnamed storm · 1859	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Nov 30 to Dec 5, 1859	Not recorded
1859–60	Unnamed storm · 1859	Southwest Indian	Nov 30 to Dec 5, 1859	Not recorded
1859–60	Unnamed storm · 1859	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 1 to 7, 1859	Not recorded
1857–58	Unnamed storm · 1857	Southwest Indian	Nov 30 to Dec 4, 1857	Not recorded
1845	Unnamed storm · 1845	North Indian	Dec 2 to 5, 1845	Not recorded

Questions about December 3

What is the strongest storm on record on December 3?

Of the storms active on December 3, Typhoon Paka (1997) had the highest peak wind recorded by a U.S. agency: 160 kt (184 mph), 1-minute sustained (NHC). 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 3?

Yes. 16 storms on record came ashore on December 3. The most recent was Typhoon Koto (2025): coast crossing (estimated) near 12.9°N, 109.9°E. Some coast crossings are estimated from the track, and each one is labelled.

How many storms were active on December 3?

202 storms on record were active on December 3, in 109 different years from 1845 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.