2016–17 Australian region cyclone season
| 2016–17 Australian region cyclone season |
Season summary map
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| Seasonal boundaries |
| First system formed |
12 October 2016 |
| Last system dissipated |
Season ongoing |
| Strongest storm |
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| Name |
15U |
| • Lowest pressure |
984 hPa (mbar) |
| Seasonal statistics |
| Tropical lows |
24 |
| Tropical cyclones |
3 |
| Total fatalities |
2 |
| Total damage |
None |
| Related articles |
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Australian region tropical cyclone seasons
2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
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| Tropical low (Australian scale) |
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| Duration |
18 December – 23 December |
| Peak intensity |
55 km/h (35 mph) (10-min) 994 hPa (mbar) |
| Category 1 tropical cyclone (Australian scale) |
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
19 December – 25 December |
| Peak intensity |
75 km/h (45 mph) (10-min) 987 hPa (mbar) |
| Tropical low (Australian scale) |
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| Duration |
3 January – 15 January |
| Peak intensity |
Winds not specified 1003 hPa (mbar) |
| Tropical low (Australian scale) |
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| Duration |
7 January – 12 January |
| Peak intensity |
Winds not specified 1001 hPa (mbar) |
| Tropical low (Australian scale) |
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
23 January – 31 January |
| Peak intensity |
85 km/h (50 mph) (10-min) 988 hPa (mbar) |
| Tropical low (Australian scale) |
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| Duration |
7 February – 11 February |
| Peak intensity |
Winds not specified 984 hPa (mbar) |
| Tropical low (Australian scale) |
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| Duration |
16 February – 22 February |
| Peak intensity |
Winds not specified |
| Category 1 tropical cyclone (Australian scale) |
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
16 February – 22 February |
| Peak intensity |
85 km/h (50 mph) (10-min) 994 hPa (mbar) |
| Category 2 tropical cyclone (Australian scale) |
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
1 March – 7 March |
| Peak intensity |
95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min) 988 hPa (mbar) |
The 2016–17 Australian region cyclone season is the period of the year when most tropical cyclones form in the Southern Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans between 90°E and 160°E. The season will officially run from 1 November 2016 to 30 April 2017, however, a tropical cyclone could form at any time between 1 July 2016 and 30 June 2017 and would count towards the season total. During the season, tropical cyclones will be officially monitored, by one of the five Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres (TCWCs) that operate in this region. Three of the five centers are operated by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) in Perth, Darwin, and Brisbane, while the other two are operated by the National Weather Service of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby and the Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics in Jakarta, Indonesia. The United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) and other national meteorological services including Météo-France will also monitor the basin during the season.
After the least active season on record had occurred during the previous season, the BoM issued five tropical cyclone outlooks for the Australian region during October 2016. Each one of these forecasts was for the entire tropical cyclone year between July 2016 and June 2017 took into account various factors, including the latest neutral to weak La Niña conditions that had been observed in the tropical Pacific Ocean. The outlooks indicated that an above-average number of tropical cyclones were likely for the basin as a whole and the Northwestern sub-region. It was also predicted that the first tropical cyclone landfall on Australia would take place during December 2016. For the Western region between 90°E and 125°E, the BoM forecast that the area would also see activity near its average of 7, with a 59% chance of an above average number of tropical cyclones occurring. TCWC Perth also noted that there was a likelihood of two tropical cyclones and a significant likelihood of at least one severe tropical cyclone impacting Western Australia. They also noted that the number of significant cyclones and flood impacts had been well below average over the last five seasons. For the North-Western subregion between 105°E and 130°E, it was predicted that activity would be above average, with a 63% chance of above average tropical cyclone activity. The Northern Territory which was defined as being between as being 125°E and 142.5°E had a 56% chance of an above average season. The Eastern region between 142.5°E and 160°E was predicted to have a near normal tropical cyclone season, with a 58% chance of above average tropical cyclone activity.
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