List of Western Australia tropical cyclones

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This is a list of cyclones that have significantly affected or made landfall over the coast of Western Australia.

Name	Year	Date of landfall	Peak intensity		Deaths	Damage (A$)	Remarks
			Winds	Pressure
—	1870		—		Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	A severe storm caused extensive defoliation and debarking of trees in Roebourne.
—	1875		—	—	Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	Cyclone hovered in Exmouth Gulf for nearly two weeks; 69 lives lost, mostly on ships at sea in the area.
—	1881		—	—	Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	Many schooners sank or were washed ashore by a cyclone that struck Roebourne. A large storm surge caused dramatic changes to coastal landscapes as well.
—	1881		—		Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	A severe storm struck Roebourne and Cossack, damaging nearly every structure.
—	1884		—	—	Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	Forty vessels of a pearling fleet sunk with 140 lives lost in Lagrange Bay
—	1889		—	—	Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	A cyclone struck Cossack at high tide, causing considerable flooding.
—	1894		—	—	Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	Two consecutive cyclones struck the Pilbara coastline and caused extensive damage in Roebourne and Cossack. The second storm destroyed the seawall in Cossack. All fatalities took place offshore due to the sinking of twelve luggers and the steamer Anne. Damage was estimated at £15,000.
—	1898		—	—	Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	Severe damage, described as the worst ever seen, took place in Cossack. Infrastructure was devastated and losses reached £30,000. A record-breaking of rain was measured in 24 hours at Whim Creek.
—	1903		—	—	Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	Storm dropped of rain in Wyndham over a five-day span causing unprecedented flooding and severe stock losses.
—	1908		—	—	Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	Struck Broome; most deaths at sea
—	1910				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	Storm caused severe damage in and around Broome. Twenty homes were destroyed while seventy more were damaged, with losses amounting to £20,000. Offsore, 67 pearling vessels were blown ashore while 34 more sank.
—	1912			Template:Ntsh N/A	Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	The coal steamer Koombana sank after sailing into the eye of this storm with all hands lost. The storm made landfall near Balla Balla and caused severe damage.
—	1914			Template:Ntsh N/A	Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	Tropical low caused record-breaking floods along the Fitzroy and Lennard rivers; many cattle were swept away.
—	1925			Template:Ntsh N/A	Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	Severe flooding took place along the Cossack River and every building was damaged in Roebourne.
—	1925		—	—	Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	All homes in Marble Bar were damaged and some were destroyed. Extensive damage also took place in Nullagine.
—	1926				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	Extensive damage took place in Broome.
—	1930		—	—	Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	Considerable damage in and around Marble Bar and Nullagine.
—	1935				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	Storm caused severe damage in Derby. A pearling fleet near the Lacepede Islands was devastated by the storm, resulting in 141 fatalities.
—	1939			Template:Ntsh N/A	Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	A storm surge of caused extensive damage in Port Hedland and left 30 percent of the town homeless. The Nicol Bay sank along the Ashburton River and some damage took place in Roebourne.
—	1941		—	—	Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	Homes flattened in Comet Mine and heavy rain caused significant flooding.
—	1942				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	All homes in Port Hedland sustained some degree of damage.
—	1956		—	—	Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	The Fitzroy River exceeded flood levels set during the 1914 flood, with the river spanning across in some areas. The town of Derby was entirely cut off from surrounding areas.
—	1957				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	Many homes sustained significant damage; losses reached £80,000.
—	1959		—	—	Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	Cyclone dropped of rain over two days in Wyndham, causing flooding.
Alby	1978				Template:Ntsh 5	Template:Ntsh $39 million	Caused the most widespread cyclone damage in Western Australia's history. Destroyed a large portion of the Busselton Jetty. Affected Perth with the 3rd highest recorded wind gust in the city's history, , and Fremantle with a gust. Fueled bushfires which killed 2 more people indirectly.
Jane	1983				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Minor	Made landfall east of Port Hedland causing moderate damage, particularly in Pardoo Station.
Lena	1983				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Minor	Lena passed directly over Port Hedland as a category two. Moderate damage was reported; one poorly built house and several fishing boats were destroyed.
Quenton	1983				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Minor	The earliest recorded landfalling severe tropical cyclone in Western Australia. Caused minor damage at the Sandfire Roadhouse.
