List of named storms (J)

Storms

 * Note: † indicates the name was retired after that usage in the respective basin


 * Jack
 * 1977 – crossed over from the Australian basin but never impacted land.
 * 1989 – a late-season category 4 typhoon that affected Guam.
 * 1993 – analyzed it as a tropical depression, not as a tropical storm.
 * 2014 – remained over open waters.


 * Jackie
 * 1948 – a Category 1 typhoon that made landfall Taiwan and Eastern China.
 * 1967 – remained over open waters.


 * Jacob
 * 1985 – a powerful Category 4 tropical cyclone that had only minor impact on Australia.
 * 1996 – the Kimberley and Pilbara coastal areas received heavy rains as the cyclone passed offshore.
 * 1999 – analyzed it as a tropical depression, not as a tropical storm.
 * 2007 – made landfall east of Port Hedland, Western Australia.


 * Jamala (2013) – stayed out at sea


 * Jana (2003) – stayed out at sea


 * Jane
 * 1950 – a catastrophic and deadly tropical cyclone that left significant effects to Japan during the 1950.
 * 1970 – a powerful category 4 tropical cyclone affected Madagascar.
 * 1979 – stayed out at sea.
 * 1983† – a powerful category 4 tropical cyclone made landfall Western Australia.
 * 1992 – remained over open waters


 * Janet
 * 1955† – Category 5 hurricane that became one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record; caused at least 1,000 deaths and $65.8 million (USD) in damages
 * 1970 – a strong tropical cyclone, never threatened land.


 * Jangmi
 * 2008 – made landfall in Nan'ao, Yilan, Taiwan.
 * 2014 – a weak but destructive tropical cyclone that impacted the Philippines.
 * 2020 – affected South Korea.


 * Janice
 * 1958 – affected Cuba and the Bahamas as a tropical storm.
 * 1971 – did not affect land.


 * Janis
 * 1992 – an early-season typhoon that struck Japan.
 * 1995 – a weak tropical storm that made landfall Eastern China and Korea Peninsula.


 * Jasmine
 * 2012† – a powerful and long-lived Category 4 tropical cyclone that moved into and peaked within the South Pacific basin in February it affected several countries, especially Vanuatu and Tonga.
 * 2022 – a strong tropical storm that impacted Mozambique and Madagascar.


 * Jason (1987)† – a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone that made landfall Queensland and Northern Territory.


 * Jasper
 * 2009 – a Category 2 tropical cyclone that had little impact on New Caledonia.
 * 2023 – a long-lived and powerful Category 5 severe tropical cyclone which impacted the Solomon Islands and Far North Queensland with torrential rain.


 * Jawad (2021) – a weak cyclonic storm that made landfalls in Odisha, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh.


 * Jaya (2007) – made landfall in Madagascar as a tropical cyclone.


 * Javier
 * 1980 – stayed in the open ocean.
 * 1986 – produced high waves in southern California.
 * 1992 – dissipated south of Hawaii.
 * 1997 – made landfall on south-western Mexico, dissipated shortly after moving ashore.
 * 2004 – made landfall on Baja California; later produced rainfall across the southwest United States.
 * 2016 – struck Baja California, degenerated into a remnant low shortly after passing offshore.
 * 2022 – formed near Baja California but did not make landfall, dissipated shortly after.


 * Jean
 * 1945 – a strong typhoon affected Taiwan and Eastern China.
 * 1947 – a strong typhoon made landfall Philippines.
 * 1956 – a powerful category 4 typhoon made landfall Northern Philippines.
 * 1960 – did not make landfall.
 * 1962 – a category 2 typhoon made landfall Philippines.
 * 1965 – a Category 5 typhoon brought heavy winds to Southern Japan.
 * 1968 – remained over open waters.
 * 1971 – a strong typhoon affected Philippines, South China and Vietnam.
 * 1973 – remained over open waters.
 * 1974 – a weak tropical storm affected Eastern China.
 * 1977 – remained over open waters.


