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August 1,

  • 1982 - Typhoon Bess made landfall on southern Honshu as a minimal typhoon. Rainfall from Bess caused over 1,000 landslides and killed 59 people.
  • 1989 - Hurricane Chantal (pictured) makes landfall over in southern Texas at Category 1 intensity, causing $100 million in damages.

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August 4,

  • 2002 - Tropical Storm Kammuri made landfall to the east of Shanwei, China killing over 100 people.
  • 2015 - Typhoon Soudelor (pictured) reaches peak intensity with 10-minute sustained winds of 215 km/h (130 mph) and a pressure of 900 hPa. Soudelor impacted China and caused $3.72 billion in damages and killed 40 people.

August 5,

  • 1982 - Hurricane John (pictured) reaches Category 3 major hurricane intensity with winds of 185 km/h (115 mph) while entering the Central Pacific basin.
  • 1990 - Hurricane Diana made its first landfall on the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula as a tropical storm. Diana killed 139 people and caused about $90 million of damage in Mexico.

August 6,

  • 1959 - Hurricane Dot made landfall on the island of Kauai, Hawaii as a Category 1 hurricane, causing about $6 million of damage throughout the state.
  • 2009 - Hurricane Felicia (track pictured) reaches peak intensity with winds of 230 km/h (145 mph) and a minimum pressure of 935 hPa. Felicia affected Hawaii after a few days causing minor damages.

August 7,

  • 1980 - Hurricane Allen (pictured) reached its peak intensity in the Caribbean Sea with winds of 305 km/h (190 mph) to the south of Cuba. Allen killed over 230 people and caused almost $2.5 billion of damage along its track.
  • 1988 - Tropical Storm Alberto intensifies into a tropical storm before making landfall over in Newfoundland.
  • 2012 - Typhoon Haikui reaches peak strength before landfall causing about $2.09 billion in damages.

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August 10,

  • 2006 - Typhoon Saomai (pictured) made landfall on the coast of Zhejiang, China as a violent typhoon. Saomai killed over 400 people and caused $1.5 billion of damage.

August 11,


  • August 12, 2004 - Typhoon Rananim (pictured) reached its peak intensity to the east of Taiwan with 170 km/h (105 mph) winds. Ranamin later made landfall in Zhejiang, China killing 115 people and causing over $4 billion in damage.

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August 14,

  • 1970 - Typhoon Wilda made landfall on western Kyushu, Japan as a typhoon with 170 km/h (105 mph) winds. Wilda brought heavy rain to Japan which killed 11 people.
  • 2013 - Typhoon Utor (pictured) makes landfall over in Yanjiang, Guangdong as a Category 2 typhoon. Damages in China topped ¥13.4 billion (US$2.2 billion).

August 15,

  • 1979 - Typhoon Irving reached its peak intensity with 160 km/h (100 mph) winds to the east of China. Irving made later landfall in South Korea, killing 150 people and causing over $10 million of damage.
  • 2009 - Hurricane Guillermo (pictured) reaches its peak intensity with sustained winds of 205 km/h (125 mph) and a minimum pressure of 954 hPa.

August 16,

  • 1971 - Typhoon Rose reached its peak intensity with a central pressure of 952 hPa (mbar) in the South China Sea as it approached the Chinese coast. Rose severely affected Hong Kong and killed a total of 110 people.
  • 2009 - Hurricane Erika (pictured) makes landfall over in northeastern Mexico at peak strength as a Category 1 hurricane. Two people died with only $10,000 in damages.

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August 21,

  • 1994 - Hurricane John entered the Central Pacific Ocean. John became the longest-lived and farthest-traveled tropical cyclone ever recorded, lasting for 31 days between August 11 and September 10 and travelling over 8,000 mi (13,000 km) across the open Pacific.
  • 2007 - Hurricane Dean (pictured) reaches peak intensity as a Category 5 hurricane as it makes landfall over north of Belize. In total, Dean had caused 45 fatalities and $1.66 billion in damages.

August 22,


August 23,

  • 1964 - Hurricane Cleo reached its peak intensity with 250 km/h (155 mph) winds in the Caribbean Sea. Cleo made landfall in Haiti the next day, killing about 200 people.
  • 1974 - Five systems (pictured) active within the Eastern Pacific. From left to right: Olive, Ione, Kirsten, Lorraine and Joyce.
  • 1992 - Hurricane Lester attains peak intensity as a Category 1 just before making landfall over in Baja California, killing three people.

August 24,


August 25

  • 1873 - The 1873 Nova Scotia hurricane moved away from the Nova Scotia coast towards Newfoundland, after killing about 500 people and causing $5.9 million of damage.
  • 2017 - Hurricane Harvey (pictured) reached its peak strength as a Category 4 hurricane, shortly before making landfall over Texas, which killed 106 people in the US and caused around $125 billion (2017 USD) in damages, making Harvey the second-costliest tropical cyclone worldwide.

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August 28,

  • 1985 - A trio of storms, from left to right, Pat, Odessa and Ruby, (pictured) begin interacting in a Fujiwhara effect. All three storms impacted and made landfall in Japan and collectively killed 29 people with total damages of at least $14 million.
  • 1992 - Typhoon Omar made landfall in Guam, flooding much of the island. Omar caused about $450 million of damage there, but nevertheless only killed two people.

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August 31,

  • 1982 - Tropical Storm Akoni becomes a named tropical system, which is the first Central Pacific name to be given by the CPHC.
  • 1990 - Typhoon Abe makes landfall in China, killing an estimated 108 people.
  • 2002 - Typhoon Rusa made landfall in South Korea killing 113 people and causing $6 billion in damages.
  • 2006 - Hurricane Ioke (pictured) passes over Wake Island after its peak strength, causing $88 million in damages.