Chloe	1984				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown (severe)	Made landfall as a category four, severe structural damage occurred in Roebourne with some houses completely destroyed. Severe wind damage was also reported at Dampier, Whim Creek and Port Hedland while a flash flood damaged much of Wickham.
Frank	1984				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Minor	Frank made landfall over Port Hedland causing minor wind damage.
Connie	1987				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Minor	Connie passed over Port Hedland on 19 January, causing moderate infrastructure damage. The roof of the historic Whim Creek Pub was also torn off in the storm.
Elsie	1987				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown (severe)	Elise passed directly over Mandora Station as a category four resulting in catastrophic damage. Almost all of the stations buildings were destroyed, including the main homestead. Mandora was completely rebuilt with buildings constructed to withstand severe tropical cyclone winds.
Herbie	1988				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh $20 million	Herbie made landfall over Denham as a category one storm. Severe damage was reported in the town, with some roofs torn off and fences blown over. Flash-flooding was reported from Carnarvon to Geraldton. The storm crossed the coast on 21 May, the latest known date of landfall for a tropical cyclone in Australia. Responsible for the sinking, & hence rapid breaking-up, of the MV Korean Star (1984) near Cape Cuvier on 20 May.
Ned	1989				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	Ned crossed the coast just south of Perth as a category one on 1 April. Moderate wind damage was reported in Rockingham. Ned is the most southerly landfalling tropical cyclone recorded in Australia and the only storm ever to directly affect Perth city at cyclone strength.
Orson	1989				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh $25 million	Orson made landfall near Dampier as a strong category five however damage was minimal due to the storms fast speed and small wind field. Severe damage was however reported on an offshore drilling rig and five people drowned after their boat capsized in rough seas. Before landfall, Orson was the fourth most intense cyclone ever recorded in Australian waters.
Ian	1992				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Minor	Ian made landfall near Mardie Station as a category three. Minor damage occurred to mining operations in the Montebello Islands and on Barrow Island.
—	1993			Template:Ntsh N/A	Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	Twin tropical lows brought rainfall in excess of to the Kimberley region, causing severe flooding. Extensive damage to infrastructure occurred.
Annette	1994				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Minor	Annette made landfall over Mandora Station as a category four causing severe damage to the homestead and surrounding area and killing several hundred cattle.
Bobby	1995				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	Bobby crossed the coast as a category three near Onslow on 25 February causing severe flooding across the north-west. Eight people were killed in total, seven who were in a boat that capsized off the coast of Onslow and an eighth person drowned in floodwaters near Carnarvon.
Chloe	1995				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh None	Crossed the coast east of Derby as a severe tropical cyclone in early April 1995.
Frank	1995				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Minor	Frank crossed the coast near Carnarvon as a tropical low causing minor property damage at Exmouth.
Gertie	1995				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Minor	Crossed the coast near Mandora Station causing only minor damage.
Kirsty	1996				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	Made landfall as a severe cyclone near Port Hedland. Many structures were damaged in that town while severe damage was reported at nearby Pardoo Station, with some buildings completely demolished.
Olivia	1996				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	Olivia crossed the coast near Pannawonica causing moderate damage to structures in that town. Before making landfall, a world record wind gust of 408 km/h (253 mph) was recorded on Barrow Island.
Phil	1996				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh None	Phil crossed the coast in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf as a weak cyclone.
Rachel	1997				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	Rachel made landfall near Port Hedland on 7 January 1997.
Tiffany	1998				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh None	Tiffany brushed the Pilbara coastline, causing heavy rain and some flooding from Broome to Karratha.
Billy	1998				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh None	Billy made landfall near Onslow and caused minor flooding.
Thelma	1998				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	Thelma made landfall near Kuri Bay as a category three cyclone after weakening from a strong category five, causing flooding throughout the Kimberley. One man drowned in floodwaters near Kalumburu.
Vance	1999				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh $100 million	Cyclone Vance made landfall over Exmouth as a strong category five, one of the strongest landfalling cyclones recorded in Australia. Exmouth was devastated, with the whole town badly damaged and many houses destroyed. It was also the costliest cyclone on record to hit Western Australia with damage totaling over $100 million Aud.