 * Jeana
 * 1990 – a weak tropical depression that made landfall Philippines and Vietnam.
 * 1993 – remained over open waters.


 * Jeanne
 * 1952 – affected Japan while paralleling the coast.
 * 1980 – one of only four hurricanes to not make landfall in the Gulf of Mexico.
 * 1998 – brushed through Cape Verde as a hurricane and made landfall in Spain.
 * 2004† – a Category 3 hurricane that affected Haiti, Puerto Rico and Florida; caused over 3,000 deaths and $7.94 billion in damages.


 * Jebi
 * 2013 – struck the Philippines, mainland China and Vietnam.
 * 2018 – a strong Category 5 typhoon that made landfall in west Japan.


 * Jeff
 * 1981 – a weak tropical storm, that never affected land.
 * 1985 – a Category 1 typhoon, that made landfall Eastern China.
 * 1988 – remained over open waters.


 * Jelawat
 * 2000 – made landfall at southern Shanghai and rapidly weakened.
 * 2006 – impact China.
 * 2012 – the most intense tropical cyclone of the 2012 Pacific typhoon season in terms of ten-minute maximum sustained winds, tied with Typhoon Sanba.
 * 2018 – a powerful typhoon that affected the Caroline Islands.
 * 2023 – a weak tropical storm that traversed through Mindanao.


 * Jennifer
 * 1963 – a weak tropical storm that hit Southern California.
 * 1969 – a Category 1 Pacific hurricane that struck the state of Mazatlán in October 1969.
 * 1973 – a weak tropical storm that hit Mexico and did not cause significant damage.


 * Jenny
 * 1961 – did not affect land.
 * 1962 – struck Reunion; killed 36.
 * 1969 – weak tropical storm that affected Western Cuba and Florida.
 * 1974 – a Category 2 tropical cyclone that struck northern Western Australia.
 * 2015 – a powerful typhoon which struck the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and Fujian.
 * 2019 – made landfall in the Philippines and later in Vietnam.
 * 2023 – a Category 4 typhoon that made landfall on the southern tip of Taiwan and affected Hong Kong.


 * Jerry
 * 1989 – crossed over the Yucatán Peninsula and struck Texas.
 * 1995 – made landfall in Florida as a weak storm.
 * 2001 – affected the Windward Islands and Barbados.
 * 2007 – did not affect land.
 * 2013 – did not affect land.
 * 2019 – a Category 2 hurricane that never affected land.


 * Jeruto (2020) – weak tropical storm that mostly stayed out at sea.


 * Jewel
 * 1967 – a Category 1 hurricane mostly stayed at sea.
 * 1971 – tropical storm formed off the coast of Mexico after gradually moving away from it.
 * 1975 – mostly stayed at sea.


 * Jig
 * 1950 – a major hurricane that did not affect land.
 * 1951 – did not affect land.


 * Jim
 * 1984 – a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone a cross the Cape York Peninsula that made landfall Northern Territory.
 * 2006 – a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone that affected New Caledonia and Vanuatu.


 * Jimena
 * 1979 – formed at a very low latitude, remained at sea.
 * 1985 — remained at sea.
 * 1991 — remained at sea.
 * 1997 — formed fairly far east, out in the Pacific Ocean.
 * 2003 — remained at sea for its entire lifetime. Entered the Central Pacific days after forming, crossed the International Dateline and dissipated there.
 * 2009 — tied for strongest hurricane to strike the Baja California Peninsula, also a strong Category 4 hurricane.
 * 2015 — a long-lasting, strong Category 4 hurricane.
 * 2021 – formed in the open ocean.


 * Joalane (2015) – stayed out at sea.


