List of named storms (R)

Storms

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


 * Rachel
 * 1984 – stayed out at sea.
 * 1990 – made landfall on the southern tip of Baja California Sur and northwestern Mexico; killed 18.
 * 1997† – made landfall in western Australia.
 * 1999 – made landfall in Taiwan as a tropical depression.
 * 2014 – stayed out at sea.


 * Rae
 * 1980 – a weak tropical cyclone that affected Vanuatu.
 * 1990 – a Category 2 tropical cyclone that affected a few South Pacific islands, killing 3 people.
 * 2005 – a weak tropical cyclone that did not affect any landmasses.


 * Rai
 * 2016 – a weak tropical system that affected Vietnam.
 * 2021† – a powerful Category 5-equivalent super typhoon that caused severe and widespread damage in the Southern Philippines.


 * Rafael (2012) – a Category 1 hurricane that affected a few islands in the Caribbean.


 * Raja (1986)† – was a tropical cyclone that holds the 24-hour rainfall record of 674.9 mm for the French Overseas Territory of Wallis and Futuna.


 * Ramil
 * 2009 – powerful Category 5 super typhoon that formed northwest of Kwajalein, and recurved off Luzon, becoming extratropical northeast of Japan.
 * 2013 – Category 4 typhoon, which struck the Ryukyu Islands and Japan.
 * 2017 – a Category 2 typhoon that impacted Vietnam and Cambodia.


 * Rammasun
 * 2002 – a Category 3 typhoon that affected the Ryukyu Islands and Korea; also contributed to flooding in the Philippines.
 * 2008 – a Category 4 typhoon that stayed out at sea.
 * 2014† – a Category 5 super typhoon that impacted both the Philippines and South China, causing billions in damages.


 * Ramon
 * 1987 – a Category 4 major hurricane that remained at sea but generated torrential rains over Southern California.
 * 2011 – a weak tropical storm that affected the Philippines.
 * 2017 – a weak and short-lived tropical storm that stayed off the coast of southern Mexico.
 * 2019 – a minimal typhoon that impacted northern Philippines.
 * 2023 – late-season a weak tropical storm that formed at sea.


 * Ramona
 * 1967 - long-lived tropical storm that did not affect land.
 * 1971 - did not affect any land areas.


 * Rananim (2002)† – a Category 2 typhoon that impacted East China, causing damages of up to US$2.4 billion.


 * Raquel (2015) – the first tropical cyclone to exist within the South Pacific Ocean during the month of July on record; affected the Solomon Islands.


 * Rashmi (2008) – a weak and short-lived tropical cyclone that impacted Bangladesh, killing 28 people.


 * Ray (1975) – an early-season Australian severe tropical cyclone.


 * Raymond
 * 1983 – tied with Hurricane Kiko for the strongest tropical cyclone of the 1983 Pacific hurricane season.
 * 1989 – the strongest tropical cyclone of the 1989 Pacific hurricane season.
 * 2005 – a Category 1 tropical cyclone that made landfall on the northern coast of Australia.
 * 2013 – the strongest tropical cyclone of the 2013 Pacific hurricane season.
 * 2019 – short-lived tropical storm which dissipated without affecting land.


 * Rebecca
 * 1961 – stayed out at sea.
 * 1968 – a Category 1 hurricane that passed off the coast of Mexico.
 * 1985 – made landfall in Queensland as a Category 1 storm.


 * Rebekah (2019) – a subtropical storm that only persisted in the central Atlantic Ocean.


 * Remal (2024) – a moderately intense tropical cyclone which affected coastal Bangladesh and West Bengal.


 * Reming
 * 1964 – not areas land.
 * 1968 – a Category 1 typhoon that hit the Philippines and slightly sunk South Vietnam.
 * 1972 – no ares land.
 * 1976 – produced tremendous rainfall in Japan including, at the time, a national 24-hour record accumulation of 1,140 mm (44.8 in).
 * 1980 – hit Taiwan.
 * 1984 – one of the most intense tropical cyclones on record and the strongest storm of the 1984 season.
 * 1988 – a weak tropical storm that hit the Philippines.
 * 1992 – recurved away from land.
 * 1996 – hit Philippines, Abel killed eight people, left seven others missing and caused $4.3 million.
 * 2000 – killed 181 people in the Philippines and Taiwan.
 * 2006† – an intense typhoon that killed at least 734 people in the Philippines and 98 people in Vietnam.


