Strongest Tropical Cyclones Worldwide by Wind Speed
Key Findings
About This Dataset
Strongest Tropical Cyclones Worldwide by Wind SpeedHurricane Patricia, which struck the eastern Pacific in 2015, set the global record with peak sustained winds of 345 km/h, roughly 30 km/h faster than any other storm ever measured. Behind it sits a tight cluster of Pacific super typhoons, Haiyan (2013), Meranti (2016), Goni (2020) and Surigae (2021), all reaching 315 km/h. Typhoon Tip (1979) follows at 306 km/h and remains the record-holder for the largest and lowest-pressure cyclone ever recorded. A clear pattern stands out: nearly every entry formed in the western or eastern Pacific, whose vast expanses of warm water give cyclones more room and energy to intensify than the smaller Atlantic basin. The narrow spread among the top storms, all between 306 and 345 km/h, suggests these winds may be near the practical upper limit for tropical cyclones on Earth.
Data Insights
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Methodology & source
- Data source
- List of the most intense tropical cyclones
- Coverage
- 6 entities · 6 observations
- Measure
- Peak 1-Minute Sustained Wind (km/h)
- Last updated
- 7 July 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.
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