 * Joan
 * 1951 – typhoon that did not affect land.
 * 1955 – did not affect land.
 * 1959 – Category 5 typhoon that struck Taiwan, becoming one of the strongest to affect Taiwan.
 * 1962 – affected South Korea as a tropical storm.
 * 1964 – hit Vietnam as a typhoon, killed 7,000 people.
 * 1965 – made landfall in Western Australia.
 * 1967 – long-lived storm that did not affect land.
 * 1970 – Category 5 typhoon that made landfall in southeastern Luzon as a Category 1 and eastern Hainan Island as a Category 5.
 * 1973 – approached Taiwan then struck China.
 * 1975† – Category 4 equivalent cyclone that made landfall in Western Australia.
 * 1976 – typhoon that did not affect land
 * 1988† – passed over the Guajira Peninsula in northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela made landfall in Nicaragua; after crossing Central America into the Pacific, the cyclone was renamed Tropical Storm Miriam.
 * 1997 – Category 5 typhoon that co-existed with Typhoon Ivan with both being Category 5 typhoons simultaneously.


 * Joanne
 * 1961 – mostly stayed at sea.
 * 1968 – mostly stayed at sea.
 * 1972 – one of four tropical cyclones to bring gale-force winds to the Southwestern United States in the 20th century.
 * 1976 – mostly stayed at sea.


 * Joaninha (2019) – affected the island Rodrigues.


 * Joaquin (2015)† – Category 4 hurricane that devastated several districts in The Bahamas; affected Turks and Caicos Islands, Bermuda, and parts of the Greater Antilles.


 * Jobo (2021) – a tropical cyclone that made an exit on the coast of Tanzania where 22 people died


 * Joe
 * 1980 – a Category 3 typhoon that affected the Philippines, China, and Vietnam.
 * 1983 – a strong tropical storm that affected Philippines and South China.
 * 1986 – a Category 3 typhoon that minimal affected Philippines.


 * Joel
 * 1991 – a weak tropical storm that affected southern China.
 * 1994 – a weak tropical storm that made landfall Northern Vietnam.
 * 2010 – passed close to the southern coast of Madagascar.


 * John
 * 1978 – did not affect land.
 * 1982 – did not affect land.
 * 1988 – affected the southern tip of Baja California.
 * 1994 – second longest-lasting tropical cyclone on record; crossed the International Date Line (180°) to the Western Pacific.
 * 1999† – severe tropical cyclone made landfall in Western Australia.
 * 2000 – did not affect land.
 * 2006 – a Category 4 hurricane that made landfall in Baja California.
 * 2012 – a short-lived storm that did not affect land.
 * 2018 – affected Baja California without making landfall.


 * Jokwe (2008) – first tropical cyclone to make landfall in Mozambique since Cyclone Favio; caused 16 deaths and $8 million (2008 USD) in damages.


 * Jolina
 * 2001 – a tropical depression that was only recognized by PAGASA.
 * 2005 – a powerful typhoon that struck southwestern Japan in September 2005.
 * 2009 – tropical storm that brought heavy rainfall to South China.
 * 2013 – a tropical cyclone that caused loss of life and moderate damage across Vietnam and South China in July 2013.
 * 2017 – a strong tropical storm that impacted South China during late August 2017.
 * 2021† – a strong tropical cyclone that impacted the central Philippines and Vietnam.


 * Joni
 * 1992† – a damaging tropical cyclone that impacted the island nations of Tuvalu and Fiji.
 * 2009 – a small and compact system only minimal impact was reported in the Southern Cook Islands while some heavy rainfall was reported in Mangaia.
 * 2012 – remained over the open ocean.


 * Jose
 * 1964 – a weak tropical storm that had minor effects on land.
 * 1981 – short-lived and weak storm that did not impact land.
 * 1999 – affected the Leeward Islands; killed three and caused light damage.
 * 2005 – made landfall in Mexico as a weak storm.
 * 2011 – tropical storm that formed south-southwest of Bermuda; did not impact land.
 * 2014† – a Category 5 super typhoon that enhanced monsoonal rains in the Philippines but remained off-shore and later made landfall on Shikoku, Japan, as a minimal typhoon.
 * 2017 – long-lived Category 4 hurricane that affected the Leeward Islands, which was devastated two days earlier by Hurricane Irma; also affected the Mid-Atlantic and New England as a tropical storm.
 * 2023 – strong but small tropical storm that was later absorbed by Hurricane Franklin.