 * Rena (1949) – a November tropical storm that affected the Philippines.


 * Rene
 * 2010 – a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone that caused significant damage in Tonga and American Samoa.
 * 2020 – a weak storm that formed east of Cape Verde and then moved out to sea, earliest seventeenth named storm in the Atlantic basin.


 * Rening (1999) – a weak system that impacted Vietnam bringing torrential rainfall.


 * Reuben (2015) – a weak tropical cyclone that brought heavy flooding in parts of Fiji.


 * Rewa
 * 1983 – a severe tropical cyclone that remained far out in sea.
 * 1993† – a Category 5 tropical cyclone and a system that lasted for 28-days.


 * Rex (1998) – a Category 4 typhoon that stayed out at sea off Japan.


 * Rhonda
 * 1986 – affected Perth bringing heavy rain.
 * 1997† – a May Category 4 severe tropical cyclone that later affected Western Australia.


 * Richard (2010) – a late-October Category 2 hurricane that impacted Central America.


 * Rick
 * 1985 – strong category 4 hurricane, never a threat to land
 * 1996 – minimal storm that stayed away from land
 * 1997 – weak category 2 hurricane, made landfall in Mexico during November
 * 2009 – powerful category 5 hurricane, one of the strongest to form during October and the third-most intense Pacific hurricane on record
 * 2015 – weak tropical storm, never threatened land
 * 2021 – strong category 2 hurricane, made landfall near Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán.


 * Riley (2019) – a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone, causing minimal impacts in Northwestern Australia.


 * Rina
 * 2011 – a powerful but small Category 3 hurricane that made landfall in the Yucatán Peninsula.
 * 2017 – a tropical storm that formed in the Central Atlantic.
 * 2023 – a weak storm which remained far from any land.


 * Rita
 * 1948 –
 * 1953 - hit China as a tropical storm
 * 1958 - affected the Micronesian Islands; mostly stayed out at sea
 * 1961 - stayed largely at sea with minor damage in Palau and the Mariana Islands
 * 1963 - affected the Philippines, stayed out at sea
 * 1964 –
 * 1966 - stayed out at sea
 * 1969 - short-lived system that stayed out at sea
 * 1971 - caused flooding to Western Australia
 * 1972 – the longest lasting Western Pacific tropical cyclone.
 * 1975 – affected Japan and the Ryūkyū Islands.
 * 1978 – one of the most intense tropical cyclones ever recorded, caused much damage in the Philippines.
 * 2001 – a Category 1 tropical cyclone that remained far out in sea.
 * 2005† – powerful Category 5 hurricane that caused extensive damage to Texas and Louisiana.
 * 2019 – a November Category 3 severe tropical cyclone that affected the Solomon Islands.


 * Ritang (1994) – a Category 5 super typhoon that affected East China and Taiwan.


 * Roanu (2016) – a May tropical storm that affected Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.


 * Robert (1977)† – a severe tropical cyclone that caused minor impacts in several South Pacific islands.


 * Robyn
 * 1975 – traversed much of the Indian Ocean.
 * 1990 – a long-living tropical storm that caused minor impacts.
 * 1993 – a Category 4 typhoon that affected Japan.
 * 2010 – a tropical cyclone that stayed out in the central Indian Ocean.


 * Roger
 * 1979 – a weak and disorganised tropical storm in the Western Pacific.
 * 1982 – a December severe tropical storm that brushed the coast of eastern Philippines.
 * 1986 – a Category 2 typhoon that brushed the southern coast of Japan.
 * 1989 – a strong tropical storm produced significant rainfall across the majority of Japan, affecting areas from the Ryukyu Islands to Hokkaido.
 * 1993† – a Category 2 tropical cyclone that affected New Caledonia.


 * Roke
 * 2005 – a Category 1 storm that struck the Philippines in March 2005.
 * 2011 – a Category 4 storm that struck Japan in September 2011.
 * 2017 – made landfall in Hong Kong as a tropical depression.
 * 2022 - a minimal typhoon that did not threaten any land areas.


 * Rolf (2011) – an unusual Mediterranean tropical storm that brought flooding to Italy, France, Spain, and Switzerland in November 2011.