Elaine	1999				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Minor	Elaine made landfall near Kalbarri as a category one causing torrential rain and flash flooding in the northern Wheatbelt region. The town of Moora was most badly affected, with the majority of the town flooded.
Gwenda	1999				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Minor	Gwenda made landfall as a category two near Port Hedland. Damage was only minor and significantly less than expected. Before making landfall, Gwenda was one of the strongest cyclones ever recorded in the Australian region.
John	1999				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	John made landfall as a category five near Whim Creek, causing severe damage in that town but most surrounding areas were relatively unscathed.
Ilsa	1999				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh None	Made landfall as a weak cyclone near the Sandfire Roadhouse causing heavy rain.
Steve	2000	6 &			Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh $100 million	Steve made two landfalls in Western Australia, once near Karratha and again near Carnarvon. Damage was severe from flooding in Gascoyne River and flooding rains extended as far south as Esperance.
Rosita	2000				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown (severe)	Rosita made landfall 40 km (25 mi) south of Broome as a category five. Vegetation damage was extreme with almost all trees destroyed within the landfall area. Yardoogarra station and a nearby tourist resort were completely flattened with many buildings torn from their foundations. Fortunately, there were no deaths apart from 200 cattle.
Sam	2000				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown (severe)	Sam made landfall as a category four west of Broome, causing severe damage to a few isolated cattle stations and indigenous communities. Almost all buildings on the Anna Plains Station were flattened and the town of Bidyadanga was also severely damaged. Both locations had been evacuated beforehand so there were no deaths as a result of the storm.
Terri	2001				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh None	Made landfall near Pardoo Station as a weak cyclone causing no damage.
Vincent	2001				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh None	Made landfall west of Broome causing no damage.
Alistair	2001				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	Brushed the Kimberley coast as a category one and then made landfall near Carnarvon as a tropical low causing significant damage to fruit plantations.
Chris	2002				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh $1 million	Chris crossed the coast in a remote area roughly halfway between Broome and Port Hedland as a category five. Structural damage was minor, however many thousands of cattle were killed, amounting to $1 million in damages.
N/A	2003				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Minor	Made landfall near Port Hedland causing heavy rain and minor flooding.
Graham	2003				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Minor	Graham made landfall as a slow moving, weak cyclone, therefore causing negligible wind damage but widespread flooding. One person was swept away by floodwaters and killed near Fitzroy Crossing.
Inigo	2003				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Minor	Cyclone Inigo was the most intense cyclone recorded off the coast of Western Australia however had weakened significantly to a category one at landfall and caused little to no damage, apart from localized flash flooding.
Monty	2004				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Minor	Made landfall west of Karratha as a category 3. Major flooding was observed with 24‑hour rainfall totals of up to 400 mm (15.74 in), and several people were stranded by floodwaters and had to be rescued near Pannawonica.
Fay	2004				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Minor	Cyclone Fay made landfall as a category four on a remote section of the Pilbara coast, therefore causing little damage.
Raymond	2005				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh None	Made landfall near Kalumburu causing no damage.
Ingrid	2005				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	Made landfall near Kalumburu as a category five. Structural damage was minor, however environmental damage was severe with hundreds of kilometers of forest destroyed.
Clare	2006				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh $2.4 million	Made landfall near Karratha causing extremely heavy rain and widespread flooding.
Emma	2006				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh $1 million	A large and slow moving storm caused heavy rain and flooding across almost the entire length of Western Australia.
Glenda	2006				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh $1.2 million	Made landfall over Onslow as a category three storm causing moderate damage (severe economic damage however). 206 mm (8.11 in) of rain was recorded in 24 hours, causing flash flooding.
Hubert	2006				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh None	Crossed the coast near Onslow as a weak category one.
Isobel	2007				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh None	Crossed the coast near Broome.
George	2007				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh $8 million	George made landfall just east of Port Hedland as a category five causing severe destruction. Many houses were flattened, mining camps were completely demolished and the town was labeled a disaster zone. Overall three people were killed and damage totaled $8 million. George was one of the most intense cyclones on record to strike the Pilbara region.