 * Josephine
 * 1984 – largely stayed out at sea, but affected the Mid-Atlantic.
 * 1990 – stayed out at sea causing no impacts to land.
 * 1996 – tropical storm that made landfall in Florida, causing $130 million in damages.
 * 2002 – remained at sea as a short-lived storm.
 * 2008 – remained at sea.
 * 2020 – earliest tenth named storm on record, dissipated north of the Lesser Antilles without affecting land.


 * Josie
 * 1997 – a strong tropical cyclone affected Madagascar.
 * 2018 (March)† – moved near Tonga and claimed the lives of 4 people, with another person remaining missing.
 * 2018 (July) – short-lived tropical depression which brought significant flooding to parts of the Philippines.
 * 2022 – an intense typhoon recently became the strongest tropical cyclone of 2022, currently threatening Japan.


 * Joshua (2021) – mostly stayed out at sea.


 * Jova
 * 1981 – a Category 1 Pacific hurricane that affected Hawaii.
 * 1987 – did not affect land.
 * 1993 – a powerful Category 4 hurricane that caused heavy rainfall in western Mexico.
 * 2005 – passed near Hawaii but did not affect land.
 * 2011 – a Category 3 hurricane, made landfall in Mexico as a Category 2 hurricane
 * 2017 – did not affect land.
 * 2023 – a Category 5 hurricane that stayed in the open ocean, one of the fastest-intensifying Pacific hurricanes on record.


 * Joy
 * 1966 – a strong tropical cyclone.
 * 1990† – struck Australia in late 1990, causing the third highest floods on record in Rockhampton, Queensland.
 * 1996 – a strong tropical storm that did not affect land areas.


 * Joyce
 * 1966 – stayed at sea.
 * 1970 – did not affect land.
 * 1974 – Category 1 hurricane that did not affect land areas.
 * 2000 – affected the Windward Islands.
 * 2012 – did not affect land
 * 2018 (January) – affected Western Australia as a Category 2 cyclone; led to a flood.
 * 2018 (September) – did not affect land.


 * Juan
 * 1985 – struck the Gulf Coast of the United States, killing 12 and causing $3.2 billion (2005USD) in damages.
 * 2002 – monitored by the JMA; killed 14 people.
 * 2003† – Category 2 hurricane that affected the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island; caused 8 deaths and $200 million in damages.
 * 2006 – strong Category 5-equivalent typhoon that made landfall in Taiwan and the People's Republic of China, killing 441 and causing $1.5 billion in damages.
 * 2010 † – powerful Category 5 typhoon that struck Luzon; causing ₱15 billion in damages.


 * Juba (2004) – one of three May cyclones to exist in the South-west Indian Ocean, along with Cyclones Kesiny (2002) and Manou (2003).


 * Juaning
 * 2003 – brought significant rainfall to Taiwan before alleviating drought conditions in mainland China in August 2003.
 * 2007 – a short-lived tropical storm that had minor effects on land.
 * 2011† – a strong tropical storm which made a total of four landfalls in Southeast Asia, killing more than 100 people and causing damage estimated at US$126 million.


 * Judith
 * 1949 – brushed Okinawa and struck western Kyushu.
 * 1959 – affected the western Caribbean and made landfall in Florida as a tropical storm.
 * 1966 – remained over the open southern Indian Ocean.
 * 1966 – affected the Windward Islands as a depression.


 * Judy
 * 1953 – skirted the Philippines and Taiwan, then struck Kyushu, Japan.
 * 1957 – Category 4 super typhoon, passed eastern Japan, well offshore.
 * 1960 – did not affect land.
 * 1963 – Category 5-equivalent super typhoon, did not affect land.
 * 1965 (January) – a tropical cyclone that affected Queensland.
 * 1965 (February) – east of Madagascar.
 * 1966 – affected primarily Taiwan.
 * 1968 – did not affect land.
 * 1970 – remained over the open.
 * 1971 – meandered off the coast of East Malaysia.
 * 1974 – formed in the South China Sea.
 * 1978 – did not affect land.
 * 1979 – Category 4 super typhoon, struck China and South Korea.
 * 1982 – hit southeastern Japan.
 * 1986 – drifted east of the Philippines, never made landfall.
 * 1989 – made landfall on Kyushu, Japan, and in South Korea.
 * 2004 – remained over the open South Pacific.
 * 2023† – a powerful category 4 tropical cyclone that hit Vanuatu.