 * Rolly
 * 2004 – a Category 5 typhoon that impacted Japan.
 * 2008 – affected the Philippines as a tropical depression
 * 2020† – made landfall as a Category 5–equivalent super typhoon on Catanduanes in the Philippines and in Vietnam as a tropical storm.


 * Ron (1998)† – the strongest tropical cyclone on record to impact Tonga.


 * Rona (1999)† – throated Queensland as a minimal tropical cyclone, but later re-developed into Cyclone Frank.


 * Rosa
 * 1978 — threatened Baja California.
 * 1979 — struck northern Australia.
 * 1982 — brushed southwestern Mexico.
 * 1994 — a Category 2 hurricane that killed at least 4 people in Mexico and widespread flooding in the U.S. state of Texas that killed 22 people and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage in October 1994.
 * 2000 – made landfall in Mexico as a weak tropical storm, causing minimal damage.
 * 2006 – never threatened land.
 * 2012 – never threatened land.
 * 2018 – widespread flooding to northwestern Mexico and the Southwestern United States in late September 2018, and was the first tropical cyclone to make landfall in Baja California since Nora in 1997.


 * Rosal (2022) – remained out at sea but caused 8 indirect deaths in the Philippines.


 * Rosalie
 * 1970 – a strong tropical storm that was in the open sea.
 * 1974 – a weak tropical storm that was in the open sea.


 * Rosalind (1947) – the first super typhoon ever recorded in the Northwest Pacific.


 * Rose
 * 1948 – a Category 1 typhoon that hit the Philippines and South China.
 * 1952 – a Category 1 typhoon that passed off the coast of Japan.
 * 1957 – a powerful Category 4 typhoon that did not make landfall.
 * 1960 – a weak tropical storm that was in the open sea.
 * 1963 – approached the Philippines and struck Japan.
 * 1965 (April) – passed west of Réunion.
 * 1965 (August) – approached the Philippines and struck China.
 * 1968 – struck the Philippines and Vietnam.
 * 1971 – struck the Philippines and China.
 * 1974 – approached Ryūkyū Islands.
 * 1978 – struck Taiwan.
 * 2021 – a rather weak tropical storm that stayed at sea.


 * Rosie
 * 1971† – made landfall as a Category 1 tropical cyclone.
 * 1997 – a Category 5 July super typhoon that affected Japan.
 * 2008 – a Category 2 tropical cyclone that affected Christmas Island.


 * Rosing
 * 1963– became a Category 4-equivalent super typhoon but did not affect any land areas.
 * 1967 – struck the Philippines.
 * 1971 – struck the Philippines and China.
 * 1975 – one of the most intense tropical cyclones on record, reaching 875 millibars.
 * 1979 – a Category 3 typhoon that struck Japan and caused 12 deaths.
 * 1983 – struck the Philippines and China.
 * 1987 – struck the Philippines and Vietnam.
 * 1991 – struck Japan and became the country's costliest typhoon ever.
 * 1995† – a strong Category 5-equivalent typhoon that caused 882 fatalities and severe damage across the Philippines.


 * Rosita
 * 1990 – stayed out at sea.
 * 2000† – an intense tropical cyclone that impacted Western Australia.
 * 2018† – was an extremely powerful tropical cyclone that caused catastrophic destruction on the islands of Tinian and Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands, and later impacted the Philippines.


 * Roskas (2003)† – a Category 3 typhoon that did not affect any land.


 * Roslyn
 * 1964 – caused no damage or fatalities.
 * 1986 – made landfall near Manzanillo.
 * 1992 – developed in the open ocean, causing no damage or deaths.
 * 2016 – weak tropical storm that never threatened land.
 * 2022 – a Category 4 hurricane which struck the Mexican state of Nayarit.


 * Roxanne (1995)† – a rare and erratic Category 3 hurricane that caused extensive flooding in Mexico.


 * Roy
 * 1981 – churned over the South China Sea.
 * 1984 – a weak tropical storm that affected the Mariana Islands.
 * 1988† – the second-most intense January Pacific typhoon on record; caused widespread damage on Guam and Rota.