Jacob	2007				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Minor	Made landfall as a tropical low near Port Hedland, causing minor flooding.
Helen	2008				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh None	Brushed the coastline of the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf.
Nicholas	2008				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Minor	Category three cyclone caused heavy rain but little damage in the Carnarvon district.
Billy	2008				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Minor	Made landfall as a category two near Wyndham, causing minor flooding. Further intensified to a category four after moving out to sea.
Dominic	2009				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Minor	Dominic made landfall as a category two near Onslow, causing minor wind and flooding damage. A crane worker was killed due to high winds in Port Hedland.
Laurence	2009	16 &			Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh $9 million	Laurence made landfall twice, once near Cockatoo Island and again at Eighty Mile Beach. Wind damage was severe and some houses were demolished, however it was not widespread due to the isolated areas where the storm made landfall.
Magda	2010				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Minor	Made landfall near Kuri Bay in the Kimberley as a category three with only minor damage.
03U	2010				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh $100 million	A weak tropical low, however caused extreme flooding and severe damage in the Gascoyne River region of Western Australia.
Bianca	2011				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Minor	Was expected to make landfall however moved parallel to the Pilbara coastline and caused little damage.
Carlos	2011				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh $16 million	Carlos brushed the Pilbara coast causing heavy rainfall and high winds from Broome all the way to Exmouth. Building damage was severe in Karratha.
Heidi	2012				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh None	Heidi made landfall near Port Hedland with minor impacts.
Iggy	2012				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh None	Iggy made landfall as a tropical low near Jurien Bay causing heavy rainfall and some flooding.
Lua	2012				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh $230 million	Cyclone Lua caused severe damage across isolated cattle stations in the Pilbara as a category four.
Peta	2013				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh None	Cyclone Peta was a weak cyclone that made landfall near Port Hedland with limited effects.
Rusty	2013				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh $478 million	Made landfall as a category four at Pardoo Station with only minor structural damage however severe economic damage through loss of revenue of mining companies.
Alessia	2013				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh None	Alessia brushed the Kimberley region with minor effects.
Christine	2013				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	Christine made landfall in the Pilbara. Caused heavy damage in the towns of Roebourne and Wickham with many roofs torn off and smaller structures destroyed.
Olwyn	2015				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh none	Olwyn tracked the Western Australian coast from Exmouth, Western Australia to Shark Bay, passing directly over Carnarvon. It caused heavy damage of infrastructure & crops at Carnarvon. One person had sustained life-threatening injuries in a related car incident.
Quang	2015				Template:Ntsh	Template:Ntsh minimal	Quang made landfall in Exmouth, Western Australia on the night of 1 May and brought minimal damage.
Stan	2016				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh unknown	Stan subsequently made landfall between Port Hedland and Wallal and impacted various commodities including oil, natural gas and iron ore. However, human impacts were limited due to the low permanent population in the area.
Yvette	2016				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh None
Blanche	2017				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh None
Hilda	2017				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Minor	Hilda made landfall close to Anna Plains on 28 December as a category 2 cyclone, wind and flooding damage was minor along the coast in Broome.
Joyce	2018				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown
Veronica	2019				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	Veronica hovered off the Pilbara coast between Port Hedland and Karratha for 24 hours before tracking westward along the coast. It made landfall as a tropical low on the North West Cape. Towns on the Pilbara coast received some damage, Pilbara ports were shut for 4 days.
Damien	2020				Template:Nts	Template:Ntsh Unknown	Damien made landfall as a category 3, with the eye moving directly over Karratha. The Bureau of Meteorology's Dampier radar sustained significant damage, there was some damage to property, including Karratha Airport, and to vessels moored in the area. Heavy rainfall caused flooding initially through the Kimberley when the system was a tropical low, then through the Pilbara and eastern Gascoyne.

See also

• Outline of tropical cyclones
• List of Australia tropical cyclones

• List of Queensland tropical cyclones

References

Notes

General

Specific

• Hanstrum, Barry. A history of tropical cyclones in the Southwest of Western Australia, 1830–1992. Early days, Vol. 10, pt. 4 (1992), p. 397-407,