 * Julia
 * 2010 – easternmost Category 4 hurricane on record; caused no impacts to land areas.
 * 2012 – brought heavy flooding and hurricane conditions to parts of Europe, the Mediterranean region and North Africa
 * 2016 – caused minor damage to the East Coast of the United States.
 * 2022 – Category 1 hurricane that made landfall in Nicaragua, crossed over intact into the eastern Pacific Ocean.


 * Julie (1963) – passed east of Rodrigues.


 * Julian
 * 2004 – a weak tropical storm has minor impact on Philippines and South China
 * 2008 – a storm which made landfall on south China
 * 2012 – a powerful storm that struck the Korean Peninsula
 * 2016 – a long-lived tropical cyclone that struck Central Vietnam
 * 2020 – a deadly, damaging and powerful tropical cyclone that struck the Ryukyu Islands and the Korean Peninsula
 * 2021 – short-lived tropical storm that formed in the central subtropical Atlantic and stayed at sea


 * Juliet
 * 1978 – affected the Greater Antilles
 * 2005 – crossed over 90°E as Adeline, stayed out at sea.


 * Juliette
 * 1973 – a Category 2 tropical cyclone that made landfall Fiji as tropical depression.
 * 1983 – stayed out at sea.
 * 1989 – stayed out at sea.
 * 1995 – affected Baja California but never made landfall.
 * 2001 – made landfall in Baja California as a tropical storm.
 * 2007 – never affected landmass.
 * 2013 – paralleled the Baja California peninsula.
 * 2019 – stayed out at sea.


 * Julio
 * 1984 – did not impact land.
 * 1990 – stayed out at sea.
 * 2002 – made landfall along the southwestern coast of Mexico.
 * 2008 – made landfall in the southern tip of Baja California Sur.
 * 2014 – stayed out at sea.
 * 2020 – a small and weak storm that formed from the remnants of Hurricane Nana remained at sea.


 * June
 * 1954 – a large, strong and devastating typhoon that severely impacted the west and central areas of mainland Japan, causing scores of deaths and heavy devastation.
 * 1958 – crossed into the Central Pacific basin briefly.
 * 1961 –a Category 2 typhoon that hit southeastern Taiwan.
 * 1964 – a weak tropical storm that hit the northern part of the Philippines and southern China.
 * 1966 – a category 2 typhoon that remained at sea.
 * 1969 – a category 3 typhoon that remained at sea.
 * 1972 – formed in the Central Pacific.
 * 1975 – a powerful Category 5 typhoon that never made landfall but passed 230 miles west of Guam, causing severe flooding.
 * 1977 – a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone that impact Vanuatu and New Caledonia.
 * 1981 – a Category 1 typhoon that hit Taiwan passed off the coast of China and South Korea and hit Japan as a depression.
 * 1984 – the first of two tropical cyclones to affect the Philippines in a one-week time span in August 1984.
 * 1986 – stayed out at sea.
 * 1987 – a weak tropical storm that remained at sea.
 * 1997 – a Category 2 tropical cyclone caused severe flooding produced by the in Fiji left roughly $500,000 in damages.
 * 2014 – a weak tropical cyclone caused at least one fatality in New Caledonia.


 * Justin (1997)† – an erratic and deadly tropical cyclone which severely affected Australia and Papua New Guinea in March 1997.


 * Justine
 * 1982 – the last of the four tropical cyclones to affect Madagascar in the 1981–82 season.
 * 2021 – affected parts Western Europe, particularly Spain and France.