 * Rubing
 * 1965 – hit southern Japan as an intense typhoon, killing 28 people.
 * 1969 – relatively strong typhoon that paralleled the Philippine and Japanese coasts but remained at sea.
 * 1977 – short-lived system only recognized by PAGASA.
 * 1981 – a strong typhoon which impacted northern Philippines and China, with a death toll of at least 141 people, majority of which from the capsizing of BRP Datu Kalantiaw.
 * 1985 – a devastating typhoon which struck central Vietnam, resulting to 769 fatalities.
 * 1989 – a powerful typhoon that was the first of three typhoons to severely affect northern Philippines within one month; caused significant damage 119 deaths.
 * 1993 – a typhoon which brushed northern Philippines before making landfall in China.
 * 1997 – one of the most intense Pacific typhoons to exist in December; originally formed in the Central Pacific and eventually affected the Marshall Islands, Guam and Northern Mariana Islands, causing extensive damage but ultimately zero fatalities.


 * Ruby
 * 1950 – a category 3 typhoon that passed off the coast of Japan.
 * 1954 – hit the Philippines as a typhoon, and hit China as a tropical storm.
 * 1959 – did not affect any major land masses.
 * 1961 – tropical storm that hit the Philippines and Vietnam.
 * 1964 – struck near Hong Kong.
 * 1967 – tropical storm that had little effect on the Philippines.
 * 1970 – tropical storm that affected the Philippines and China.
 * 1972 – not a threat to land
 * 1976 – struck the Philippines and approached Japan.
 * 1982 – not areas land.
 * 1985 – struck Japan.
 * 1988 – affected the Philippines and Hainan Island.
 * 2014† – struck the Philippines
 * 2021 – a strong tropical cyclone that impacted New Caledonia with strong winds and rainfall, after its predecessor tropical low and a nearby trough caused disruption over some parts of the Solomon Islands.


 * Rumbia
 * 2000 – impacted the Philippines.
 * 2006 – a tropical storm in the Pacific that did not make landfall.
 * 2013 – struck the Philippines, Hong Kong, and Macau.
 * 2018† – a weak but costly tropical storm that struck China.


 * Ruping
 * 1966 – affected Japan as a severe tropical storm.
 * 1970 – a minor tropical depression.
 * 1974 – affected Taiwan as a severe tropical storm.
 * 1978 – affected southwestern Japan as a minimal typhoon.
 * 1982 – a Category 2 typhoon that impacted the Philippines and South China.
 * 1986 – a tropical storm that affected the Philippines and Vietnam.
 * 1990† – a catastrophic typhoon that devastated the Philippines, killing more than 700 people.


 * Rusa (2002)† – mainly affected the Korean Peninsula, bringing damages of up to US$4 billion.


 * Russ
 * 1990 – a Category 4 typhoon that affected Micronesia and Guam.
 * 1994 – affected South China bringing torrential rainfall which caused billions of damages.


 * Rusty (2013)† – a Category 4 severe tropical cyclone that produced record duration gale-force winds in Port Hedland, Western Australia in late February 2013.


 * Ruth
 * 1945 – struck Japan
 * 1951 – Category 4 typhoon, struck Japan killing 572 people and injuring another 2,644
 * 1955 – Category 5 super typhoon, churned in the open ocean
 * 1959 – far northeast of the Philippines
 * 1962 – Category 5-equivalent super typhoon, remained east of Japan
 * 1965 – remained out at sea
 * 1967 – Category 3-equivalent typhoon, remained east of Japan
 * 1970 – passed just south of Cape Cà Mau; also known as Aning within the PAR
 * 1973 – Category 2-equivalent typhoon, crossed Luzon, Philippines, then hit Hainan Island, China and then Northeast Vietnam; also known as Narsing within the PAR
 * 1977 – hit China; also known as Kuring within the PAR
 * 1980 (February) – remained east of Queensland
 * 1980 (September) – crossed Hainan Island before hitting northern Vietnam
 * 1983 – dissipated east of the Philippines due to strong wind shear; also known as Ading within the PAR
 * 1987 – caused severe damage in South China
 * 1991 – Category 5 super typhoon, made landfall on northern Luzon with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h); also known as Trining within the PAR
 * 1994 – short-lived storm, east of Japan


 * Ryan
 * 1992 – a Category 4 typhoon that passed eastern Japan.
 * 1995 – a very strong typhoon which affected the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan but only caused 5 fatalities and minimal damage.